Editing Kemerovo

{{Short description|City in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia}}
{{For|the pig breed|Kemerovo pig}}
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| leader_name             = Ilya Sereduk
| leader_name_ref         = <ref name="HeadNm">Official website of Kemerovo. [http://www.kemerovo.ru/glava Valery Konstantinovich Yermakov] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923162729/http://www.kemerovo.ru/glava |date=September 23, 2017 }}, Head of the City {{in lang|ru}}</ref>
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| pop_latest_ref          = <ref name="2015Est">Kemerovo Oblast Territorial Branch of the [[Russian Federal State Statistics Service|Federal State Statistics Service]]. [http://kemerovostat.gks.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat_ts/kemerovostat/resources/4e7e85004f2f177b9e0ede3a99b5ae2d/MO.htm Численность населения муниципальных образований Кемеровской области на начало года] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723221903/http://kemerovostat.gks.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat_ts/kemerovostat/resources/4e7e85004f2f177b9e0ede3a99b5ae2d/MO.htm |date=July 23, 2015 }} {{in lang|ru}}</ref>
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'''Kemerovo''' ({{lang-rus|Ке́мерово|p=ˈkʲemʲɪrəvə}}) is an industrial [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|city]] and the [[administrative center]] of [[Kemerovo Oblast]], [[Russia]], located at the [[confluence]] of the [[Iskitimka River|Iskitimka]] and [[Tom River]]s, in the major [[coal mining]] region of the [[Kuznetsk Basin]]. Population: {{ru-census|p2021=557,119|p2010=532,981|p2002=484,754|p1989=520,263}}{{Historical populations|3=1926|4=21726|5=1939|6=132824|7=1959|8=277671|9=1970|10=384989|11=1979|12=470640|13=1989|14=520263|15=2002|16=484754|17=2010|18=532981|19=2021|20=557119|type=|footnote=Source: Census data}}

The city was known as ''Shcheglovsk'' until March 27, 1932.<ref name="EstablishedRenamed" />

==History==
Kemerovo is an amalgamation of, and successor to, several older Russian settlements. A waypoint named Verkhotomsky ''ostrog'' was established nearby in 1657 on a road from [[Tomsk]] to [[Kuznetsk fortress]]. In 1701, the settlement of [[Shcheglovsk]] was founded on the left bank of the Tom; soon it became a village. By 1859, seven villages existed where modern Kemerovo is now: Shcheglovka (or Ust-Iskitimskoye), Kemerovo (named in 1734), Yevseyevo, Krasny Yar, Kur-Iskitim (Pleshki), Davydovo (Ishanovo), and Borovaya. In 1721, coal was discovered in the area. The first coal mines were established in 1907, later a chemical plant was established in 1916. By 1917, the population of Shcheglovo had grown to around 4,000&nbsp;people.

The area's further development was boosted by the construction of a railway between [[Yurga]] and Kolchugino (now [[Leninsk-Kuznetsky (city)|Leninsk-Kuznetsky]]) with a connection between [[Topki (town), Kemerovo Oblast|Topki]] and Shcheglovo. Shcheglovo was granted town status on May&nbsp;9, 1918, which is now considered to be the date of Kemerovo's founding;<ref name="EstablishedRenamed">Charter of Kemerovo, Article&nbsp;1</ref> and was later known as '''Shcheglovsk'''. The town became the central location for the [[Kuzbass Autonomous Industrial Colony]] which was established there in 1921. 650 workers from 20 countries settled there and set up what became the [[Kemerovo Coke Chemical Plant]]. Some of their descendants visited the modern factory in 2011.<ref name="Koks">{{cite web|title=Descendants of Dutch colonists visit OAO Koks|url=http://www.koksgroup.ru/en/press-center/release/308/|website=www.koksgroup.ru|publisher=KOKS group|access-date=16 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220182314/http://www.koksgroup.ru/en/press-center/release/308/|archive-date=December 20, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> On May&nbsp;27, 1932, Shcheglovsk was renamed Kemerovo<ref name="EstablishedRenamed" /> and became the administrative center of Kemerovo Oblast in 1943. In 2018, 60 people were killed [[2018 Kemerovo fire|by a fire]] in a [[shopping mall]].<ref name="BBC1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43531684|title=Russia fire: Children killed in Kemerovo shopping centre blaze|date=25 March 2018|work=BBC News|access-date=25 March 2018|language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2022, at least 20 people were killed [[2022 Kemerovo nursing home fire|by a fire]] in a [[nursing home]].

