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Svobodny
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Svobodny is a city located in the Amur Oblast region of eastern Russia, serving as an administrative center for its urban district. It is notable as the site of Russia's primary space launch facility for commercial and military rockets, making it strategically important to the country's space program.
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Key facts
- Country
- Russia
- Federal subject
- Amur Oblast
- Elevation
- 190 m (620 ft)
- Total
- 58,778
- Estimate 2023
- 48,789 ( −17% )
- Rank
- 281st in 2010
- Subordinated to
- Svobodny Urban Okrug
- Capital of
- Svobodny Urban Okrug, Svobodnensky District
- Urban okrug
- Svobodny Urban Okrug
- Time zone
- UTC+9 ( MSK+6 )
- Dialing code
- +7 41643
- Website
- www .svobnews .amur .ru
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Свободный
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Located in
- Amur Oblast
- Population
- 49825
- Area
- 225
- Elevation
- 190
- Time zone
- UTC+09:00
- Official website
- www.svobnews.amur.ru
- Image
- Railway college in Svobodny.jpg
- Dialing code
- 41643
Show 7 more facts
- time of earliest written record
- 1912-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Svobodny, Amur Oblast
- topic's main category
- Category:Svobodny, Amur Oblast
- native label
- Свободный
- Commons category
- Svobodny, Amur Oblast
- inception
- 1912-01-01
- postal code
- 676450
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Encyclopedic overview
Svobodny (Russian: Свободный) is a town in Amur Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Zeya River, 167 kilometers (104 mi) north of Blagoveshchensk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 58,778 (2010 census); 63,889 (2002 Census); 80,006 (1989 Soviet census).
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Svobodny” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.