Asino
Template:Short description Template:Expand Russian Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox Russian inhabited locality
Asino (Template:Langx) is a town and the administrative centre of Asinovsky District in Tomsk Oblast, Russia. Population: Template:Ru-census It was previously known as Kseniyevsky (until 1930).
HistoryEdit
It was founded in 1896 as the transmigratory settlement of Kseniyevsky ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}); in 1930 the construction of the railway to Tomsk started.Template:Citation needed The settlement was renamed Asino in 1930 after the railway station, and the town status was granted to it in 1952.Template:Citation needed
Administrative and municipal statusEdit
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Asino serves as the administrative centre of Asinovsky District, to which it is directly subordinated.<ref name="TomskO_adm">Law #271-OZ</ref> As a municipal division, the town of Asino is incorporated within Asinovsky Municipal District as Asinovskoye Urban Settlement.<ref name="TomskOAsinovskyD_mun">Law #193-OZ</ref>
EconomyEdit
There is a port on the Chulym River and a railway station.
Important economic industries include forestry, wood working, large scale wood shipping, and tractor repair. In addition, the area also has combines (meat and milk) and a flax mill.
Agriculture in Asino in dominated by rye, wheat, flax grasses, and breeding cattle and pigs. Mineral deposits of peat, sand, and clay are found in the vicinity.