Kireyevsk

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Russian inhabited locality.en_name: Kireyevsk
Russian inhabited locality.ru_name: Киреевск
Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline: 2011-08-25 08-10-11Памятник воинам.jpg
Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position: right
Russian inhabited locality.image_coa: Coat of Arms of Kireevsk (Tula oblast) (1990).png
Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject: Tula Oblast
Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur: Kireyevsky District
Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_jur: Kireyevsk
Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_type: Town under district jurisdiction
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of1: Kireyevsky District
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of2: Kireyevsk Town Under District Jurisdiction
Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat: Town
Russian inhabited locality.mun_district_jur: Kireyevsky Municipal District
Russian inhabited locality.urban_settlement_jur: Kireyevsk Urban Settlement
Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of1: Kireyevsky Municipal District
Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of2: Kireyevsk Urban Settlement
Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census: 25557
Russian inhabited locality.established_date: second half ofthe 18th century

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Kireyevsk () is a town and the administrative center of Kireyevsky District in Tula Oblast, Russia, located on the Olen River, southeast of Tula, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:

==History== It has been known since the second half of the 18th century as the Cossack village of Kireyevskaya (). Iron ore deposits started to be developed in the 19th century. During the Soviet times, the village was granted urban-type settlement status and renamed Kireyevka (). It was granted town status and renamed Kireyevsk in 1956.

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