Kuznetsk (p=kʊzʲˈnʲetsk) is a town in Penza Oblast, Russia, located in the foothills of the Volga Upland, mainly on the left bank of the . Population:
Administrative and municipal status
Within Russia's framework of administrative divisions, Kuznetsk serves as the administrative center 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.
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 of Catherine II renamed the village ''Kuznetsk'' in November 1780.
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Twin towns and sister cities
Kuznetsk is twinned with:
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Gyula, Hungary (1970)
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Dimitrovgrad, Russia (1972)
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