Shchuchye, Shchuchansky District, Kurgan Oblast Explained
| En Name: | Shchuchye |
| Ru Name: | Щучье |
| Coordinates: | 55.2167°N 107°W |
| Map Label Position: | right |
| Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Schuche (2013).jpg |
| Federal Subject: | Kurgan Oblast |
| Adm District Jur: | Shchuchansky District |
| Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Shchuchye |
| Adm Selsoviet Type: | Town under district jurisdiction |
| Adm Ctr Of1: | Shchuchansky District |
| Adm Ctr Of2: | Shchuchye Town Under District Jurisdiction |
| Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
| Mun District Jur: | Shchuchansky Municipal District |
| Urban Settlement Jur: | Shchuchye Urban Settlement |
| Mun Admctr Of1: | Shchuchansky Municipal District |
| Mun Admctr Of2: | Shchuchye Urban Settlement |
| Pop 2010Census: | 10973 |
| Established Date: | 1750 |
| Established Title: | Known since |
| Current Cat Date: | 1945 |
| Postal Codes: | 641010 |
| Website: | http://xn----ftbdb1cant0bs9a.xn--p1ai/ |
Shchuchye (Russian: Щу́чье) is a town and the administrative center of Shchuchansky District in Kurgan Oblast, Russia, located on Lake Shchuchye, 180km (110miles) west of Kurgan, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
History
It has been known since 1750 as a selo and was granted town status in 1945.[1]
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Shchuchye serves as the administrative center of Shchuchansky District.[2] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Shchuchansky District as Shchuchye Town Under District Jurisdiction. As a municipal division, Shchuchye Town Under District Jurisdiction is incorporated within Shchuchansky Municipal District as Shchuchye Urban Settlement.[3]
Military
About 14% of Russian chemical weapons were stored at Shchuchye.[4] However under the Chemical Weapons Convention a new facility to destroy these chemical weapons was opened there in May 2009,[5] with the financial help of the United Kingdom, Sweden and the Czech Republic,[6] as well as the US-supported Nunn-Lugar program.[7] The destruction and decontamination of the Shchuchye stockpile was completed in 2015.[8]
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Notes and References
- Web site: General Information. russian. March 21, 2018.
- Law #316
- Law #419
- News: In Siberia, the Death Knell of a Complex Holding a Deadly Stockpile . The New York Times. Clifford J.. Levy. 27 May 2009 . 9 April 2010.
- Web site: OPCW Director-General Attends Opening Ceremony of the Shchuchye Chemical Weapons Destruction Facility in the Russian Federation . 29 May 2009 . Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons . https://web.archive.org/web/20130625231342/http://www.opcw.org/news/article/opcw-director-general-attends-opening-ceremony-of-the-shchuchye-chemical-weapons-destruction-facilit/ . 25 June 2013 . live . dmy.
- Web site: Supporting Chemical Weapons Destruction in the Russian Federation: Sweden and the United Kingdom Sign Cooperation Assistance Agreement, Czech Republic Increases Financial Contribution . 12 December 2005 . Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons . https://web.archive.org/web/20180315143645/https://www.opcw.org/news/article/supporting-chemical-weapons-destruction-in-the-russian-federation-sweden-and-the-united-kingdom-sig/ . 15 March 2018 . live . dmy.
- Web site: U.S. Senator Lugar Voted 'Arms Control Person of the Year' for Efforts to Destroy Chemical Weapons in Russia . 13 January 2010 . Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons . https://web.archive.org/web/20110318140959/http://www.opcw.org/news/article/us-senator-lugar-voted-arms-control-person-of-the-year-for-efforts-to-destroy-chemical-weapons-i/ . March 18, 2011 . live . dmy .
- Web site: Rao . Hamid Ali . 20 November 2015 . Remarks at the Closure of Shchuchye Chemical Weapons Destruction Facility, Kurganskaya Oblast, Russian Federation . Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons . https://web.archive.org/web/20170714102943/https://www.opcw.org/fileadmin/OPCW/DDG/DDG_Remarks_Shchuchye_Closure.pdf . 14 July 2017 . live . dmy.
