| En Name: | Kimovsk |
| Ru Name: | Кимовск |
| Coordinates: | 53.9667°N 70°W |
| Map Label Position: | bottom |
| Image Coa: | Kimovsk gerb.gif |
| Federal Subject: | Tula Oblast |
| Adm District Jur: | Kimovsky District |
| Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Kimovsk |
| Adm Selsoviet Type: | Town under district jurisdiction |
| Adm Ctr Of1: | Kimovsky District |
| Adm Ctr Of2: | Kimovsk Town Under District Jurisdiction |
| Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
| Mun District Jur: | Kimovsky Municipal District |
| Urban Settlement Jur: | Kimovsk Urban Settlement |
| Mun Admctr Of1: | Kimovsky Municipal District |
| Mun Admctr Of2: | Kimovsk Urban Settlement |
| Pop 2010Census: | 28485 |
| Established Date: | 17th century |
| Established Title: | Known since |
| Current Cat Date: | 1952 |
| Prev Name1: | Mikhaylovka |
| Postal Codes: | 301720–301723 |
| Dialing Codes: | 48735 |
Kimovsk (Russian: Ки́мовск) is a town and the administrative center of Kimovsky District in Tula Oblast, Russia, located at the watershed of the Don and Volga Rivers, 77km (48miles) southeast of Tula, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
The village of Mikhaylovka (Russian: Михайловка) has been known since the 17th century. It developed during the Great Patriotic War in connection with intensive coal exploitation at the Moscow Coal Basin. The Soviets built numerous mines on the lands of a kolkhoz called Young Communist International (Russian: '''К'''оммунистический '''и'''нтернационал '''м'''олодёжи, abbreviated as "Russian: КИМ", or KIM) and a habitat for miners. It was granted work settlement status and given its present name in 1948; town status was granted to it in 1952.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kimovsk serves as the administrative center of Kimovsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Kimovsky District as Kimovsk Town Under District Jurisdiction.[2] As a municipal division, Kimovsk Town Under District Jurisdiction is incorporated within Kimovsky Municipal District as Kimovsk Urban Settlement.[3]
Bus station and railway station share a building. Bus routes originating from Kimovsk include Moscow, Tula, Ryazan, Novomoskovsk, Uzlovaya, and other destinations.
There is a museum of local lore in Kimovsk. The Memorial of the Great Patriotic War is located on the outskirts of Karachevsky forest.