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Gritsovsky (Russian: Грицо́вский) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Venyovsky District of Tula Oblast, Russia, located 40 kilometers (25 mi) north of Venyov, the administrative center of the district, and 25 kilometers (16 mi) north of Novomoskovsk. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 6,192.
History
It was founded in 1954 as a village to house the miners at the Gryzlov lignite mine. Its name derives from that of the Gritsovo railway station which lies 1 kilometer (0.62 mi) to the east. In 1965, Gritsovsky was granted urban-type settlement status.
Gritsovsky reached its peak population of about 9,000 before the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Subsequently, the mines were privatized, followed by decreased demand for lignite, with the result that the last mine in the area closed in 2009.
A regional hospital was built in Gritsovsky in 1995, and in the 2000s a refrigerator factory (PZH, Podolsk) was built.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Gritsovsky is incorporated within Venyovsky District as Venyovsky Urban-Type Settlement. As a municipal division, Gritsovsky Urban-Type Settlement is incorporated within Venyovsky Municipal District as Gritsovsky Urban Settlement.
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=Тульская областная Дума. Закон №549-ЗТО от 11 марта 2005 г. «О переименовании муниципального образования "Венёвский район Тульской области", установлении границ, наделении статусом и определении административных центров муниципальных образований на территории Венёвского района Тульской области», в ред. Закона №1132-ЗТО от 25 ноября 2008 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Тульской области "О переименовании муниципального образования "Венёвский район Тульской области", установлении границ, наделении статусом и определении административных центров муниципальных образований на территории Венёвского района Тульской области"». Вступил в силу через десять дней после официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Тульские известия", №71–74, 24 марта 2005 г. (Tula Oblast Duma. Law #549-ZTO of March 11, 2005 On Renaming the Municipal Formation of "Venyovsky District of Tula Oblast", on Establishing Borders, Granting the Status, and Establishing the Administrative Centers of the Municipal Formations on the Territory of Venyovsky District of Tula Oblast, as amended by the Law #1132-ZTO of November 25, 2008 On Amending the Law of Tula Oblast "On Renaming the Municipal Formation of "Venyovsky District of Tula Oblast", on Establishing Borders, Granting the Status, and Establishing the Administrative Centers of the Municipal Formations on the Territory of Venyovsky District of Tula Oblast". Effective as of the day which is ten days after the official publication.).
