Lazarevo, Jewish Autonomous Oblast Explained

En Name:Lazarevo
Ru Name:Лазарево
Coordinates:48.2408°N 132.4436°W
Map Label Position:right
Federal Subject:Jewish Autonomous Oblast
Adm District Jur:Leninsky District
Inhabloc Cat:Town
Mun Admctr Of1:Lazarevskoye Rural Settlement
Mun Admctr Of1 Ref:[1]
Pop 2010Census:751

Lazarevo (Russian: Лазарево) is a small town in Leninsky District in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia. It is the head of Lazarevskoye Rural Settlement.[1]

Geography

Lazarevo is located at an elevation of 140m (460feet) by a small mountain range north of the Amur River.[2] The town lies 86km (53miles) southwest of Birobidzhan, the administrative center of the autonomous oblast.[3] Its population is

History

Lazarevo is the birthplace of Soviet Arctic explorer Georgy Ushakov (1901 - 1963) who fully surveyed and charted Severnaya Zemlya for the first time in history.[4]

Notes and References

  1. http://docs.cntd.ru/document/802020299 Закон Еврейской автономной области от 26 ноября 2003 года № 231-ОЗ «О статусе и границе Ленинского муниципального района»
  2. [GoogleEarth]
  3. Web site: Lazarevo. Mapcarta. 23 November 2016.
  4. http://www.skypole.ru/ushakov/biogr_e.htm Biography of G. A. Ushakov