Kuznetsk (Russian: Кузне́цк, IPA: [kʊzʲˈnʲetsk]) is a town in Penza Oblast, Russia, located in the foothills of the Volga Upland, mainly on the left bank of the Truyov River [ru]. Population: 88,839 (2010 Russian census); 92,050 (2002 Census); 98,588 (1989 Soviet census).

Administrative and municipal status

Within Russia's framework of administrative divisions, Kuznetsk serves as the administrative center of Kuznetsky District, even though it does not form a part of it. As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the town of oblast significance of Kuznetsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the town of oblast significance of Kuznetsk is incorporated as Kuznetsk Urban Okrug.

History

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Vasily Naryshkin [ru] founded the settlement of Truyovo on the river Truyov [ru] in 1699. It became known as Truyovo-Voskresenskoe and then as Naryshkino. An ukaz of Catherine II renamed the village Kuznetsk in November 1780.

Twin towns and sister cities

Kuznetsk is twinned with:

• Gyula, Hungary (1970)
• Dimitrovgrad, Russia (1972)