Kuznetsk ( rus, Кузне́цк, p=kʊzʲˈnʲetsk) is a

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Penza Oblast Penza Oblast () is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Penza. As of the Russian Census (2010), 2010 Census, its population was ...

, Russia, located in the foothills of the

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, mainly on the left bank of the . Population:

Administrative and municipal status

Within Russia's framework of administrative divisions, Kuznetsk serves as the

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of Kuznetsky District, even though it does not form a part of it.Law #774-ZPO As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the town of oblast significance of Kuznetsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the

districts A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions ...

. As a municipal division, the town of oblast significance of Kuznetsk is incorporated as Kuznetsk Urban Okrug.Law #690-ZPO

History

founded the settlement of Truyovo on the river in 1699. It became known as Truyovo-Voskresenskoe and then as Naryshkino. An

ukaz In Imperial Russia, a ukase () or ukaz ( ) was a proclamation of the tsar, government, or a religious leadership (e.g., Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' or the Most Holy Synod) that had the force of law. " Edict" and "decree" are adequate transla ...

Catherine II Catherine II. (born Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst; 2 May 172917 November 1796), most commonly known as Catherine the Great, was the reigning empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796. She came to power after overthrowing her husband, Peter III ...

renamed the village ''Kuznetsk'' in November 1780.

Twin towns and sister cities

Kuznetsk is twinned with: * Gyula, Hungary (1970) * Dimitrovgrad, Russia (1972)

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* * {{Authority control Cities and towns in Penza Oblast Kuznetsky Uyezd (Saratov Governorate) Populated places established in 1618 1618 establishments in Russia