Amursk () is a

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Khabarovsk Krai Khabarovsk Krai (, ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (a krai) of Russia. It is located in the Russian Far East and is administratively part of the Far Eastern Federal District. The administrative centre of the krai is the types of ...

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, located on the left bank of the

Amur River The Amur River () or Heilong River ( zh, s=黑龙江) is a perennial river in Northeast Asia, forming the natural border between the Russian Far East and Northeast China (historically the Outer and Inner Manchuria). The Amur ''proper'' is ...

south of

Komsomolsk-on-Amur Komsomolsk-on-Amur ( rus, Комсомольск-на-Амуре, r=Komsomolsk-na-Amure, p=kəmsɐˈmolʲsk nɐ‿ɐˈmurʲə) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, located on the west bank of the Amur R ...

. The population as of 2024 is 37,501 people.{{cite web , url=https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/%D0%A1hisl_MO_01-01-2024.xlsx , title=Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2024 года , website=rosstat.gov.ru , language=ru

History

It was founded as an

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on June 19, 1958,{{cite book, title=Энциклопедия Города России, year=2003, publisher=Большая Российская Энциклопедия, location=Moscow, isbn=5-7107-7399-9, page=20 in connection with the construction of a

pulp mill A pulp mill is a manufacturing facility that converts wood chips or other plant fiber sources into a thick fiber board which can be shipped to a paper mill for further processing. Pulp can be manufactured using mechanical, semi-chemical, or ...

near the Nanai settlement ''Padali''. Town status was granted to it in 1973.{{citation needed, date=May 2010

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Amursk serves as the

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of Amursky District, even though it is not a part of it. As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the town of krai significance of Amursk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the

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. As a municipal division, Amursk is incorporated within Amursky Municipal District as Amursk Urban Settlement.

Demographics

The population grew from 3,500 in 1959 to a high point of 58,395 inhabitants in 1989. Since the

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, the population trend reversed.

Economy

In addition to the cellulose and paper mill, there is chemical production and

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production conducted in and near the town, as well as some machinery production.

Transportation

There is a goods railway to the town, connecting to the

Khabarovsk Khabarovsk ( ) is the largest city and the administrative centre of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia,Law #109 located from the China–Russia border, at the confluence of the Amur and Ussuri Rivers, about north of Vladivostok. As of the 2021 Russian c ...

- Komsomolsk- Dzemgi line at the station of ''Mylki''. There is also a road connection to Komsomolsk-on-Amur.

References

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Sources

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External links

Official website of AmurskDirectory of organizations in Amursk
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