Gornye Klyuchi

Gornye Klyuchi

Coordinates: 45°14′40″N 133°30′0″E / 45.24444°N 133.5°E / 45.24444; 133.5

Gornye Klyuchi (Russian: Го́рные Ключи́, lit. mountain springs) is an urban-type settlement in Kirovsky District of Primorsky Krai, Russia, located on the Ussuri River near the mouth of the Draguchina River, 16 kilometers (9.9 mi) from the district's administrative center of Kirovsky. Population: 5,272 (2002 Census);[1] 7,380 (1989 Census).[2]

It was founded in 1935 and was granted urban-type settlement status in 1965.

Shmakovka resort and Saint-Trinity Nicholas monastery (Свято-Троицкий Николаевский монастырь), the oldest male monastery in the Russian Far East, are located near Gornye Klyuchi.

References

  1. ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек (Population of Russia, its federal districts, federal subjects, districts, urban localities, rural localities—administrative centers, and rural localities with population of over 3,000)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/1_TOM_01_04.xls. Retrieved 2010-03-23. 
  2. ^ "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров. (All Union Population Census of 1989. Present population of union and autonomous republics, autonomous oblasts and okrugs, krais, oblasts, districts, urban settlements, and villages serving as district administrative centers.)" (in Russian). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года (All-Union Population Census of 1989). Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. 1989. http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus89_reg.php. Retrieved 2010-03-23.