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Key facts
- Country
- Russia
- Federal subject
- Kaluga Oblast
- Administrative district
- Kirovsky District
- Elevation
- 195 m (640 ft)
- Total
- 31,882
- Estimate 2023
- 27,661 ( −13.2% )
- Capital of
- Kirovsky District
- Municipal district
- Kirovsky Municipal District
- Urban settlement
- Kirov Urban Settlement
- Time zone
- UTC+3 ( MSK )
- Postal codes
- 249440–249444, 249449
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Encyclopedic overview
Kirov (Russian: Ки́ров) is a town and the administrative center of Kirovsky District in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located on the Bolva River (Desna's tributary) 160 kilometers (99 mi) southwest of Kaluga, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 28,097 (2021 census); 31,882 (2010 census); 38,893 (2002 census); 35,962 (1989 Soviet census). 29,000 (1970).
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kirov” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.