Balashov

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Balaschow (disambiguation) .

city Balashov Балашов flag coat of arms Federal district Volga Oblast Saratov Rajon Balashov mayor Sergei Petrovich Kolesnikov City since 1780 surface 73  km² population 82,227 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1126 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 156  m Time zone UTC + 4 Telephone code (+7) 84545 Post Code 412300-412316 License Plate 64, 164 OKATO 63 410 Website balashovadmin.ru Geographical location Coordinates 51 ° 32 '  N , 43 ° 10'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 32 '0 "  N , 43 ° 10' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Saratov Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Balaschow ( Russian Балашо́в ) is a city in the Saratov Oblast ( Russia ) with 82,227 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

At the time of the Soviet Union there was also a Balashov Oblast within the RSFSR from 1954 to 1957 .

geography

Church of the Mother of God in Balaschow

The city lies on the eastern edge of the Volga plate , on the Chopjor (a tributary of the Don ), which divides the city into two parts. While one side resembles a Central Russian village due to its predominantly single-storey, rural houses, the other side of the river is characterized by mostly two- or three-storey, sometimes multi-storey prefabricated Soviet-style prefabricated buildings .

The city is also a railway junction and is located between the Tambov - Kamyshin and Poworino - Penza lines . There are three train stations in the city: Balaschow-1, Balaschow-2 and Balaschow-Pass. The Balashov station was built by the Ryazan-Ural Railway Company (Рязано-Уральская железная дорога) during the construction of the Tambov - Kamyshin railway line.

history

Balaschow emerged in the 18th century as a village called Balaschowo (named after the family name of the then local owner) and received city status in 1780. In the 19th century, the place was important for the trade in grain, among other things.

In 1954, Balashov became the administrative seat of an oblast of the same name in the RSFSR , which had been formed from parts of the Oblasts Saratov , Stalingrad , Voronezh and Tambov and was dissolved again in 1957.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	10,309
1939	47,686
1959	64,349
1970	83.110
1979	93,067
1989	97.047
2002	98,330
2010	82,227

Note: census data

Further educational institutions

• Balashov Military Institute for Aviation at the Balashov Air Base
• Balashov State Pedagogical Institute
• Branch of the Saratov State Technical University
• Branch of the Saratov State N. G. Chernyshevsky University (since 2000)

sons and daughters of the town

• Mikhail Kochetkov (1904–1967), Lieutenant General
• Arkadi Apollonow (1907–1978), Colonel General
• Anatoli Vlasov (1908–1975), physicist
• Yevgeny Lopatin (1917–2011), weightlifter
• Juri Boschnjak (1928–2004), Colonel General

See also

• List of cities in Saratov Oblast

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)
2. ↑ Ukas of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of January 6, 1954 (Russian)

Web links

Commons : Balashov  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Saratov Oblast Balashov Raion (Russian)
• Balashov on mojgorod.ru (Russian)