Pallasovka

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Pallasovka (Russian: Палласовка) is a town in Volgograd Oblast, Russia, located on the Torgun River (which flows into the Volgograd Reservoir), 301 km northeast of Volgograd. Population: 16,500 (2006 est.); 17,163 (2002 Census); 17,712 (1989 Census).

Pallasovka was founded in 1907 as a settlement of Torgun (Торгунь) servicing the construction of a railroad station of the same name. That same year, Torgun was renamed Pallasovka in honor of an academician Pyotr Pallas (1741–1811), who visited the region in 1773–1774. It was granted town status in 1967.

	Cities and towns in Volgograd Oblast
	Administrative center: Volgograd Dubovka \| Frolovo \| Kalach-na-Donu \| Kamyshin \| Kotelnikovo \| Kotovo \| Krasnoslobodsk \| Leninsk \| Mikhaylovka \| Nikolayevsk \| Novoanninsky \| Pallasovka \| Petrov Val \| Serafimovich \| Surovikino \| Uryupinsk \| Volzhsky \| Zhirnovsk