Politics
The town has its executive (the mayor's office or "municipal administration", and its legislature (Duma). In practice, the Duma exercises fairly limited influence over the executive.
List of mayors:
- Lada Mudrova (since 2008)
- Gennady Zlivko (2004–2008): removed by court decision
- Alexander Svoyakov (acting): lost election to Gennady Zlivko
- Valery Osadchy (1993–2004): resigned
- Yury Savenko (1991–1993): resigned
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