== Etymology ==
The city was named after the village of Kemerovo, named after the surname of the first settlers of the Kemerovs. The ending "ovo" suggests a toponymic transition through a personal name.<ref>Мурзаев Э. М. ''Словарь народных географических терминов''. М.: 1984 — С. 248</ref> The village gave its name to the Kemerovo mine that arose under it. In 1925, the city of Scheglovsk was formed from two neighboring villages Kemerovo and Scheglovo, which in 1932 was renamed to Kemerovo after the name of the mine. According to others, the name is based on the Turkic word ''kemer'', meaning "cliff, coast".<ref>''[[Мурзаев, Эдуард Макарович|Мурзаев Э. М.]], Мурзаева В. Э.'' Словарь местных географических терминов. — М.: Госиздат географической литературы, 1959. — С. 108.</ref><ref>''[[Никонов, Владимир Андреевич|Никонов В. А.]]'' Краткий топонимический словарь. — М.: Мысль, 1966. — С. 186.</ref> The inhabitants of the city are called: Kemerovochanin, Kemerovochanka, Kemerovochane.<ref>''Городецкая И. Л., Левашов Е. А.'' Русские названия жителей: Словарь-справочник. — М.: Русские словари, Астрель, АСТ, 2003. — С. 138.</ref><ref>''Алабугина Ю. В.с Новый орфографический словарь русского языка с приложением. — М.: АСТ, 2016. — С. 411.</ref>

== Administrative and municipal status ==
Kemerovo is the [[administrative center]] of the [[oblast]]<ref name="OblastAdmCtr">Charter of Kemerovo Oblast, Article&nbsp;2</ref> and, within the [[subdivisions of Russia#Administrative divisions|framework of administrative divisions]], it also serves as the administrative center of [[Kemerovsky District]], even though it is not a part of it.<ref name="Ref47">Law #215-OZ</ref> As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as Kemerovo [[City of federal subject significance|City Under Oblast Jurisdiction]]—an administrative unit with a status equal to that of the [[administrative divisions of Kemerovo Oblast|districts]].<ref name="Ref47" /> As a [[subdivisions of Russia#Municipal divisions|municipal division]], Kemerovo City Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated as Kemerovsky Urban Okrug.<ref name="Ref48">Law #104-OZ</ref>

==Politics==
[[File:Kemerovo City Council.jpg|thumb|Building of the City Administration and the City Council of People's Deputies ([[:ru:Советский проспект (Кемерово)|Sovetsky Prospect]], 54)]]

===Council of People's Deputies===
The Kemerovo City Council of People's Deputies is a representative body of power comprising 36 deputies. The term of office of deputies is five years.

