Artyom is a city in Primorsky Krai

Primorsky Krai

Primorsky Krai , informally known as Primorye , is a federal subject of Russia . Primorsky means "maritime" in Russian, hence the region is sometimes referred to as Maritime Province or Maritime Territory. Its administrative center is in the city of Vladivostok...

, Russia

Russia

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, situated in the northern part of the Muravyov-Amursky Peninsula

Muravyov-Amursky Peninsula

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. Population:

Artyom is built mainly with one-, two-, and five-story panel building

Panel building

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s, though a comparatively large number of wooden private houses can be seen.

History

Artyom was founded in 1924 near the Zybunny pit mine, named after revolutionary Fyodor Sergeyev

Fyodor Sergeyev

Fyodor Andreyevich Sergeyev , better known as Comrade Artyom , was a Russian revolutionary, Soviet politician, agitator, and journalist. He was a close friend of Sergei Kirov and Stalin...

 who was better known by his nickname Artyom. On October 26, 1938, it was granted town status. In 2004, the amalgamation of surrounding former urban-type settlement

Urban-type settlement

Urban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union...

s Uglovoye, Zavodskoy

Zavodskoy

Zavodskoy may refer to:*Zavodskoy City District, name of several city districts in Russia*Zavodskoy , name of several inhabited localities in Russia...

, and Artyomovsky

Artyomovsky

Artyomovsky , Artyomovskaya , or Artyomovskoye may refer to:*Artyomovsky District, a district of Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia*Artyomovsky Urban Okrug, name of several urban okrugs in Russia...

 into the city saw its official population rise from around 60,000 to over 100,000.

Business and industry

Half of the able-bodied population of Artyom is engaged in the production of materials.

Artyom has 29 industrial enterprises, half of which are private. Among the consumer goods produced in the town are furniture

Furniture

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, china, sewing production. The companies employing the largest number of workers in Artyom are Primorskoye Mine Administration (3,500 people) and Artyom-Mebel Furniture Factory (1,100 people). Fifteen joint ventures have been registered in Artyom.

Coal mining

Coal mining

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, an industry without future, has always been the basis of the local economy. Coal

Coal

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 reserves have practically been exhausted. The forecasts are that transport

Transport

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 will be the most productive industry for Artyom's economic development.

Vladivostok International Airport

Vladivostok International Airport

Vladivostok International Airport is located near Artyom, Primorsky Krai, Russia roughly an hour's drive north of center of the city of Vladivostok. It was formerly known as Knevichi Airport, named after village Knevichi...

is located near Artyom. The largest Primorsky Krai railroad junction is also found here. Annually, 12 million tons of cargo pass through Artyom to Vladivostok, and 24 million tons to Nakhodka. In 1994, the airport served 500,000 passengers. This number represented no more than 28% of its potential.