Borisoglebsk

For the submarine of the same name, see Russian submarine Borisoglebsk (K-496).
Borisoglebsk (English)
Борисоглебск (Russian)
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Borisoglebsk Town Administration building
Borisoglebsk
Location of Borisoglebsk in Voronezh Oblast
Coordinates: 51°22′N 42°05′E / 51.367°N 42.083°ECoordinates: 51°22′N 42°05′E / 51.367°N 42.083°E
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Administrative status (as of August 2014)
Country Russia
Federal subject Voronezh Oblast[1]
Administratively subordinated to Borisoglebsky Urban Okrug[1]
Administrative center of Borisoglebsky Urban Okrug[1]
Municipal status (as of August 2014)
Urban okrug Borisoglebsky Urban Okrug[2]
Administrative center of Borisoglebsky Urban Okrug[2]
Head Alexey Kabargin
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 65,585 inhabitants[3]
- Rank in 2010 240th
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
Founded 1646[5]
Postal code(s)[6] 397160, 397163–397167, 397170–397172, 397189
Dialing code(s) +7 47354
Official website
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Borisoglebsk (Russian: Борисогле́бск) is a town in Voronezh Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Vorona River near its confluence with the Khopyor. Population: 65,585 (2010 Census);[3] 69,392 (2002 Census);[7] 72,338 (1989 Census);[8] 65,000 (1969).

History

It was founded in 1646.[5] It is named for the Russian saints Boris and Gleb.

In 1870, Brewery #4 Klinsmann was opened. The plant produces dark and light beer, as well as fruit soda. With the advent of Soviet power plant continued to operate in its original form. In the middle of the 20th century, the company has been upgraded, new shops built and launched new lines. Currently, the company is going through hard times, but continues to produce beer.

In Borisoglebsk in the early 20th century there was a very busy marina, on the proximity to Chopra named Khopyorskaya. Back in the 1870s in the local pier was loaded more than 52 million m3 of grain and flour in Borisoglebsk on the meadow side Chopra and Ravens are built annually to two thousand barges, send the goods to Rostov and Taganrog; here every year before, to 10 thousand boatmen. Dirt - holding Tsaritsin road Borisoglebsk contacted Tsaritsyn and, therefore, with the edge of the Volga on the one hand and with the ports of the Baltic Sea on the other, and quickly became one of the busiest points hlebotorgovyh Black Earth region, through which were sent to St. Petersburg and Moscow, grain, timber, kerosene, fish, eggs, watermelon and salt lakes of the Astrakhan province, which supplies the entire area of the railway.

According to the 1885 population Borisoglebsk 13,007 inhabitants (6,325 males and 6,682 females), almost exclusively Russian Orthodox. In Borisoglebsk in the early 20th century there was a female (4- class ) and the men (6 classes ) gymnasia, technical railway school, 2 urban parish school fairs, etc. From then stood Kazan (July 6), lasted 3 days, having important ( local) economic value.

After the Bolsheviks came to power in 1918 in Borisoglebsk concentration was organized by one of the first concentration camps in Russia for "alien and petty-bourgeois elements".

In December 1922, Borisoglebsk was created 2nd Military School Red Air Force pilots which became later, the renowned Borisoglebsk Higher Military Order of the Red Banner of Lenin School for Pilots Chkalov.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with twenty-four rural localities, incorporated as Borisoglebsky Urban Okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, this administrative unit also has urban okrug status.[2]

Military

The town is host to Borisoglebsk air base.

Notable people

The famous Bolshevik revolutionary Ivan Fioletov, one of the 26 Baku Commissars, was born here.

Maria Spiridonova, another Russian revolutionary, assassinated Police Inspector General G. N. Luzhenovsky at the Borisoglebsk railway station in January 1906.

Twin town

References

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Law #87-OZ
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Law #63-OZ
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "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. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  4. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Энциклопедия Города России. Moscow: Большая Российская Энциклопедия. 2003. p. 52. ISBN 5-7107-7399-9.
  6. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  7. ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "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] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  8. ↑ 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). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.

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