On 13 March 2011, elections to the Council of People's Deputies were held, following which the seats in the council were distributed as follows: 31 - [[United Russia]], 2 - [[A Just Russia]], and 2 - [[Patriots of Russia]].<ref name="Gorsovet">{{cite web |url=https://kemgorsovet.ru/informacziya-o-sovete/obshhie-svedeniya/ |title=Кемеровский городской Совет народных депутатов |trans-title=Kemerovo City Council of People's Deputies |publisher=kemgorsovet.ru |access-date=2013-08-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413130647/http://www.kemgorsovet.ru/informacziya-o-sovete/obshhie-svedeniya/ |archive-date=2014-04-13}}</ref> Grigory Verzhitsky, a representative of United Russia and a deputy from the 16th constituency of Kemerovo, was elected chairman.<ref name="Verzhitskiy">{{cite web |url=https://kemgorsovet.ru/deputatyi/deputatyi/verzhiczkij-grigorij-anatolevich.html |url-status=dead |title=Вержицкий Григорий Анатольевич — Кемеровский городской Совет народных депутатов |trans-title=Verzhitsky Grigory Anatolyevich – Kemerovo City Council of People's Deputies |publisher=kemgorsovet.ru |access-date=2013-08-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413140517/http://www.kemgorsovet.ru/deputatyi/deputatyi/verzhiczkij-grigorij-anatolevich.html |archive-date=2014-04-13}}</ref> At the sixty-eighth meeting of the Kemerovo City Council, Verzhitsky's resignation as chairman was accepted at his own request.<ref>{{cite web |accessdate=2016-02-05 |title=Страница новости - Кемеровский городской совет народных депутатов |trans-title=News page - Kemerovo City Council of People's Deputies |url=http://kemgorsovet.ru/novostnaya-informacziya/news/shestdesyat-vosmoe-zasedanie-kemerovskogo-gorodskogo-soveta.html |publisher=kemgorsovet.ru |archive-date=2016-12-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228143431/http://kemgorsovet.ru/novostnaya-informacziya/news/shestdesyat-vosmoe-zasedanie-kemerovskogo-gorodskogo-soveta.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Since 2017, the city council has been headed by Nikolai Senchurov.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://kemgorsovet.ru/press-czentr/novosti/predsedatel-gorodskogo-soveta-nikolaj-senchurov-podvel-itogi-rabotyi |title=Председатель городского Совета Николай Сенчуров подвел итоги работы |trans-title=Chairman of the City Council Nikolai Senchurov summed up the work |access-date=2022-01-25 |archive-date=2022-01-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125093139/https://kemgorsovet.ru/press-czentr/novosti/predsedatel-gorodskogo-soveta-nikolaj-senchurov-podvel-itogi-rabotyi |url-status=live}}</ref> Since 2021, the council has been headed by Yuri Andreyev.

== Economy ==
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The industrialization of Kemerovo was driven and underpinned by coal mining and by the heavy industry based on the availability of [[coal]]. It remains an important industrial city, built up during the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] period, with important [[steel]], [[aluminum]] and machinery based manufacturing plants along with chemical, [[fertilizer]], and other manufacturing industries. Since the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the city's industries have experienced a severe decline, creating high levels of unemployment. Major companies based in the city include [[Siberian Business Union]].

== Transportation ==
=== Public transport ===
The public transport network of Kemerovo consists of 70 city bus routes (including 6 seasonal), 63 suburban (including 35 seasonal), 53 public taxi routes (including 2 seasonal), 5 tram, and 9 trolleybus routes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kem.kp.ru/online/news/899631/|title=На кемеровских остановках появилось новое расписание общественного транспорта|first=Екатерина|last=САРДАКОВА|date=May 25, 2011|website=kem.kp.ru}}</ref>

686 transport units enter the streets of the city every day, including:
* 201 buses of city and suburban routes;
* 364 units of route taxis;
* 121 units of electric transport.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://xn--e1ae7abd.xn--p1ai/%d1%82%d0%be%d1%80%d0%b6%d0%b5%d1%81%d1%82%d0%b2%d0%b5%d0%bd%d0%bd%d0%be%d0%b5-%d0%bc%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%be%d0%bf%d1%80%d0%b8%d1%8f%d1%82%d0%b8%d0%b5-%d0%bf%d0%be%d1%81%d0%b2%d1%8f%d1%89%d0%b5%d0%bd/|title=Торжественное мероприятие, посвященное дню работника автомобильного и городского пассажирского транспорта и подведение итогов конкурса на звание "Лучший по профессии" &#124; УЕЗТУ|access-date=June 6, 2021|archive-date=April 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412040446/http://xn--e1ae7abd.xn--p1ai/%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B5-%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B5-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B2%D1%8F%D1%89%D0%B5%D0%BD/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The fare in public transport is 20 rubles, in express buses - 21 rubles, in fixed-route taxis - 22 rubles (as of March 24, 2019).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kuzbass85.ru/2019/04/03/v-kemerove-izmenilas-stoimost-oplatyi-proezda-po-beznalichnomu-raschetu/|title=В Кемерове изменилась стоимость проезда по безналичному расчету|date=April 3, 2019|access-date=July 19, 2020|archive-date=July 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719083551/http://kuzbass85.ru/2019/04/03/v-kemerove-izmenilas-stoimost-oplatyi-proezda-po-beznalichnomu-raschetu/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Free Wi-Fi was used in all Kemerovo trams to attract passenger traffic.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.interfax.ru/russia/319753|title=Â êåìåðîâñêèõ òðàìâàÿõ ïîÿâèëñÿ áåñïëàòíûé Wi-Fi|website=Interfax.ru|date=July 23, 2013 }}</ref>

