Plast (town)

Plast (Russian: Пласт) is a town and the administrative center of Plastovsky District in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located on the eastern slopes of the Ural Mountains in the upper basin of the Uy River, 127 kilometers (79 mi) southwest of Chelyabinsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 17,342 (2010 Census);[2] 17,422 (2002 Census);[7] 18,880 (1989 Census).[8]

For other uses, see Plast.
Plast

Пласт
Town[1]
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Location of Plast
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Plast (Chelyabinsk Oblast)
Coordinates: 54°23′N 60°49′E
CountryRussia
Federal subjectChelyabinsk Oblast[1]
Administrative districtPlastovsky District[1]
TownPlast[1]
Foundedmid-19th century
Town status sinceOctober 7, 1940
Area
 • Total87.62 km2 (33.83 sq mi)
Elevation
300 m (1,000 ft)
Population
 • Total17,342
 • Estimate 
(2018)[3]
17,508 (+1%)
 • Density200/km2 (510/sq mi)
 • Capital ofPlastovsky District[1], Town of Plast[1]
 • Municipal districtPlastovsky Municipal District[1]
 • Urban settlementPlastovskoye Urban Settlement[1]
 • Capital ofPlastovsky Municipal District[1], Plastovskoye Urban Settlement[4]
Time zoneUTC+5 (MSK+2 [5])
Postal code(s)[6]
457020–457022, 457024
OKTMO ID75648101001
Websiteplastgp.ru

History

It was founded as a gold mine in the mid-19th century. Town status was granted to it on October 7, 1940.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Plast serves as the administrative center of Plastovsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with one rural locality (the khutor of Pchelnik), incorporated within Plastovsky District as the Town of Plast.[1] As a municipal division, the Town of Plast is incorporated within Plastovsky Municipal District as Plastovskoye Urban Settlement.[1]

Сlimate

A temperate continental climate. July is the warmest month of the year, its average temperature is 19.2 ° C, and the coldest month is January with an average temperature of -16.5 ° C. The average annual rainfall is 445 mm.

Sport

The interest for bandy has been resumed and the team Metallurg participated in 2015 in the championship for Chelyabinsk Oblast for boys born 2000-02.

Stadium "Trud"

Stadium "Trud" is the central place where citizens do sports. The stadium includes a football field, a basketball court, a gym, a playground, an ice rink and tribunes. All sports events are hosted there in front of people. One of the most popular activity here is football, so many teams come from surrounding villages to fight for a cup. There is also a stage where Nikolai Baskov performed on City Day in 2019. Thanks to this place, the citizens lead healthy lives.

Landmarks

On the Krasnoarmeyskaya street opposite the cinema named after A.S. Pushkin is a monument to the prospector, who, according to the creators, immortalized the history of creation and the name of the city. It is dedicated to the discoverers of the Kochkarsky gold deposit, the first prospectors and geologists. The monument was opened in 2014. Its authors are sculptors A.V. Ryabov and K.A. Gelev. Alexander Ryabov created the image of a prospector from old photographs.


In 2016, a monument to Peter and Fevronia of Murom was erected.The monument has become a traditional wedding place of the district – on the wedding day the newlyweds ask the saints to make their marriage happy.


On July 11, the grand opening of the sculptural composition of St. Barbara the Great Martyr took place. The Christian great martyr is considered the protector of sudden and violent death.  Grand opening of the monument to St. Barbara the Great Martyr The sculptural composition “The Holy Great Martyr Barbara, the patroness of miner's labor” was installed on the highest point of the city. The appearance of this monument on the territory of the city-forming enterprise is not accidental. Saint Barbara the Great Martyr received great grace from God - to deliver from the sudden death of everyone who remembers her own martyrdom. She is considered the patroness of miners. The mothers and wives pray for the intercession of Barbara, and the miners themselves turn to her in difficult times. The installation of the monument was a great gift for the 20th anniversary of the city-forming enterprise, as well as for all workers of the mine and residents of the Plastovsky district.

References

Notes
  1. Resolution #161
  2. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  3. "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  4. Федеральная служба государственной статистики. Федеральное агентство по технологическому регулированию и метрологии. №ОК 033-2013 1 января 2014 г. «Общероссийский классификатор территорий муниципальных образований. Код 75 648 101». (Federal State Statistics Service. Federal Agency on Technological Regulation and Metrology. #OK 033-2013 January 1, 2014 Russian Classification of Territories of Municipal Formations. Code 75 648 101. ).
  5. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  6. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  7. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  8. "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.

Sources
  • Законодательное Собрание Челябинской области. Постановление №161 от 25 мая 2006 г. «Об утверждении перечня муниципальных образований (административно-территориальных единиц) Челябинской области и населённых пунктов, входящих в их состав», в ред. Постановления №2255 от 23 октября 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в перечень муниципальных образований (административно-территориальных единиц) Челябинской области и населённых пунктов, входящих в их состав». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Южноуральская панорама", №111–112, 14 июня 2006 г. (Legislative Assembly of Chelyabinsk Oblast. Resolution #161 of November 25, 2006 On Adoption of the Registry of the Municipal Formations (Administrative-Territorial Units) of Chelyabinsk Oblast and of the Inhabited Localities They Comprise, as amended by the Resolution #2255 of October 23, 2014 On Amending the Registry of the Municipal Formations (Administrative-Territorial Units) of Chelyabinsk Oblast and of the Inhabited Localities They Comprise. Effective as of the official publication date.).

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