Dubovka

city Dubovka Дубовка flag coat of arms Federal district Southern Russia Oblast Volgograd Rajon Dubovka Founded 1732 City since 1803 surface 20  km² population 14,347 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 717 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 50  m Time zone UTC + 4 Telephone code (+7) 84458 Post Code 404002 License Plate 34, 134 OKATO 18 208 501 Geographical location Coordinates 49 ° 3 '  N , 44 ° 50'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 3 '0 "  N , 44 ° 50' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Volgograd Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Dubowka ( Russian Дубовка ) is a city with 14,347 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) in the Volgograd Oblast in Russia . It is located 52 km northeast of Volgograd , on the right bank of the Volga . The nearest town is Wolschski , about 30 km as the crow flies.

history

The place was built in 1732 as a fortress; According to tradition, the name Dubowka comes from a nearby oak forest ( dub = Russian for "oak"). Initially mainly Cossacks lived here , but in 1771 many of them were expelled from here for participating in the failed Pugachev peasant uprising . Dubowka received city status in 1803, but later lost it again and only became a city again in 1925. Since then it has also been the administrative center of a Rajon of the same name .

Population development

year	Residents
1939	10,649
1959	11,701
1970	13,355
1979	15,015
1989	13,668
2002	15,083
2010	14,347

Note: census data

Economy and Infrastructure

As an industrial location, Dubowka is still of no outstanding importance; In the city there are only a few food companies, a carpet factory and smaller wood and metal processing companies. In the area around the city, agriculture is mostly practiced, among other things watermelons are grown there.

Dubowka, located near Volgograd, has a landing stage on the Volga and a railway connection with direct connections to Volgograd. The latter also provides a connection to the M6 trunk road and other important traffic routes.

sons and daughters of the town

• Marija Wassiljewna Golubnitschaja (1924–2015), athlete

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)

Web links

• Dubowka on mojgorod.ru (Russian)