Kropotkin (Russian: Кропо́ткин) is a town in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located on the right bank of the Kuban River.
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Coordinates: 45°26′N 40°34′E / 45.433°N 40.567°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Krasnodar Krai[1] |
Founded | late 18th century |
Town status since | 1921[2] |
Elevation | 80 m (260 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 80,765 |
• Estimate (2018)[4] | 78,631 (−2.6%) |
• Rank | 205th in 2010 |
• Subordinated to | Town of Kropotkin[1] |
• Capital of | Town of Kropotkin,[1] Kavkazsky District[1] |
• Municipal district | Kavkazsky Municipal District[5] |
• Urban settlement | Kropotkinskoye Urban Settlement[5] |
• Capital of | Kavkazsky Municipal District,[5] Kropotkinskoye Urban Settlement[5] |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [6]) |
Postal code(s)[7] | 352380–352396 |
OKTMO ID | 03618101001 |
Website | www |
It was founded as Romanovsky Khutor in the late 18th century, and was renamed Kropotkin in honor of the outstanding natural scientist, geographer and revolutionary anarchist Prince Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin on 4 February 1921, when it was granted town status.[2] Population: 80,765 (2010 Russian census);[3] 79,185 (2002 Census);[8] 75,929 (1989 Soviet census);[9] 70,000 (1972); 42,000 (1939); 27,000 (1926).
Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the Town of Kropotkin—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the Town of Kropotkin is incorporated within Kavkazsky Municipal District as Kropotkinskoye Urban Settlement.[5]
The town's railway station is named Kavkazskaya.