Zavodoukovsk is a town in Tyumen Oblast

Tyumen Oblast

Tyumen Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Tyumen. The oblast has administrative jurisdiction over two autonomous okrugs—Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. Tyumen is the largest city, with over half a million inhabitants...

, Russia

Russia

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, located on the Bolshoy Uk River (an arm of the Tobol

Tobol River

Tobol is a river in Kurgan and Tyumen Oblasts in Russia and Kazakhstan, left tributary of the Irtysh. The length of the Tobol River is 1591 km. The area of its drainage basin is 426,000 km². Average discharge at mouth is 805 m³/s. The lower reaches of the river freeze up in late October -...

) 96 kilometres (59.7 mi) southeast of Tyumen

Tyumen

Tyumen is the largest city and the administrative center of Tyumen Oblast, Russia, located on the Tura River east of Moscow. Population: Tyumen is the oldest Russian settlement in Siberia. Founded in 16th century to support Russia's eastward expansion, the city has remained one of the most...

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History

It was founded in 1729 as a village of Ukovskaya . In 1787, it was renamed Zavodoukovskoye . It 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 in 1941 and town status in 1960.

Administrative and municipal status

Administratively, it is incorporated as the Town

City of federal subject significance

City of federal subject significance is an umbrella term used to refer to a type of an administrative division of a federal subject of Russia which is equal in status to a district but is organized around a large city; occasionally with surrounding rural territories.According to the 1993...

 of Zavodoukovsk—an administrative unit with a status equal to that of the districts

Administrative divisions of Tyumen Oblast

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Municipally, the territories of the Town of Zavodoukovsk and of Zavodoukovsky District

Zavodoukovsky District

Zavodoukovsky District is an administrative district , one of the 22 in Tyumen Oblast, Russia. Its administrative center is the town of Zavodoukovsk...

 are incorporated as Zavodoukovsky Urban Okrug

Zavodoukovsky Urban Okrug

Zavodoukovsky Urban Okrug is a municipal formation in Tyumen Oblast, Russia, one of the five urban okrugs in the oblast. Its territory comprises the territories of two administrative divisions of Tyumen Oblast—Zavodoukovsky District and the Town of Zavodoukovsk.The urban okrug was established by...

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