Kirovske, Crimea Explained

Kirovske / Isliam-Terek
Native Name:Іслям-Терек — Ислям-Терек — İslâm Terek
Native Name Lang:uk
Settlement Type:Urban-type settlement
Pushpin Map:Crimea
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Isliam-Terek in Crimea
Coordinates:45.2236°N 35.2053°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Republic
Subdivision Name1:Crimea
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Kirovske Raion
Established Title:First mentioned
Established Date:1783
Established Title1:Town status
Established Date1:1957
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Aleksandr Evseyev[1]
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:5.99
Elevation Footnotes:[2]
Elevation M:23
Population Total:6883
Population As Of:2014
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:MSK
Utc Offset:+4
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:297300
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:+7 365 55
Blank Name:Climate
Blank Info:Cfa
Website:http://rada.gov.ua/

Kirovske (Ukrainian: Кіровське; Russian: Кировское|Kirovskoye) or Isliam-Terek (Ukrainian: Іслям-Терек; Russian: Ислям-Терек; Crimean Tatar; Crimean Turkish: İslâm Terek) is an urban-type settlement in the Crimea, a territory recognized by a majority of countries as part of Ukraine and incorporated by Russia as the Republic of Crimea. Population:

Kirovske also serves as the administrative center of the Kirovske Raion (district), housing the district's local administration buildings.[3]

A military air base, Kirovske, is located south of the town. It was used extensively by Soviet Naval Aviation and Soviet Air Defense Forces during the Cold War.

As of the 2001 Ukrainian Census, its population was 7,431.[3]

History

The first documentary mention of the village, originally known as İslâm Terek, is found in the Chamber Description of Crimea of the year 1784, according to which, during the final period of the Crimean Khanate, İslâm Terek was part of the Eski Qırım kadiluk of the Kefe Eyalet. After the annexation of the Crimean Khanate by the Russian Empire on April 19, 1783, by the decree of Catherine II to the Senate on February 19, 1784, the Taurida Oblast was formed on the territory of the former Crimean Khanate, and the village was assigned to the Levkopol county, and after the dissolution of the Levkopol county in 1787, it was assigned to the Feodosia county of the Taurida Oblast. After the Pauline reforms from 1796 to 1802, it was included in the Akmechet county of the Novorossiya Governorate. Under the new administrative division, following the creation of the Taurida Governorate on October 8 (20), 1802, İslâm Terek was included in the Parpach volost of the Feodosiysky Uyezd.[4]

İslâm Terek was renamed Kirovske in 1944 by the Soviet government. On 23 August 2023 the Ukrainian parliament symbolically restored the former name.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Aleksandr Evseyev Elected as Mayor of Kirovskoye. 25 October 2018. Russian.
  2. Web site: Kirovske (Crimea, Kirovske Raion). weather.in.ua. 14 February 2012. Ukrainian.
  3. Web site: Kirovske, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Kirovske Raion. Regions of Ukraine and their Structure. Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. 14 February 2012. Ukrainian.
  4. Лашков . Фёдор Фёдорович . 1888 . Камеральное описание Крыма, 1784 года - Каймаканствы и в оных каймаканами кто состоит. Известия Таврической ученой архивной комиссии . 6 . Симф. . Типогр. Таврическ. Губ. Земства .
  5. https://ukranews.com/ua/news/951794-u-radi-vyrishyly-dekomunizuvaty-krym-shhe-do-jogo-deokupatsiyi У Раді вирішили декомунізувати Крим ще до його деокупації