Sharypovo

Sharypovo

Sharypovo ( _ru. Шарыпово) is a town in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located on the Beresh River (Chulym's basin), km to mi|414 west of Krasnoyarsk. It is the administrative center of Sharypovsky District. Population: 39,400 (2005 est.);fact|date=May 2008 ru-census|p2002=41532|p1989=39771

It was founded in the second half of the 18th century as a village and later grew into a "selo". Town status was granted to it in 1981. In 1985–1988 it was called Chernenko ( _ru. Черне́нко), after the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Konstantin Chernenko, who was born here.

Points of interest

* Berezovskaya GRES

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