On 6 June 2024, one person was killed and over 140 injured when a tram ran away after apparently suffering a brake failure. Two people were arrested and accused of allowing a disabled tram to operate.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stewart |first=Will |last2=Khaliq |first2=Zahra |date=2024-06-06 |title=Runaway tram hurls passengers out onto busy highway after 'brake failure' |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/breaking-runaway-russian-tram-hurls-32970582 |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=The Mirror |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=7 June 2024 |title=2 Detained Over Deadly Tram Collision In Siberia |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/two-detained-deadly-tram-collision-siberia/32983194.html |access-date=2024-06-08 |work=RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty |language=en}}</ref>

=== Air transportation ===
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The city is served by [[Kemerovo International Airport]] that reside {{Convert|2.5|km}} to the south-east of the city. It has one runway with artificial turf of class B that is {{Convert|3200|m}} long. The airport is named after the Russian cosmonaut [[Alexei Leonov]], a native of [[Kuzbass Autonomous Industrial Colony|Kuzbass]]. There are two bus routes to the airport - 101 and 126.

=== Railway transportation ===
Kemerovo is linked to western Russia by a branch of the [[Trans-Siberian Railway]] and has the Kemerovo Railway station.

<gallery>
File:Nefaz-5299 Y814HE 20070731.JPG|[[NefAZ-5299]] bus
File:KemerowoTrolleybus.jpg|BTZ-52761 trolleybus
File:Трамвай. г. Кемерово.jpg|KTM-19 tram
File:Kemerovo station.jpg|Kemerovo railroad station
</gallery>

==Education==
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Six higher education institutions are located in Kemerovo: [[Kemerovo State University]], [[Kuzbass State Technical University]], Kemerovo Institute of Food Industry (University), Kemerovo State Medical Academy, Kemerovo State Institute of Culture and Kemerovo Agricultural Institute.

== Sport ==
The public interest for [[bandy]] is widespread in Russia. 26,000 watched the opening game of the 2011–12 [[Russian Bandy League]] when local club [[Kuzbass Kemerovo Bandy Club|Kuzbass]] played against [[Dynamo Moscow (bandy club)|Dynamo Moscow]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://bandynet.ru/node/23247&ei=XEPhTpSGEYzMtAaihc3yAw&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CDIQ7gEwAA&prev=/search?q=http://bandynet.ru/node/23247&hl=en&biw=1024&bih=677&prmd=imvns|title=Google Translate|website=translate.google.com|access-date=March 25, 2018}}</ref> and Kuzbass is among the very best in the [[Russian Bandy League]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdcnqFU_26A| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/WdcnqFU_26A| archive-date=2021-12-11 | url-status=live|title=Кузбасс - Боровичи.avi|last=KuzbassBandyClub|date=November 29, 2009|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The [[2007 Bandy World Championship]] was held in the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EloNGX8E38Q| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/EloNGX8E38Q| archive-date=2021-12-11 | url-status=live|title=ЧМ по хоккею с мячом. Кемерово 2007. Все голы финала.mpg|last=OrangeMaxim|date=August 1, 2011|access-date=March 25, 2018|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Female bandy only exists in a few places in Russia. Now Kemerovo is about to start it up.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bandynet.ru/node/7374 |title=Отправная точка &#124; BANDYNET.RU |access-date=December 4, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091129125536/http://bandynet.ru/node/7374 |archive-date=November 29, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_url?doit=done&tt=url&intl=1&fr=bf-home&trurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bandynet.ru%2Fnode%2F7374&lp=ru_en&btnTrUrl=Translate |title=Yahoo! Babel Fish - Text Translation and Web Page Translation |access-date=December 4, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010123540/http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_url?doit=done |archive-date=October 10, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Moscow already had two multi-use indoor arenas where bandy can be played. Kemerovo got the first one in Russia specifically built for bandy<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rusbandy.ru/stadium/42/|title=Информация о стадионе "КЛД стадиона «Химик", Кемерово - Реестр - Федерация хоккея с мячом России|website=rusbandy.ru}}</ref> (today also [[Khabarovsk#Sports|Khabarovsk]] and [[Ulyanovsk#Sports|Ulyanovsk]] have it).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&tl=en&u=http://www.sport-kuzbass.ru/sport_objects/Kemerovo/?object=16|title=Google Translate|website=translate.google.com|access-date=March 25, 2018}}</ref> Kuzbass plays the matches in the league at [[Khimik Stadium (Kemerovo)|Khimik Stadium]] because of the big public interest. That arena has a capacity of 32000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://www.rusbandy.ru/stadium/12/&prev=/search?q=http://www.rusbandy.ru/stadium/12/&hl=en&tbo=d&biw=1024&bih=545&sa=X&ei=FZ27UPSAIcf34QSqjYGoAg&ved=0CDMQ7gEwAA|title=Google Translate|website=translate.google.com|access-date=March 25, 2018}}</ref> As it also is equipped with artificial ice, Kemerovo has the best infrastructure for developing bandy in Russia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://www.rusbandy.ru/news/11237/|title=Google Translate|website=translate.google.co.uk|access-date=March 25, 2018}}</ref>

