Yartsevo, Smolensk Oblast

For other places with the same name, see Yartsevo.

Yartsevo (Russian: Я́рцево) is a town and the administrative center of Yartsevsky District in Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Vop River, 63 kilometers (39 mi) northeast of Smolensk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 47,848 (2010 Census);^[7] 52,617 (2002 Census);^[8] 52,304 (1989 Soviet census).^[9]

Yartsevo Ярцево
Town[1]
Metallurgov Avenue in Yartsevo
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Yartsevo
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Coordinates: 55°04′N 32°42′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Smolensk Oblast[1]
Administrative district	Yartsevsky District[1]
Urban settlement	Yartsevskoye[1]
First mentioned	1610
Town status since	1926
Area [1]
• Total	58.11 km2 (22.44 sq mi)
Elevation	190 m (620 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	47,848
• Density	820/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Administrative status
• Capital of	Yartsevsky District,[1] Yartsevskoye Urban Settlement[1]
Municipal status
• Municipal district	Yartsevsky Municipal District[3]
• Urban settlement	Yartsevskoye Urban Settlement[3]
• Capital of	Yartsevsky Municipal District,[3] Yartsevskoye Urban Settlement[4]
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [5])
Postal code(s)[6]	215800, 215801, 215805–215807, 215849
Dialing code(s)	+7 48143
OKTMO ID	66658101001

History

It was founded on the spot of a village of Yartsevo-Perevoz (Я́рцево-Перево́з), known since 1859. It grew due to the construction of a cotton mill in 1873. Later on, a soap factory, a brickworks, a sawmill, and a foundry were built in the area. Yartsevo was granted town status in 1926.^{[citation needed]}

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Yartsevo serves as the administrative center of Yartsevsky District.^[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with three rural localities, incorporated within Yartsevsky District as Yartsevskoye Urban Settlement.^[1] As a municipal division, this administrative unit also has urban settlement status and is a part of Yartsevsky Municipal District.^[3]

Politics

In 1991, Viktor Vasilyevich Vuymin became the first "democratic" mayor (head of the Yartsevo district). In 1997, after his term of office expired, the district council of deputies elected a new head - representative of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Yuri Viktorovich Romanovsky. Romanovsky served almost the full term - until 2000 when he left "of his own free will." Yuri Mikhailovich Mochalov became mayor. He remained in this post for a little over a year - on 16 November 2001, he died in a car accident.

In 2002, the city was led by Viktor Nikolayevich Shchyogolev. In the same year, after the election of a new governor of the Smolensk Oblast, Shchegolev left his post. Yuri Vasilyevich Pankov, already the fifth head of administration in the recent history of Yartsev, became the mayor. Two years later, he also left "of his own free will." On 23 June 2004, the city was headed by Vladimir Aleksandrovich Galkin, who was also elected by the deputy corps.

However, in 2004, changes were made to the Charter, according to which the head is elected in popular elections. Thus, on 24 December 2004, elections were held, and Galkin won. However, in connection with the reform of local government and the division of a single municipality - Yartsevo district - into 13 separate ones (Yartsevo district, the city of Yartsevo, and 11 rural settlements), in 2005, elections were held for the head of the city of Yartsevo and the heads of all 11 rural settlements. Galkin nominated himself for them and won. Thus, until 2011, Galkin was both the mayor of the city and the head of the Yartsevo district.

In 2010, amendments to the city charter were adopted. Now, the head of the city is elected by deputies from among its members, and the head of the administration is appointed by contract. From 2 June 2010 to 28 January 2013, the head of the district administration was Alexander Petrakov.

In 2013, the city administration was liquidated, and its powers were delegated to the district administration. During the existence of the city administration (2006-2013), three heads of the city administration were replaced: Vladimir Galkin (2006-2011), Maxim Serkov (2012), and Yuri Pankov (2012-2013).

From 21 March 2013 to 20 February 2015, the head of the district administration (merged with the city) was Yuri Pankov (for the second time since 2002–2004).

Since 3 April 2015, the head of the Yartsevo district administration is Vladimir Makarov.

Heads of administration

Heads of the administration of the Yartsevo district (in 2006-2013 there was also an administration of the city of Yartsevo):

#	Name	Years in office	Party	Title
1	Viktor Vuimin	16/12/1991 — 25/02/1997		Head of Administration of Yartsevo District
2	Yuri Romanovsky	26/02/1997 — 26/09/2000	Communist Party of the Russian Federation	Head of Administration of Yartsevo District
3	Yuri Mochalov	27/09/2000 — 16/11/2001	Independent	Head of Administration of Yartsevo District
Acting	Nikolai Nadelin	19/11/2001 — 13/01/2002	Independent	Acting Head of Administration of Yartsevo District
4	Viktor Shchyogolev Щёголев	14/01/2002 — 22/08/2002	Independent	Head of Administration of Yartsevo District
5	Yuri Pankov	03/09/2002 — 22/06/2004	Independent	Head of Administration of Yartsevo District
6	Vladimir Galkin	23/06/2004 — 12/03/2011	Independent	Head of the municipal formation "Yartsevo district" (until 02/03/2011), head of administration of the municipal formation "Yartsevo district" (until 25/12/2009), Head of the city of Yartsevo (until 12/03/2011)
Acting	Vyachislav Lyan	26/12/2009 — 01/06/2010		Acting head of the administration of the municipal formation "Yartsevsky district"
7	Alexander Petrakov	02/06/2010 — 28/01/2013		Head of Administration of the Municipal Formation "Yartsevsky District"
Acting	Viktor Grigoryev	29/01/2013 — 20/03/2013		Acting head of the administration of the municipal formation "Yartsevsky district"
8	Yuri Pankov	21/03/2013 — 20/02/2015	United Russia	Head of Administration of the Municipal Formation "Yartsevsky District"
Acting	Viktor Karabanov	21/02/2015 — 02/04/2015	United Russia	Acting head of the administration of the municipal formation "Yartsevsky district"
9	Vladimir Makarov	03/04/2015 — present	United Russia	Head of the municipal formation "Yartsevsky district" of the Smolensk Oblast (since 29/10/2015), head of the administration of the municipal formation "Yartsevsky district"

