Lazarevo, Jewish Autonomous Oblast

Lazarevo (English) Лазарево (Russian)
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Location of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast in Russia
Lazarevo Location of Lazarevo in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast
Coordinates: 48°14′27″N 132°26′37″E / 48.24083°N 132.44361°E / 48.24083; 132.44361Coordinates: 48°14′27″N 132°26′37″E / 48.24083°N 132.44361°E / 48.24083; 132.44361
Administrative status (as of July 2011)
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Jewish Autonomous Oblast
Administrative district	Leninsky District
Administrative center of	Lazarevskoye Rural Settlement
Statistics
Population (2010 Census)	751 inhabitants
Time zone	VLAT (UTC+10:00)

Lazarevo (Russian: Лазарево) is a small town in Leninsky District in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia. It is the head of Lazarevskoye Rural Settlement.

Lazarevo is located at an elevation of 140 meters (460 ft) by a small mountain range north of the Amur River. The town lies 86 kilometers (53 mi) southwest of Birobidzhan, the administrative center of the autonomous oblast. Its population is 751 (2010 Census);

Lazarevo is the birthplace of Soviet Arctic explorer Georgy Ushakov (1901 - 1963) who fully surveyed and charted Severnaya Zemlya for the first time in history.

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