Komsomolsk-on-Amur

**Komsomolsk-on-Amur** () is a city in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. It is on the west bank of the Amur River in the Russian Far East. It is on the Baikal-Amur Mainline,  northeast of Khabarovsk. Population:

## Geography

The city and its suburbs stretch for over  along the left bank of the Amur River. The river at this point is up to  wide. Lake Khummi is southeast of the city.

The distance to Khabarovsk—the administrative center (capital city) of the krai—is ; to the Pacific Ocean—about . The nearest other major town is Amursk, which is about  south.

It is about  east of Moscow. It is at the eastern end of the BAM Railway.

## History

The future site of Komsomolsk-on-Amur was conquered by the Mongols in the 13th century. It became part of the Mongol Empire under the Mongol Yuan Dynasty.

### 19th century

It was later held by the Manchus until the area was ceded (given) to the Russian Empire in the treaty of Aigun in 1858. The village of **Permskoye** () was created on the later site of Komsomolsk in 1860 by migrant peasants from what is now the Perm Krai.

#### 1930s

The government of the Russian SFSR announced plans in 1931 to build a shipyard on the Amur at the modern site of Komsomolsk. Construction began in 1932. The town was mainly built using volunteer labor from the Communist youth organization Komsomol. This is how the town received the name **Komsomolsk**. However, the construction of the town was helped by the use of penal labour from the prison camps in the area. The suffix _on Amur_ was added to differentiate from other towns with the same name.

#### 1940s

By the end of the 1940s, the shipyards plus facilities for other heavy industry had been completed. The city turned into a regional center for industries such as aircraft manufacturing, metallurgy, machinery, oil refining, and shipbuilding. Currently, Komsomolsk-on-Amur is the main center for the manufacture of Sukhoi military aircraft and the Sukhoi Superjet airliner. The MiG-15bis  and the Lisunov Li-2 were both built in Komsomolsk-on-Amur.

## Climate

Komsomolsk-on-Amur has a humid continental climate (Köppen _Dfb_).

## Twin towns – sister cities

Komsomolsk-on-Amur is twinned with:

- Jiamusi, China (1994)
- Kamo, Japan (1991)
- Weinan, China (2016)

## Notable residents

- Alex Chubrevich, Israeli-Russian professional basketball player for Maccabi Haifa of the Israeli Super League.
- Yuliya Chepalova, cross-country skier.
- Anatoly Dyatlov, deputy chief-engineer of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
- Yury Gazinsky, footballer, scorer of the first goal at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, was born in the city
- Alexandra Ivanovskaya, "Miss Russia 2005"
- Valentina Khetagurova (1914–1992), founder of the Khetagurovite Campaign
- Pasha Kovalev, professional dancer
- Sergei Plotnikov, ice hockey player with Pittsburgh Penguins, NHL
- Ivan Shtyl, sprint canoer

## References

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## Other websites

- Sports in Komsomolsk-on-Amur
- FC Smena (Komsomolsk-on-Amur)

## Infobox (russian city)

- **en name**: Komsomolsk-on-Amur
- **ru name**: Комсомольск-на-Амуре
- **image skyline**: Komsomolsk na Amuru.jpg
- **image caption**: View of Komsomolsk-on-Amur
- **map label position**: top
- **image coa**: Герб Комсомольска-на-Амуре.svg
- **image flag**: Флаг Комсомольска-на-Амуре.svg
- **federal subject**: Khabarovsk Krai
- **adm data as of**: September 2011
- **adm city jur**: city of federal subject significance, city of krai significance of Komsomolsk-na-Amure
- **adm ctr of1**: city of krai significance of Komsomolsk-na-Amure
- **adm ctr of2**: Komsomolsky District, Khabarovsk Krai, Komsomolsky District
- **inhabloc cat**: City
- **mun data as of**: June 2004
- **urban okrug jur**: Komsomolsk-na-Amure Urban Okrug
- **mun admctr of1**: Komsomolsk-na-Amure Urban Okrug
- **mun admctr of2**: Komsomolsky Municipal District
- **leader title**: Head
- **leader name**: Alexander Viktorovich Zhornik
- **area km2**: 325.10
- **pop 2010census**: 263906
- **pop 2010census rank**: 70th
- **established date**: 1932
- **current cat date**: 1933
- **postal codes**: 6810xx
- **dialing codes**: 4217
- **website**: http://www.kmscity.ru
- **commonscat**: Komsomolsk-on-Amur
- **date**: May 2010