Chkalovsk ( Russian : Чка́ловск ) is a town in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast , Russia , located on the right bank of the Volga River , 95 kilometers (59 mi) northwest of Nizhny Novgorod , the administrative center of the oblast . As of the 2010 Census , its population was 12,368.
20-649: Chkalovsk may refer to: Chkalovsk, Russia , a town in Chkalovsky District of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia Chkalovsk Urban Okrug, a municipal formation into which the town of oblast significance of Chkalovsk in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia is incorporated Chkalovsk Urban Settlement, a former municipal formation into which the former town of district significance of Chkalovsk in former Chkalovsky District of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia
40-424: A part of municipal formations are known as inter-settlement territories [ ru ] , a concept introduced in 2019. The Federal Law was amended on 27 May 2014 to include new types of municipal divisions: In June 2014, Chelyabinsky Urban Okrug became the first urban okrug to implement intra-urban divisions. Federal legislation introduced on May 1, 2019, added an additional territorial unit: All
60-919: A treaty was signed between Russia and the Republic of Crimea incorporating the Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol as constituent members of the Russian Federation. According to the Treaty, the Republic of Crimea is accepted as a federal subject with the status of a republic while the City of Sevastopol has received federal city status. Neither the Republic of Crimea nor the city of Sevastopol are politically recognized as parts of Russia by most countries . Similarly, Russia also annexed four Ukrainian oblasts of Donetsk , Kherson , Luhansk , and Zaporozhzhia on 30 September 2022 after internationally-unrecognized referendums held days prior, during
80-523: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Chkalovsk, Russia It was previously known as Vasilyeva Sloboda/Vasilyovo (until 1938). It was renamed after its most famous inhabitant, Valeri Chkalov , a test pilot awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union (1936). It has been known since the 12th century as Vasilyeva Sloboda , named so in honor of its founder Prince Vasily Yuryevich,
100-405: The federal subjects of Russia. Federal districts are not mentioned in the nation's constitution, do not have competences of their own, and do not manage regional affairs. They exist solely to monitor consistency between the federal and regional bodies of law, and ensure governmental control over the civil service, judiciary, and federal agencies operating in the regions. The federal district system
120-452: The framework of administrative divisions , it is, together with 228 rural localities , incorporated as the town of oblast significance of Chkalovsk —an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts . As a municipal division , the town of oblast significance of Chkalovsk is incorporated as Chkalovsk Urban Okrug . Until May 2015, the town served as the administrative center of Chkalovsky District and, within
140-598: The invasion of Ukraine that began in late February, which were organized by Russian occupation authorities in territories where hostilities were ongoing and much of the population had fled. It occurred seven months after the start of the invasion and less than a month after the start of the Ukrainian Kharkiv counteroffensive . The signing ceremony was held in the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow in
160-788: The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR of 17 August 1982 "On the Procedures of Dealing with the Matters of the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the RSFSR". The 1993 Constitution, however, did not identify the matters of the administrative-territorial divisions as the responsibility of the federal government nor as the joint responsibility of the federal government and the subjects. This
180-621: The federal subjects are grouped into eight federal districts, each administered by an envoy appointed by the President of Russia . The envoys serve as liaisons between the federal subjects and the federal government and are primarily responsible for overseeing the compliance of the federal subjects with federal laws. For economic and statistical purposes the federal subjects are grouped into twelve economic regions. Economic regions and their parts sharing common economic trends are in turn grouped into economic zones and macrozones . In order for
200-511: The following types of high-level administrative divisions are recognized: Autonomous okrugs and okrugs are intermediary units of administrative divisions, which include some of the federal subject's districts and cities/towns/urban-type settlements of federal subject significance. Typical lower-level administrative divisions include: In the course of the Russian municipal reform of 2004–2005, all federal subjects of Russia were to streamline
220-490: The framework of administrative divisions, was incorporated within that district as a town of district significance . As a municipal division , it was incorporated as Chkalovsk Urban Settlement within Chkalovsky Municipal District. Subdivisions of Russia#Municipal divisions Russia is divided into several types and levels of subdivisions. The federal districts are groupings of
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#1732798223596240-563: The only ones that have a peculiar status of being federal subjects in their own right, yet at the same time they are considered to be administrative divisions of other federal subjects (with the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug being the only exception). On 18 March 2014, as a part of the annexation of Crimea and following the establishment of the Republic of Crimea (an independent entity that was recognized only by Russia),
260-457: The presence of occupation authority heads Leonid Pasechnik , Denis Pushilin , Yevgeny Balitsky , and Vladimir Saldo , and Russian President Vladimir Putin . Like Crimea, none of the four occupied regions are internationally recognized as part of Russia. Prior to the adoption of the 1993 Constitution of Russia , the administrative-territorial structure of Russia was regulated by the Decree of
280-453: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Chkalovsk . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chkalovsk&oldid=759701286 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
300-564: The sense that they have equal representation—two delegates each—in the Federation Council ( upper house of the Federal Assembly ). They do, however, differ in the degree of autonomy they enjoy. De jure, excluding the occupied Ukrainian territories, there are 6 types of federal subjects—21 republics , 9 krais , 46 oblasts , 2 federal cities , 1 autonomous oblast , and 4 autonomous okrugs . Autonomous okrugs are
320-563: The son of Yury Dolgoruky . For a long time the territory belonged to Prince Shuysky who eventually became Tsar Vasily Shuysky . The famous Russian pilot Valery Chkalov was born in 1904 in Vasilyovo. In 1937, Vasilyovo was renamed Chkalovsk after him and in 1955 it was granted town status. Most of the original village was flooded by the Gorky Reservoir after the construction of Gorky Hydroelectric Station in 1955. Within
340-498: The structures of local self-government, which is guaranteed by the Constitution of Russia . The reform mandated that each federal subject was to have a unified structure of municipal government bodies by 1 January 2005, and a law enforcing the reform provisions went into effect on 1 January 2006. According to the law, the units of the municipal division (called " municipal formations ") are as follows: Territories not included as
360-813: Was established on 13 May 2000. Since 30 September 2022, the Russian Federation has consisted of eighty-nine federal subjects that are constituent members of the Federation. However, six of these federal subjects—the Republic of Crimea , the Donetsk People's Republic , the Kherson Oblast , the Lugansk People's Republic , the federal city of Sevastopol , and the Zaporozhye Oblast —are internationally recognized as part of Ukraine . All federal subjects are of equal federal rights in
380-592: Was incorporated Chkalovsk, former name of Buston , a town in Sughd Province, Tajikistan Chkalovsk Microdistrict , a part of the city of Kaliningrad, Russia Kaliningrad Chkalovsk , a naval air base in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia Omsk Chkalovsk , an airport in Omsk , Russia See also [ edit ] Chkalov (disambiguation) Chkalovsky (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
400-415: Was interpreted by the governments of the federal subjects as a sign that the matters of the administrative-territorial divisions became solely the responsibility of the federal subjects. As a result, the modern administrative-territorial structures of the federal subjects vary significantly from one federal subject to another. While the implementation details may be considerably different, in general, however,
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