Kireyevsk is a town and the administrative center of Kireyevsky District

Kireyevsky District

Kireyevsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 23 in Tula Oblast, Russia....

 of Tula Oblast

Tula Oblast

Tula Oblast is a federal subject of Russia with its present borders formed on September 26, 1937. Its administrative center is the city of Tula. The oblast has an area of and a population of 1,553,874...

, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

, located on the Olen River, 40 kilometres (24.9 mi) southeast of Tula

Tula, Russia

Tula is an industrial city and the administrative center of Tula Oblast, Russia. It is located south of Moscow, on the Upa River. Population: -History:...

. Population:

It has been known since the second half of the 18th century as the Cossack village of Kireyevskaya . Iron ore deposits started to be developed in the 19th century. During the Soviet

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

 times, the village was granted urban-type settlement

Urban-type settlement

Urban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union...

status and renamed Kireyevka . It was granted town status and renamed Kireyevsk in 1956.