Zadonsk
Coordinates: 52°23′29″N 38°54′59″E / 52.39139°N 38.91639°E
Zadonsk (Russian: Задо́нск) is a town and the administrative center of Zadonsky District of Lipetsk Oblast, Russia, located 92 kilometers (57 mi) southwest of Lipetsk, on the left bank of the Don River, from which it takes its name. Population: 9,698 (2010 Census);[1] 10,473 (2002 Census);[2] 11,186 (1989 Census).[3]
The town originated in 1615 as a rural settlement near the walls of the Zadonsky (literally, "over-the-Don") monastery, founded in 1610 by several monks from the Sretensky Monastery in Moscow. The abbey became famous in the 1770s, when a miracle-working starets, St. Tikhon of Zadonsk, settled there. He died in 1783 and was buried in Zadonsk, which would prosper due to crowds of pilgrims who visited St. Tikhon's grave each year. It was granted town status in 1779.
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- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, its federal districts, federal subjects, districts, urban localities, rural localities—administrative centers, and rural localities with population of over 3,000]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. May 21, 2004. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
- ↑ Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров." [All Union Population Census of 1989. Present population of union and autonomous republics, autonomous oblasts and okrugs, krais, oblasts, districts, urban settlements, and villages serving as district administrative centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года (All-Union Population Census of 1989) (in Russian). Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
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