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Population: 101,678 (2010 Census)
It was established in 1948 and granted town status in 1955.
Aeroflot Flight 593 crashed near the city in 1994.
Celebrations were cancelled in the city after the nearby Raspadskaya mine explosion killed 91 people in 2010.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Mezhdurechensk serves as the administrative center of Mezhdurechensky District, even though is not a part of it. As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as Mezhdurechensk City Under Oblast Jurisdiction—an administrative unit with a status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the territories of Mezhdurechensk City Under Oblast Jurisdiction and of Mezhdurechensky District are incorporated as Mezhdurechensky Urban Okrug.
