Dimitrovgrad, Russia

Dimitrovgrad (English)
Димитровград (Russian)
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Dimitrovgrad railway station

Location of Ulyanovsk Oblast in Russia
Dimitrovgrad
Location of Dimitrovgrad in Ulyanovsk Oblast
Coordinates: 54°11′N 49°35′E / 54.183°N 49.583°E / 54.183; 49.583Coordinates: 54°11′N 49°35′E / 54.183°N 49.583°E / 54.183; 49.583
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Administrative status (as of July 2011)
Country Russia
Federal subject Ulyanovsk Oblast[1]
Administratively subordinated to city of oblast significance of Dimitrovgrad[1]
Administrative center of Melekessky District,[1] city of oblast significance of Dimitrovgrad[1]
Municipal status (as of July 2011)
Urban okrug Dimitrovgrad Urban Okrug[2]
Administrative center of Dimitrovgrad Urban Okrug,[2] Melekessky Municipal District[2]
Head Nikolay Gorshenin
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 122,580 inhabitants[3]
- Rank in 2010 133rd
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
City status since 1919
Previous names Melekess (until 1972)
Postal code(s)[5] 4335хх
Dialing code(s) +7 84235
Official website
Dimitrovgrad on Wikimedia Commons
Church of St. George the Victorious in Dimitrovgrad

Dimitrovgrad (Russian: Димитровгра́д) is a city in Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Bolshoy Cheremshan River. Population: 122,580 (2010 Census);[3] 130,871 (2002 Census);[6] 123,570 (1989 Census).[7]

History

It was founded in the beginning of the 18th century as a village for workers of the local distillery, which was closed in 1848. As of 1897, its population was 8,500, and in 1919 it was granted town status. Until 1972, the city's name was Melekess (Мелекесс), after the river.

On July 15, 1972, the city's name was changed to Dimitrovgrad, celebrating the 90th birthday of the Bulgarian former communist leader, Georgi Dimitrov.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Dimitrovgrad serves as the administrative center of Melekessky District, even though it is not a part of it.[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the city of oblast significance of Dimitrovgrad—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the city of oblast significance of Dimitrovgrad is incorporated as Dimitrovgrad Urban Okrug.[2]

Economy

The city's leading enterprise, located 6 km (4 mi) to the south-west, is the country's Federal Nuclear Research Institute. One of the institute's eight atomic reactors provides Dimitrovgrad with district heating.

Dimitrovgrad's industry also includes an auto parts manufacturer (Dimitrovgrad Automobile Parts Plant, carburetors, fuel pumps), a carpet manufacturing plant (Kovrotex), and a chemical processing equipment manufacturer (Dimitrovgradkhimmash and Zenith Khimmash).

Education and culture

The city has a variety of educational institutions. It has twenty-two secondary schools, three lyceums, one gymnasium, three branches of state universities, and two branches of private higher educational institutions. There also is a drama theater in the city.

Sports

International relations

Twin towns and sister cities

Dimitrovgrad is twinned with:

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Law #126-ZO
  2. 1 2 3 4 Law #043-ZO
  3. 1 2 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. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑
  9. ↑ Short video from above of the quarterfinal between Russia and USA
  10. ↑ Стадион «Строитель», Димитровград
  11. ↑

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