Since 2013 there has been a "bandy on boots" tournament for national diasporas living in [[Kemerovo Oblast|Kuzbass]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://www.kuzbassbandyclub.ru/mainnews/archive/2135-l-r-&prev=search|title=Google Translate|website=translate.google.com|access-date=March 25, 2018}}</ref>

The Kuzbass Kemerovo [[motorcycle speedway]] team regularly participated in the [[Russian Team Speedway Championship|Soviet Union Championship]] from 1968 through to 1992. After the [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]], the team disbanded.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/dmzsrr.php |title=Soviet Union Team Championship |website=Speedway History |access-date=13 April 2024}}</ref> However, the team won the silver medal in 1988 and the bronze medal in 1986 and 1987.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/dmrosji.php |title=Russian Team Championship |website=Speedway History |access-date=13 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://speedwayfansite.com/ligi/rosyjskaliga.html |title=Soviet Union & Russian Team Championship |website=Speedway Fansite |access-date=12 April 2024}}</ref> Occasional [[ice speedway]] is held on the Mototrack Rosto DOSAAF at ({{coord|55|20|19|N|86|02|26|E|}}).

==Climate==
Kemerovo's position gives it a [[humid continental climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Dfb'') with warm summers and long, severely cold winters. Its average temperatures vary from {{convert|-17|C}} in January to {{convert|19|C}} in July. It has fairly low precipitation of around {{convert|525|mm|abbr=on}} annually.

