Kemerovo

**Kemerovo** () is an industrial ceety an the admeenistrative centre o Kemerovo Oblast, Roushie, locatit on the Tom River, east-northeast o Novosibirsk, in the major coal minin region o the Kuznetsk Basin. Population: 532,981(2010 Census); 484,754 (2002 Census); 520,263 (1989 Census).

## Geografie
The ceety is locatit  east o Moscow at the confluence o the Iskitim an Tom Rivers.

## History
Kemerovo is an amalgamation o, an successor tae, several aulder Roushie dounsets. A weypoint namit Verkhotomsky *ostrog* wis establisht nearbi in 1657 on a road frae Tomsk tae Kuznetsk fortress. In 1701, the dounset o Shcheglovo wis foondit on the left bank o the Tom; suin it became a veelage. Bi 1859, seiven veelages existit whaur modren Kemerovo is nou: Shcheglovka (or Ust-Iskitimskoye), Kemerovo (namit in 1734), Yevseyevo, Krasny Yar, Kur-Iskitim (Pleshki), Davydovo (Ishanovo), an Borovaya. In 1721, coal wis discovered in the area. The first coal mines wur establisht in 1907, later a chemical plant wis establisht in 1916. By 1917, the population o Shcheglovo haed grown tae aroond 4,000&nbsp;fowk.

The aurie's further development wis boostit bi the construction a railwey atween Yurga an Kolchugino (nou Leninsk-Kuznetsky) with a connection atween Topki an Shcheglovo. Shcheglovo wis grantit toun status in 1918, which is nou considered tae be the date o Kemerovo's foondin. In 1932, Shcheglovsk wis renamit Kemerovo an became the admeenistrative centre o Kemerovo Oblast in 1943.

## Admeenistrative an municipal status
Kemerovo is the admeenistrative centre o the oblast an, athin the framewirk o admeenistrative diveesions, it serves as the admeenistrative centre o Kemerovsky Destrict an aw, even tho it is no a pairt o it. As a admeenistrative diveesion, it is incorporatit separately as **Kemerovo [[Ceety o federal subject significance|Ceety Unner Oblast Jurisdiction]]**—a administrative unit wi a status equal tae that o the destricts. As a municipal diveesion, Kemerovo Ceety Unner Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporatit as **Kemerovsky Urban Okrug**.

## Economie
Kemerovo is an important industrial ceety that developit durin Soviet times wi important chemical, fertilizer, an manufacturin industries. Syne the disintegration o the Soviet Union, the ceety's industries hae experiencit a severe decline, creatin heich levels o unemployment. Major companies based in the ceety include Siberian Business Union.

### Transportation
Kemerovo is linkit tae wastren Roushie bi a branch o the Trans-Siberie Railwey. The ceety is servit bi the Kemerovo Internaitional Airport.

## Education
Five heicher education institutions are locatit in Kemerovo: Kemerovo State University, Kuzbass State Technical University, Kemerovo State Medical Academy, Kemerovo State Art Institute, Kemerovo Agricultural Institute an Kuzbass Economie an Juistice Institute.

## Sports
The public interest for bandy is widespread in Roushie. 26,000 watched the openin game o the 2011-2012 Roushie Bandy League against Dynamo Moscowhttp://translate.google.ca/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://bandynet.ru/node/23247&ei=XEPhTpSGEYzMtAaihc3yAw&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CDIQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://bandynet.ru/node/23247%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1024%26bih%3D677%26prmd%3Dimvns  an Kuzbass is amang the vera best in the Roushie Bandy League. The 2007 Bandy World Championship wis held in the ceety.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EloNGX8E38Q&feature=related Female bandy anerlie exists in a few places in Roushie. Nou Kemerovo is aboot tae stairt it up. Kemerovo haes the first indoor arena in Roushie anerly uised for bandy.http://translate.google.ca/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sport-kuzbass.ru%2Fsport_objects%2FKemerovo%2F%3Fobject%3D16 Kuzbass plays the matches in the league at Khimik Stadium acause o the big public interest. That arena haes a capacity o 32000.http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://www.rusbandy.ru/stadium/12/&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.rusbandy.ru/stadium/12/%26hl%3Den%26tbo%3Dd%26biw%3D1024%26bih%3D545&sa=X&ei=FZ27UPSAIcf34QSqjYGoAg&ved=0CDMQ7gEwAA

## Climate
Kemerovo's position gives it a continental climate wi average temperaturs varyin atween  in Januar tae  in Julie an relatively law precipitation o aroond  annually.

## Yeti claims
In October 2011, Kemerovo administrators announced that they had "indisputable proof" that mountains in the region were inhabited by Yeti.

## Internaitional relations

### Twin touns an sister ceeties
Kemerovo is twinned wi:
* Billings, Montana, Unitit States
* Salgótarján, Hungary

## References
### Notes

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## Freemit airtins
*Offeecial wabsteid o Kemerovo 
*Wabcam wi the view o the Theater Square in Kemerovo
*Natural landscapes of the Kemerovo area