Kushchyovskaya Explained

En Name:Kushchyovskaya
Ru Name:Кущёвская
Coordinates:46.5667°N 78°W
Map Label Position:right
Flag Caption:Flag of Kushchyovskoye Rural Settlement
Image Coa:Coat of Arms of Kuschevskoe (Krasnodar krai).png
Coa Caption:Coat of arms of Kushchyovskoye Rural Settlement
Federal Subject:Krasnodar Krai
Adm District Jur:Kushchyovsky District
Adm Ctr Of:Kushchyovsky District
Inhabloc Cat:Rural locality
Inhabloc Type:Stanitsa
Mun District Jur:Kushchyovsky Municipal District
Mun District Jur Ref:[1]
Rural Settlement Jur:Kushchyovskoye Rural Settlement
Mun Admctr Of1:Kushchyovsky Municipal District
Mun Admctr Of2:Kushchyovskoye Rural Settlement
Pop 2010Census:28362
Established Date:1794
Current Cat Date:1842
Postal Codes:352030–352033, 352037
Kushchyovskaya population
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Label1:2010 Census
Data1:28,362
Label2:2002 Census
Data2:29,533
Label3:1989 Census
Data3:26,300
Label4:1979 Census
Data4:24,627

Kushchyovskaya (Russian: Кущёвская) is a rural locality (a stanitsa) and the administrative center of Kushchyovsky District in Krasnodar Krai, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 28,362. Kushchyovskaya (air base) is near to the town.

History

It was established in 1794 and reclassified as a stanitsa in 1842.[2] The settlement came to national attention in 2010 as the site of the Kushchyovskaya massacre.

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Notes and References

  1. Law #748-KZ
  2. Azarenkova et al., pp. 242 and 254