Chuguyevka (rural locality)
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]] | |
Chuguyevka, July 2011 | |
Location of Chuguyevka | |
Chuguyevka Location of Chuguyevka Chuguyevka Chuguyevka (Primorsky Krai) | |
| 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 ) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| OKTMO ID | 05655437101 |
Population: 12,171 (2010 Census); 13,680 (2002 Census); 12,427 (1989 Census).
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). 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)