Tsiolkovsky, Amur Oblast
| Tsiolkovsky (in English) Циолковский (Russian) |
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| Rural locality Day | October 27 |
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| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Amur Oblast |
| Administratively subordinated to | Tsiolkovsky Urban Okrug |
| Administrative center of | Tsiolkovsky Urban Okrug |
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| Urban okrug | Tsiolkovsky Urban Okrug |
| Administrative center of | Tsiolkovsky Urban Okrug |
| Head | Marina Zenina |
| Representative body | Council of People's Deputies |
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| Population (2010 Census) | 5,892 inhabitants |
| Time zone | YAKT (UTC+09:00) |
| Founded | 1961 |
| Previous names |
Svobodny-18 (until 1994), Uglegorsk (until 2015) |
| Postal code(s) | 676470 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 41643 |
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Tsiolkovsky (Russian: Циолковский) is a closed Town in Amur Oblast, Russia, located on the Bolshaya Pyora River (a tributary of the Zeya), 110 kilometers (68 mi) from the border with China and 180 kilometers (110 mi) north of Blagoveshchensk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 5,892 (2010 Census);5,050 (2002 Census). The town serves the nearby spaceport, .
The town was founded in 1961. From 1969 to 1994, it was called Uglegorsk and was established in order to serve the nearby ICBM base of the Soviet Armed Forces which was code-named Svobodny-18. The name was given after another settlement called Svobodny which lies 50 kilometers (31 mi) south of it. The closed status was assigned by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR of October 19, 1965. In 1994 the entire complex was renamed to Uglegorsk (Russian: Углего́рск).
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