Novoaltaysk
| Novoaltaysk (in English) Новоалтайск (Russian) |
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.svg) Location of Altai Krai in Russia |
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| Administrative status (as of November 2013) | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Altai Krai |
| Administratively subordinated to | town of krai significance of Novoaltaysk |
| Administrative center of | town of krai significance of Novoaltaysk,Pervomaysky District |
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| Urban okrug | Novoaltaysk Urban Okrug |
| Administrative center of | Novoaltaysk Urban Okrug, Pervomaysky Municipal District |
| Head | Sergey Mukhortov |
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| Population (2010 Census) | 70,437 inhabitants |
| - Rank in 2010 | 225th |
| Time zone | KRAT (UTC+07:00) |
| Founded | 1736 |
| Town status since | 1942 |
| Previous names | Chesnokovka (until 1962) |
| Postal code(s) | 658080–658084, 658087, 658089–658091, 658095, 658099 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 38532 |
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Novoaltaysk (Russian: Новоалта́йск) is a town in Altai Krai, Russia, located on the right bank of the Ob River, in the lower reaches of its right tributary the Chesnokovka, 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) across from Barnaul, the administrative center of the krai. Population: 70,437 (2010 Census);60,015 (2002 Census);53,642 (1989 Census); 51,000 (1974); 9,000 (1939).
It was founded in 1736 as the village of Chesnokovka (Чесноковка). In 1934, a sawmill was built. In 1941, during the Great Patriotic War, Dniprodzerzhynsk Carriage Works was evacuated here from Dniprodzerzhynsk, on the Eastern Front in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. In 1942, Chesnokovka was granted town status and in 1962 it was given its present name.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Novoaltaysk serves as the administrative center of Pervomaysky District, even though it is not a part of it. As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the town of krai significance of Novoaltaysk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the town of krai significance of Novoaltaysk is incorporated as Novoaltaysk Urban Okrug.
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