Gritsovsky

Gritsovsky () is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Venyovsky District of Tula Oblast, Russia, located north of Venyov, the administrative center of the district, and north of Novomoskovsk. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 6,192.

Key facts

Russian inhabited locality.en_name: Gritsovsky
Russian inhabited locality.ru_name: Грицовский
Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position: top
Russian inhabited locality.image_coa: Gerb Gritsovsky.png
Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject: Tula Oblast
Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur: Venyovsky District
Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_jur: Gritsovsky
Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_type: Urban-Type Settlement
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of: Gritsovsky Urban-Type Settlement
Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat: Urban-type settlement
Russian inhabited locality.mun_district_jur: Venyovsky Municipal District
Russian inhabited locality.urban_settlement_jur: Gritsovsky Urban Settlement
Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of: Gritsovsky Urban Settlement
Russian inhabited locality.area_km2: 1.52
Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census: 6192
Russian inhabited locality.established_date: 1954
Russian inhabited locality.current_cat_date: 1965
Russian inhabited locality.postal_codes: 301318

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==History== It was founded in 1954 as a village to house the miners at the Gryzlov lignite mine. Its name derives from that of the Gritsovo railway station which lies to the east. In 1965, Gritsovsky was granted urban-type settlement status.

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