En Name: | Makushino |
Ru Name: | Макушино |
Coordinates: | 55.2167°N 83°W |
Map Label Position: | top |
Federal Subject: | Kurgan Oblast |
Adm District Jur: | Makushinsky District |
Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Makushino |
Adm Selsoviet Type: | Town under district jurisdiction |
Adm Ctr Of1: | Makushinsky District |
Adm Ctr Of2: | Makushino Town Under District Jurisdiction |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Mun District Jur: | Makushinsky Municipal District |
Urban Settlement Jur: | Makushino Urban Settlement |
Mun Admctr Of1: | Makushinsky Municipal District |
Mun Admctr Of2: | Makushino Urban Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 8338 |
Current Cat Date: | 1963 |
Postal Codes: | 641600–641602, 641639 |
Website: | http://www.makushino45.ru/ |
Makushino (Russian: Маку́шино) is a town and the administrative center of Makushinsky District in Kurgan Oblast, Russia, located 181km (112miles) east of Kurgan, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
It was founded by the migrant peasants who moved there from Central Russia. In 1896, a railway station was built in the vicinity and the settlement grew up around it. Town status was granted to it in 1963.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Makushino serves as the administrative center of Makushinsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Makushinsky District as Makushino Town Under District Jurisdiction. As a municipal division, Makushino Town Under District Jurisdiction is incorporated within Makushinsky Municipal District as Makushino Urban Settlement.[2]