{{Weather box
|location = Kemerovo (1991–2020, extremes 1955–present)
|metric first = yes
|single line = yes
|Jan record high C = 6.0
|Feb record high C = 6.8
|Mar record high C = 14.6
|Apr record high C = 30.2
|May record high C = 34.4
|Jun record high C = 35.7
|Jul record high C = 38.0
|Aug record high C = 36.3
|Sep record high C = 33.1
|Oct record high C = 24.5
|Nov record high C = 13.8
|Dec record high C = 5.8
|year record high C = 38.0
|Jan high C = -12.7
|Feb high C = -8.7
|Mar high C = -0.4
|Apr high C = 9.6
|May high C = 18.6
|Jun high C = 23.9
|Jul high C = 25.7
|Aug high C = 23.1
|Sep high C = 15.9
|Oct high C = 7.6
|Nov high C = -3.5
|Dec high C = -10.1
|year high C = 7.4
|Jan mean C = -17.3
|Feb mean C = -14.5
|Mar mean C = -6.4
|Apr mean C = 3.3
|May mean C = 11.2
|Jun mean C = 17.1
|Jul mean C = 19.3
|Aug mean C = 16.4
|Sep mean C = 9.7
|Oct mean C = 2.6
|Nov mean C = -7.3
|Dec mean C = -14.4
|year mean C = 1.6
|Jan low C = -21.7
|Feb low C = -19.4
|Mar low C = -11.6
|Apr low C = -2.0
|May low C = 4.6
|Jun low C = 10.7
|Jul low C = 13.4
|Aug low C = 10.9
|Sep low C = 4.8
|Oct low C = -1.2
|Nov low C = -10.8
|Dec low C = -18.7
|year low C = -3.4
|Jan record low C = -47.9
|Feb record low C = -47.1
|Mar record low C = -39.9
|Apr record low C = -32.4
|May record low C = -12.6
|Jun record low C = -5.7
|Jul record low C = 0.5
|Aug record low C = -1.2
|Sep record low C = -9.4
|Oct record low C = -27.9
|Nov record low C = -39.5
|Dec record low C = -48.4
|year record low C = -48.4
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 29
|Feb precipitation mm = 22
|Mar precipitation mm = 21
|Apr precipitation mm = 25
|May precipitation mm = 42
|Jun precipitation mm = 65
|Jul precipitation mm = 78
|Aug precipitation mm = 63
|Sep precipitation mm = 47
|Oct precipitation mm = 44
|Nov precipitation mm = 46
|Dec precipitation mm = 43
|year precipitation mm = 525
|Jan rain days = 0.3
|Feb rain days = 0.3
|Mar rain days = 2
|Apr rain days = 9
|May rain days = 15
|Jun rain days = 15
|Jul rain days = 14
|Aug rain days = 15
|Sep rain days = 16
|Oct rain days = 12
|Nov rain days = 4
|Dec rain days = 0
|year rain days = 103
|Jan snow days = 22
|Feb snow days = 19
|Mar snow days = 16
|Apr snow days = 10
|May snow days = 2
|Jun snow days = 0.1
|Jul snow days = 0
|Aug snow days = 0
|Sep snow days = 1
|Oct snow days = 11
|Nov snow days = 20
|Dec snow days = 24
|year snow days = 125
|Jan humidity = 79
|Feb humidity = 78
|Mar humidity = 75
|Apr humidity = 67
|May humidity = 58
|Jun humidity = 67
|Jul humidity = 73
|Aug humidity = 76
|Sep humidity = 75
|Oct humidity = 77
|Nov humidity = 80
|Dec humidity = 80
|year humidity = 74
|Jan sun = 60
|Feb sun = 99
|Mar sun = 165
|Apr sun = 207
|May sun = 255
|Jun sun = 282
|Jul sun = 299
|Aug sun = 240
|Sep sun = 161
|Oct sun = 96
|Nov sun = 58
|Dec sun = 43
|year sun = 1965
|source 1 = Pogoda.ru.net<ref name="pogoda">{{cite web
| url = http://www.pogodaiklimat.ru/climate/29645.htm
| title = Weather and Climate - Climate of Kemerovo
| access-date = 4 November 2021
| publisher = Погода и климат
| language = ru}}</ref>
|source 2 = Climatebase (sun 1955–2012)<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://climatebase.ru/station/29645?lang=en
| title = Kemerovo, Kemerovo, Russia #29645
| publisher = Climatebase
| access-date = 12 November 2021}}</ref>
|date=May 2013
}}

== City symbols ==
=== Coat of arms ===
[[File:Coat of arms of Kemerovo (2019).svg|thumb|Coat of arms of Kemerovo]]
The heraldic description of the coat of arms of the city of Kemerovo is the following: in the crossed scarlet and black field, there is a narrow golden belt in the form of two diverging heads of grain ears, behind them there is a golden cogwheel that goes down; there is a silver retort in the middle, its neck tilted to the right.

The figures of the coat of arms of the city of Kemerovo symbolize the historically established main directions of the industrial development of the city:
* retort - chemical industry;
* cogwheel - mechanical engineering;
* ears of corn - the fertility of the land associated with the use of mineral fertilizers produced at the chemical enterprises of the city.

