En Name: | Orlov |
Ru Name: | Орлов |
Coordinates: | 58.5333°N 102°W |
Map Label Position: | right |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Orlov (Kirov oblast) (1781).png |
Federal Subject: | Kirov Oblast |
Adm District Jur: | Orlovsky District |
Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Orlov |
Adm Selsoviet Type: | Town |
Adm Ctr Of1: | Orlovsky District |
Adm Ctr Of2: | Town of Orlov |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Mun District Jur: | Orlovsky Municipal District |
Urban Settlement Jur: | Orlovskoye Urban Settlement |
Mun Admctr Of1: | Orlovsky Municipal District |
Mun Admctr Of2: | Orlovskoye Urban Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 6959 |
Established Date: | 1459 |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Current Cat Date: | 1780 |
Postal Codes: | 612270 |
Orlov (Russian: Орло́в) is a town and the administrative center of Orlovsky District in Kirov Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Vyatka River, 75km (47miles) west of Kirov, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
It was first mentioned in 1459. Town status was granted to it in 1780. Between 1923 and 1992 the town was known as Khalturin (Russian: Халтурин), after the Russian revolutionary Stepan Khalturin (1856–1882), who was born in a nearby village.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Orlov serves as the administrative center of Orlovsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Orlovsky District as the Town of Orlov. As a municipal division, the Town of Orlov is incorporated within Orlovsky Municipal District as Orlovskoye Urban Settlement.[2]