Proletarsk Oil Depot Attack
It was formerly the Cossack stanitsa of Velikoknyazheskaya (Великокняжеская).
History
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Proletarsk is the site of a massive petroleum tank farm installation of the Russian Federal Agency for State Reserves, some 250 km from the Ukrainian border. On 18 August 2024, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it was set ablaze by a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone strike. As of 23 August 2024, the tank farm was still ablaze, while the Ukrainians aggravated it with another drone strike on that day. Local authorities declared a state of emergency. On 2 September the fire was extinguished. The Telegram channel RostovGazeta reported that the fire at the Proletarsk oil depot precipitated a surge in the sale of oil storage and refining facilities in the region due to the threat of new attacks from Ukraine.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Proletarsk serves as the administrative center of Proletarsky District. As an administrative division, it is, together with three rural localities, incorporated within Proletarsky District as Proletarskoye Urban Settlement. As a municipal division, this administrative unit also has urban settlement status and is a part of Proletarsky Municipal District.
Demographics
The population of Proletarsk has slightly increased in the post-Soviet era: 20,267 (2010 Census); 19,572 (2002 Census); 19,422 (1989 Soviet census).
References
Notes
- ^ Law #340-ZS
- ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
- ^ Law #183-ZS
- ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
- ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
- ^ "Ukrainian Drones Spark Fuel Fire in South Russia". Moscow Times. August 18, 2024.
- ^ "Fire at huge Russian diesel depot engulfing more storage tanks, media reports". Reuters. August 20, 2024.
- ^ SMITH, YAROSLAV (August 23, 2024). "For several days now, a Russian gas station situated in Proletarsk has been engulfed in flames". ASB.
- ^ Burning Oil Depot In Russia's Rostov Region Struck Again, Reports Say RFE/RL, August 23, 2024
- ^ "Rostov Fuel Depot Blaze Aggravated by Second Ukrainian Drone Strike". Kyiv Post.
- ^ Another drone strikes oil depot in Rostov region that has been burning for almost a week RBC, MARIA KHOLINA, AUGUST 23, 2024
- ^ Fire crews continue to respond to major fire following drone strike in Proletarsk as of late August Crisis 24, 27 August 2024
- ^ "Drone hits oil depot in Russia's Rostov Oblast". The Moscow Times. September 2, 2024. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
- ^ Repeated Ukrainian drone strikes and ongoing blaze at Proletarsk oil depot spark crisis in Rostov region UA Wire, August 23, 2024
- ^ Six-day blaze expands in Rostov oil depot after reported follow-up Ukrainian drone strike Euromaidan Press, 23 August 2024
- ^ Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
- ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
Sources
- Законодательное Собрание Ростовской области. Закон №340-ЗС от 25 июля 2005 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Ростовской области», в ред. Закона №270-ЗС от 27 ноября 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в областной Закон "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Ростовской области"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Наше время", №187–190, 28 июля 2005 г. (Legislative Assembly of Rostov Oblast. Law #340-ZS of July 28, 2005 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Rostov Oblast, as amended by the Law #270-ZS of November 27, 2014 On Amending the Oblast Law "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Rostov Oblast". Effective as of the official publication date.).
- Законодательное Собрание Ростовской области. Закон №183-ЗС от 22 октября 2004 г. «Об установлении границ и наделении соответствующим статусом муниципального образования "Пролетарский район" и муниципальных образований в его составе». Вступил в силу с 1 января 2005 г. Опубликован: "Наше время", №№266–269 (без приложений), 3 ноября 2004 г. (Legislative Assembly of Rostov Oblast. Law #183-ZS of October 22, 2004 On Establishing the Borders and Granting an Appropriate Status to the Municipal Formation of "Proletarsky District" and to the Municipal Formations It Comprises. Effective as of January 1, 2005.).