Kuznetsk should not be confused with Novokuznetsk.
| En Name: | Kuznetsk |
| Ru Name: | Кузнецк |
| Coordinates: | 53.1167°N 82°W |
| Map Label Position: | left |
| Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Kuznetsk (Penza oblast).png |
| Federal Subject: | Penza Oblast |
| Adm City Jur: | town of oblast significance of Kuznetsk |
| Adm Ctr Of1: | Kuznetsky District |
| Adm Ctr Of2: | town of oblast significance of Kuznetsk |
| Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
| Urban Okrug Jur: | Kuznetsk Urban Okrug |
| Mun Admctr Of1: | Kuznetsk Urban Okrug |
| Mun Admctr Of2: | Kuznetsky Municipal District |
| Area Km2: | 42.08 |
| Area Km2 Ref: | [1] |
| Pop 2010Census: | 88839 |
| Pop 2010Census Rank: | 189th |
| Pop Latest: | 88806 |
| Pop Latest Date: | January 2011 |
| Established Date: | 1699 |
| Current Cat Date: | 1780 |
| Postal Codes: | 442530–442535, 442537–442539, 442541–442544, 442549 |
| Dialing Codes: | 84157 |
| Website: | http://gorodkuzneck.ru |
Kuznetsk (Russian: Кузне́цк|p=kʊzʲˈnʲetsk) is a town in Penza Oblast, Russia, located in the foothills of the Volga Upland, mainly on the left bank of the . Population:
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.[2] 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.[3]
founded the settlement of Truyovo on the river in 1699. It became known as Truyovo-Voskresenskoe and then as Naryshkino. An ukaz of Catherine II renamed the village Kuznetsk in November 1780.
During the Soviet era the Duvanny Ravine was used as a place of execution and burial between 1918 and the 1930s. In 1997 a commemorative wooden cross was erected there.[4]
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Russia. Kuznetsk is twinned with:
Gyula, Hungary (1970)
Dimitrovgrad, Russia (1972)