Belorechensk, Krasnodar Krai

Belorechensk (Russian: Белоре́ченск) is a town in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located on the Belaya River, from which it takes its name. It forms the municipal formation Belorechenskoye urban settlement, as the only locality in its composition. Population: 51,590 (2020), 53,892 (2010 census); 54,028 (2002 census); 51,177 (1989 Soviet census). History It was established as a Cossack settlement in 1862. According to the 1926 census, it had a population of 14,947, 66.4% Russian and 24.5% Ukrainian. Town status was granted to it in 1958. During the Soviet period, a corrective labor camp was located here. Belorechensk was briefly occupied by Germany in the Second World War. Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, Belorechensk serves as the administrative center of Belorechensky District, even though it is not a part of it. As an administrative division, it is, together with the territory of Yuzhny Rural Okrug (which comprises three rural localities), incorporated separately as the Town of Belorechensk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the town of Belorechensk is incorporated within Belorechensky Municipal District as Belorechenskoye Urban Settlement. Yuzhny Rural Okrug is incorporated within Belorechensky Municipal District as Yuzhnenskoye Rural Settlement. References Notes Sources Управление по взаимодействию с органами местного самоуправления Администрации Краснодарского края. Справочная информация №34.01-707/13-03 от 23 мая 2013 г. «Реестр административно-территориальных единиц Краснодарского края». (Department of Cooperation with the Organs of the Local Self-Government of the Administration of Krasnodar Krai. Reference Information #34.01-707/13-03 of May 23, 2013 Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units of Krasnodar Krai. ). Законодательное Собрание Краснодарского края. Закон №767-КЗ от 22 июля 2004 г. «Об установлении границ муниципального образования Белореченский район, наделении его статусом муниципального района, образовании в его составе муниципальных образований — городского и сельских поселений — и установлении их границ», в ред. Закона №1756-КЗ от 3 июня 2009 г «О внесении изменений в некоторые законодательные акты Краснодарского края об установлении границ муниципальных образований». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Кубанские новости", №129, 11 августа 2004 г. (Legislative Assembly of Krasnodar Krai. Law #767-KZ of July 22, 2004 On the Establishment of the Borders of the Municipal Formation of Belorechensky District, on Granting It the Status of a Municipal District, on the Establishment of the Municipal Formations—Urban and Rural Settlements—Within Its Structure and on the Establishment of Their Borders, as amended by the Law #1765-KZ of June 3, 2009 On Amending Several Legislative Acts of Krasnodar Krai on the Establishment of the Borders of the Municipal Formations. Effective as of the day of the official publication.). External links Official website of Belorechensk Archived July 11, 2017, at the Wayback Machine (in Russian) Directory of organizations in Belorechensk (in Russian)