Zhirnovsk () is a

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and the

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Zhirnovsky District Zhirnovsky District () is an administrativeLaw #139-OD district (raion), one of the thirty-three in Volgograd Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Zhirnovsky Municipal District.Law #1009-OD It is located in the north of ...

Volgograd Oblast Volgograd Oblast ( rus, Волгоградская область, p=vəɫɡɐˈgratskəjə ˈobɫəsʲtʲ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (an oblast) of Russia, located in the Volga region, lower Volga region of Southern Russia ...

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, located on the left bank of the Medveditsa River, which itself flows into the Don. Zhirnovsk lies north of

Volgograd Volgograd,. formerly Tsaritsyn. (1589–1925) and Stalingrad. (1925–1961), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. The city lies on the western bank of the Volga, covering an area of , with a population ...

, the administrative center of the

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. Population:

History

It was founded in 1958 by merging the villages of Zhirnoye Selo () and Kurakino Selo (), each of which had been founded in their own right in the 17th and 18th centuries. The merger was prompted by the discovery of significant oil deposits near these villages in the 1940s and the consequent establishment of a worker's housing estate in 1954.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Zhirnovsk serves as the

. As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Zhirnovsky District as the

town of district significance Town of district significance is an administrative division of a district in a federal subject of Russia. It is equal in status to a selsoviet or an urban-type settlement of district significance, but is organized around a town (as opposed to a ...

of Zhirnovsk. As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Zhirnovsk is incorporated within Zhirnovsky Municipal District as Zhirnovskoye Urban Settlement.Law #1009-OD

Economy

As of 2010, oil and gas processing remains the towns chief industry.

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External links

Official website of Zhirnovsk

Zhirnovsk Business Directory
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