The colors used in the coat of arms symbolize:
* scarlet (red) - work, courage, energy, and strength;
* black color - wisdom, as well as the main wealth of the region, the center of which is the city of Kemerovo, - coal;
* silver (white) - pure thoughts, reliability, and kindness;
* gold (yellow) - wealth and prosperity.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://kemerovo.ru/gorod/simvolika/|title=Администрация города Кемерово|website=kemerovo.ru}}</ref>

=== Flag ===
[[File:Flag of Kemerovo (2019).svg|thumb|Flag of Kemerovo]]
The flag of the city of Kemerovo is based on the city's coat of arms and repeats its symbolism. It is a rectangular double-sided panel with a width to length ratio of 2:3. It displays figures from the coat of arms of the city of Kemerovo. The colors used are red, black, yellow, and white.<ref name="auto"/>

=== Emblem ===
[[File:KemerovoEmblemMikhailVolkov.jpg|thumb|Emblem of Kemerovo]]
The emblem of Kemerovo displays the monument of [[Volkov, Mikhailo|Mikhailo Volkov]], the discoverer of coal in the area. The sculpture of Mikhailo Volkov displayed on the pedestal fragment styled like a rock. Behind the monument, there is a black triangle that symbolizes a [[spoil tip]]. The inscription of the city's name ("Кемерово" in [[Russian language|Russian]]) resides on the diagonal from the left bottom side of the triangle. In the black part of the triangle, the year of the foundation of the city is displayed - "1918".<ref name="auto"/>

== Numismatics  ==
[[File:RR5111-0379R 100-летие основания г. Кемерово.png|180px|thumb|Silver coin "Centenary of the Foundation of Kemerovo" (2018)]]
In 2018 [[Bank of Russia]] issued into circulation the commemorative silver coin in denomination of 3 rubles "Centenary of the Foundation of Kemerovo" which displays the statue of [[Volkov, Mikhailo|Mikhailo Volkov]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbr.ru/eng/cash_circulation/memorable_coins/coins_base/ShowCoins/?cat_num=5111-0379|title=Centenary of the Foundation of Kemerovo &#124; Bank of Russia|website=www.cbr.ru}}</ref>

==Notable people==
*[[Yuri Arbachakov]], boxer
*[[Maria Barakova]], mezzo-soprano; winner of [[International Glinka Competition|Glinka]] and [[International Tchaikovsky Competition|Tchaikovsky]] classical music competitions
*[[Andreas Beck (footballer)|Andreas Beck]], association football player
*[[Vladimir Beliak]], Israeli lawmaker
*[[Diana Borisova]], rhythmic gymnast
*[[Julia Chernogorova]], Great British Bake Off contestant
*[[Marina Domashenko]], opera singer
*[[Vyacheslav Ivanenko]], retired race walker
*[[Andrey Kirikov]], lawyer and entrepreneur
*[[Erast Osipyan]], Russian professional footballer of Armenian descent
*[[Alexei Leonov]], cosmonaut; honorable citizen of Kemerovo
*[[Alexandra Merkulova]], retired rhythmic gymnast
*[[Slava Mogutin]], artist
*[[Wladimir Sukhatsky]], TV producer
*[[Aman Tuleyev]], governor of Kemerovo Oblast
*[[Nikolai Knyzhov]], NHL player for the [[San Jose Sharks]]
*[[Artem Vakhitov]], kickboxer
*[[Yuliya Karimova]], Russian-born Azerbaijani volleyball player

==Twin towns – sister cities==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Russia}}

Kemerovo is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web |title=Кемерово|url=http://www.planetatalantov.ru/city/kemerovo.html|website=planetatalantov.ru|publisher=Planeta Talantov|language=ru|access-date=2020-02-04}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Salgótarján]], Hungary

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode=packed>
File:Kemerovo3.jpg
File:Kemerovo4.jpg
File:Kemerovo5.jpg
File:Kemerovo2.jpg
File:Kemerovo6.jpg
File:Kemerovo raduga.jpg
File:Kemerovo park-pobedy-dandelions.JPG|Victory Park (Парк Победы) or [[Georgy Zhukov|Zhukov]]'s Park (Парк имени Жукова) in Kemerovo]
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Kemerovo]]

==References==

===Notes===
{{Reflist}}

===Sources===
*{{RussiaBasicLawRef|kem}}
*{{RussiaBasicLawRef|kem|kemerovo}}
*{{RussiaAdmMunRef|kem|adm|law}}
*{{RussiaAdmMunRef|kem|mun|list}}

==External links==
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*[https://kemerovo.ru/ Official website of Kemerovo] {{in lang|ru}}
*[https://kemerovo.jsprav.ru/ Kemerovo Business Directory ] {{in lang|ru}}

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