Chuguyevka (rural locality)
Rural locality in Primorsky Krai, Russia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chuguyevka (Russian: Чугуевка) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Chuguyevsky District, Primorsky Krai, Russia.
Chuguyevka
Чугуевка | |
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[[Types of inhabited localities in Russia|selo]] | |
Coordinates: 44°10′0″N 133°51′30″E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Primorsky Krai |
Founded | 1903 |
Population | |
• Total | 12,171 |
Time zone | UTC+10 (MSK+7 [2]) |
Postal code(s)[3] | |
OKTMO ID | 05655437101 |
Population: 12,171 (2010 Russian census);[4] 13,680 (2002 Census);[5] 12,427 (1989 Soviet census).[6]
There was an airbase (Chuguyevka (air base)) where the 530th Fighter Aviation Regiment 3 Air Force and Air Defense Command – the villages of Chuguevka and Sokolovka 44.090914°N 133.868036°E / 44.090914; 133.868036). MiG-31 aircraft were based there. In 1976, one of the MiG-25 was hijacked from the airfield Sokolovka to Japan. On 1 December 2009, the 530th IAP was disbanded, Mig-31 aircraft were transferred to other regiments of the country.
There is a General regime colony – institution UC-267/31 GUIN of the Russian Ministry of Justice for the Primorsky Territory (Novochuguevka village, 44.207012°N 133.841016°E / 44.207012; 133.841016)