City council

On 19 September 2021, the 2021 regional elections took place. As a result, two factions were formed in the City Council: the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (13 people) and United Russia (7 people). Of the 20 deputies who entered the city council of the fourth convocation, a new city council chairman was chosen. Since September 2021, Nikolai Novoselov has been the head of the city and chairman of the city council of deputies.

Chairmen of the City Council:

#	Name	Years in office	Party	Title
1	Sergei Sokolov	2006 — 2011	Independent	Chairman of the City Council of the 1st convocation
2	Alexander Timoshkov	2011 — 2016	United Russia[10]	Head of the city of Yartsevo, Chairman of the City Council of the 2nd convocation
3	Mikhail Kulikov	2016 — 2017	United Russia	Head of the city of Yartsevo, Chairman of the City Council of the 3rd convocation
4	Mikhail Frolov	2017 — 2021	United Russia	Head of the city of Yartsevo, Chairman of the City Council of the 3rd convocation
5	Nikolai Novoselov	2021 — present	Communist Party of the Russian Federation	Head of the city of Yartsevo, Chairman of the City Council of the 4th convocation

District council

Chairmen of the District Council:

#	Name	Years in office	Party	Title
1	Mikhail Yudenkov	1996 — 2001	Communist Party of the Russian Federation	Chairman of the District Council of the 1st convocation
2	Nikolay Khlapov	2001 — 2004		Chairman of the District Council of the 2nd convocation
3	Olga Vasilyeva	2005 — 2007	United Russia	Chairman of the District Council of the 3rd convocation
4	Vladimir Kozlov	2007 — 2009		Chairman of the District Council of the 3rd convocation
5	Vladimir Galkin	2009 — 2011	Independent	Head of the Yartsevo District, Chairman of the District Council of the 4th convocation
6	Konstantin Grashchenkov	2011 — 2014		Head of the Yartsevo District, Chairman of the District Council of the 4th convocation
7	Boris Avilov	2014 — 2015	United Russia	Head of the Yartsevo District, Chairman of the District Council of the 4th convocation
8	Vyacheslav Salnikov	2015 — 2020	United Russia	Chairman of the District Council of the 5th convocation
9	Irina Polyakova	2020 — present	United Russia	Chairman of the District Council of the 6th convocation

Notable people

• Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh — mathematician.
• Svetlana Shkolina — high jumper.
• Noize MC - singer.

See also

• Ivan Kamera (1897-1952), artillery general during World War II

References

Notes

1. Resolution #261
2. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
3. Law #139-z
4. Федеральная служба государственной статистики. Федеральное агентство по технологическому регулированию и метрологии. №ОК 033-2013 1 января 2014 г. «Общероссийский классификатор территорий муниципальных образований. Код 66 658 101». (Federal State Statistics Service. Federal Agency on Technological Regulation and Metrology. #OK 033-2013 January 1, 2014 Russian Classification of Territories of Municipal Formations. Code 66 658 101. ).
5. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
6. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
7. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
8. Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
9. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
10. Ярцево. Ру. Всё о Ярцеве. Сайт города Ярцево Смоленской области

Sources

• Администрация Смоленской области. Постановление №261 от 30 апреля 2008 г. «Об утверждении реестра административно-территориальных единиц и территориальных единиц Смоленской области», в ред. Постановления №464 от 27 июня 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в реестр административно-территориальных единиц и территориальных единиц Смоленской области». Опубликован: База данных "Консультант-плюс". (Administration of Smolensk Oblast. Resolution #261 of April 30, 2008 On the Adoption of the Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and Territorial Units of Smolensk Oblast, as amended by the Resolution #464 of June 27, 2014 On Amending the Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and Territorial Units of Smolensk Oblast. ).
• Смоленская областная Дума. Закон №139-з от 28 декабря 2004 г. «О наделении статусом муниципального района муниципального образования "Ярцевский район" Смоленской области, об установлении границ муниципальных образований, территории которых входят в его состав, и наделении их соответствующим статусом», в ред. Закона №51-з от 30 мая 2013 г. «О внесении изменений в отдельные областные Законы». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Вестник Смоленской областной Думы и Администрации Смоленской области", №14, часть III, стр. 230, 30 декабря 2004 г. (Smolensk Oblast Duma. Law #139-z of December 28, 2004 On Granting the Status of the Municipal District to the Municipal Formation of "Yartsevsky District" of Smolensk Oblast, on Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations the Territories of Which It Comprises, and on Granting Them Appropriate Status, as amended by the Law #51-z of May 30, 2013 On Amending Various Oblast Laws. Effective as of the official publication date.).