Boksitogorsk
town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia
Boksitogorsk (Russian: Бокситого́рск) is a town and the administrative center of Boksitogorsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the banks of the Pyardomlya River in the basin of the Syas River, 245 kilometers (152 mi) east of St. Petersburg. Population: 16,585. (2010 census)
History
The settlement of Boksity (Бокси́ты) was established in 1929 to house the workers of the local bauxite mine. It was a part of Tikhvinsky District of Leningrad Oblast. In December 1934, the construction of a bauxite plant started. In 1935, the settlement was granted urban-type settlement status and given its present name. In 1940, the population neared 10,000 and a school, kindergarten, nursery, ambulatory and drugstore, several canteens, and shops were built. In 1950, Boksitogorsk was granted town status and on July 25, 1952 it became the administrative center of Boksitogorsky District.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Boksitogorsk serves as the administrative center of Boksitogorsky District. As an administrative division, it is, together with ten rural localities, incorporated within Boksitogorsky District as Boksitogorskoye Settlement Municipal Formation.
“Boksitogorsk” enters the record as town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Boksitogorsk, town and Leningrad can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q15236. Authority coordinates are 59.474, 33.848. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2010, 1929, 1934 and 1935.
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