Kirov (russian: Ки́ров) is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than city, cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares ...

and the

administrative center An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, L ...

of Kirovsky District in

Kaluga Oblast Kaluga Oblast (russian: Калу́жская о́бласть, translit=Kaluzhskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Kaluga. The 2021 Russian Census found a population of 1,069,904. G ...

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eigh ...

, located on the Bolva River ( Desna's

tributary A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainag ...

) southwest of Kaluga, the administrative center of the

oblast An oblast (; ; Cyrillic (in most languages, including Russian and Ukrainian): , Bulgarian: ) is a type of administrative division of Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Ukraine, as well as the Soviet Union and the Kingdom ...

. Population: 29,000 (1970).

History

The settlement of Pesochnya () was founded in 1745. It was granted town status and renamed Kirov in honor of

Sergey Kirov Sergei Mironovich Kirov ( né Kostrikov; 27 March 1886 – 1 December 1934) was a Soviet politician and Bolshevik revolutionary whose assassination led to the first Great Purge. Kirov was an early revolutionary in the Russian Empire and memb ...

in 1936.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kirov serves as the

of Kirovsky District, to which it is directly subordinated. As a municipal division, the

of Kirov is incorporated within Kirovsky Municipal District as Kirov Urban Settlement.Law #369-OZ

Military

The town is home to the Shaykovka (air base).

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* {{Authority control Cities and towns in Kaluga Oblast Populated places established in 1745 1745 establishments in the Russian Empire Zhizdrinsky Uyezd