Kirovo-Chepetsk district

Area 2227 km² (according to another estimate 2480). The main rivers are Vyatka , Prosnitsa , Cheptsa .

The area is located at the end of the upper reaches of the Vyatka River, which flows through the area, forming a significant bend in the north and taking the largest of its tributaries, Cheptsu, at the borders of the area. The favorable geographical position on the way between Moscow, the Urals and Siberia contributed to greater economic development compared to other parts of the region. The later railway construction, which created the junction of rail tracks going to Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Kotlas and the Urals, consolidated its advantageous position.

The soils of the region are podzolic sandy loam , sand and light loam . Of the minerals - a significant amount of peat , quartz sand, mineral paints ( ocher , vivianite , etc.), brick clay, gravel, rubble stone , limestone . Agriculture is characterized by significant crops of potatoes, vegetables and fodder crops, developed dairy cattle breeding and pig breeding. ^[7]

The territory of the Kirov-Chepetsk region began to be populated by Russians , or rather, the Old Russian population as early as the XII century . By this time ( XII - XV centuries ) include archaeological sites discovered in the district - Krivoborsky settlement and Ust-Chepetsk burial ground . The territory of the region since these times was part of the Vyatka land , and later - the Vyatka province .

The territory on which the district was formed has been part of the Vyatka district since the 18th century . By the beginning of the 20th century , there were 22 volosts in the county, in 1924 they were enlarged to seven: Vozhgalskaya, Vyatka, Zagarskaya, Kumenskaya, Prosnitskaya, Selezenevskaya, Yakimovaginskaya. The former Prosnitskaya, Chepetskaya and Polomskaya volosts, which included 28 settlements (of which 23 lived in more than 20 people), entered Prosnitskaya enlarged volost. Its center was the village of Aleksandrovskoye . According to the 1926 census, the largest were the village of Ust-Cheptsa (741 people) and the village of Maly Konyp (52 people). 18 village councils were formed. In 1929, when the Vyatka district of the Nizhny Novgorod Region was created, the Vyatka and Prosnitsky districts were formed, the center of Prosnitsky became the Prosnitsa railway station ^[8] .

When renaming the city of Vyatka to Kirov on December 5, 1934, the Vyatka district was renamed Kirov ^[7] .

During the Great Patriotic War , in connection with the evacuation of defense enterprises from the western regions of the country to the regional center, 10 regional institutions and organizations were transferred to the villages of the district. Party and Soviet bodies of the Kirov region moved to the village of Pasegovo, the village became its temporary center ^[7] .

In 1955, the working village of Kirovo-Chepetsk received the status of a city ( Kirovo-Chepetsk ), and the working villages of Vyatka and Lesozavodsk were transformed into the city of Novovyatsk . Kirovo-Chepetsk and Novovyatsk were cities of regional subordination, the first - as a part of Prosnitsky, the second - Kirovsky districts.

Since September 30, 1958, the center of the Kirov region was moved from the city of Kirov to the city of Novovyatsk, the region was renamed Novovyatsky.

On November 14, 1959, the Prosnitsky district was abolished, its territory was transferred to the Zuevsky and (most) Novovyatsky districts.

February 23, 1960 the district center from the city of Novovyatsk was moved to Kirovo-Chepetsk , the area was renamed Kirovo-Chepetsk. In February 1963, the territory of the Kirov-Chepetsk district became part of the Kumensky and Orichevsky districts . On January 12, 1965, the Kirov-Chepetsk district was re-created within its former borders. ^[7]

In 1961, the city of Kirovo-Chepetsk was assigned to the category of cities of regional subordination. In 1963, the Kirov-Chepetsk district was liquidated with the inclusion of the territory in the Kumensky and Orichevsky districts. However, two years later, the decision was quashed and the district was restored to its former borders ^[7] .

On November 1, 1989, the city of Novovyatsk was transferred from the district to the subordination of the city of Kirov with the formation of the Novovyatsky district of the city ​​of Kirov . In 1994, the Bakhtinsky and Russian rural districts were transferred to the administrative subordination of the city of Kirov ^[7] . In 2000, the village of Raduzhny was included in the Novovyatsky district of the city ​​of Kirov.

Starting January 1, 2006, according to the Law of the Kirov Region dated December 7, 2004 No. 284-ЗО ^[9] , 13 municipalities (rural settlements) were formed in the district.

In total there are 237 settlements. After the reform of local self-government ( 2006 ), the district includes 13 municipalities:

1. Burmakinskoe rural settlement ,
2. Konyp rural settlement ,
3. Kstininsky rural settlement ,
4. Mokretsovo rural settlement ,
5. Pasegovsky rural settlement ,
6. Polomsk rural settlement ,
7. Prosnitsky rural settlement ,
8. Selezenevskoe rural settlement ,
9. Fateevskoe rural settlement ,
10. Fedyakovo rural settlement ,
11. Filippovskoe rural settlement ,
12. Chepetsk rural settlement ,
13. Chuvashevsky rural settlement .

Chairmen of the district executive committee

1. Lazarev Ivan Timofeevich, September 1961 - December 1962
2. Simachkov Alexey Gavrilovich, January 1965 - November 1966
3. Araslanov Adgam Shagbanovich, January 1967 - December 1976
4. Sitnikov Aleksey Vasilievich, December 1976 - March 1986
5. Mikheev Mikhail Alexandrovich , March 1986 - December 1991

Heads of Administration

The total length of roads passing through the territory of the Kirov-Chepetsk region is 419.5 km, however, the proportion of public roads with hard surface is 64%. Through the territory of the district there are roads with year-round use with a traffic intensity of more than 200 units per day, connecting the regional center with other municipalities (108.6 km) and the regions: Vyatskiye Polyany - Kazan ; Sovetsk ; Zuevka - Falenki - Perm ; Orichi . In the territory of the Kirov-Chepetsk district, a suburban bus service is daily provided from the bus station in the city of Kirov-Chepetsk. ^[20]

The Gorky Railway passes through the territory of 8 rural settlements out of 13, providing the opportunity for railway communication, both in the western and eastern directions. The largest railway station is in Prosnitsa .

• Oryol Lake .

• The area on the site Municipalities of the Kirov region
• Information on the website of the regional administration
• Heads of settlements of the Kirov region
• Site of the city of Kirov-Chepetsk and Kirov-Chepetsk district
• Sights of the Kirov-Chepetsk region