Sursk

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Coordinates: 53°05′N 45°42′E / 53.083°N 45.700°E / 53.083; 45.700

Sursk (Russian: Сурск) is a town in Gorodishchensky District of Penza Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Sura River, 92 kilometers (57 mi) east of Penza. Population: 7,034 (2010 Census)^[1]

History

It was founded c. 1860 as the village of Nikolsky Khutor (Нико́льский Ху́тор), which separated from the village of Nikolskoye. In 1953, it was granted town status and renamed Sursk (after the Sura River).

References

↑ "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2012.

External links

Unofficial website of Sursk

v t e Administrative divisions of Penza Oblast

Administrative center: Penza

	Cities and towns	Belinsky Gorodishche Kamenka Kuznetsk Nikolsk Nizhny Lomov Penza Serdobsk Spassk Sursk Zarechny

	Districts	Bashmakovsky Bekovsky Belinsky Bessonovsky Gorodishchensky Issinsky Kamensky Kameshkirsky Kolyshleysky Kuznetsky Lopatinsky Luninsky Maloserdobinsky Mokshansky Narovchatsky Neverkinsky Nikolsky Nizhnelomovsky Pachelmsky Penzensky Serdobsky Shemysheysky Sosnovoborsky Spassky Tamalinsky Vadinsky Zemetchinsky

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