Gorodishche (Volgograd)

Urban-type settlement Gorodishche Городище Federal district Southern Russia Oblast Volgograd Rajon Gorodishche head Tatiana Gorbunova Founded 1827 Urban-type settlement since 1959 surface 10  km² population 21,381 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 2138 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 60  m Time zone UTC + 4 Telephone code (+7) 84468 Post Code 403000-403003 License Plate 34, 134 OKATO 18 205 551 Geographical location Coordinates 48 ° 48 '  N , 44 ° 29'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 48 '30 "  N , 44 ° 28' 30"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Volgograd Oblast

List of large settlements in Russia

Gorodishche ( Russian Городи́ще ) is an urban-type settlement in the Volgograd Oblast ( Russia ) with 21,381 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The settlement is located about ten kilometers northwest of the center of the Oblast capital Volgograd and is directly adjacent to it.

Gorodishche is the administrative center of the Gorodishche Rajon of the same name, founded in 1977 .

history

The village of Gorodishche was founded in 1827 by resettlers from the village of Uvarowo des Ujesds Borissoglebsk (then Tambov governorate ). Up until 1842, other farmers settled here on the Mokraja Metschetka and Korennaja streams. A particularly large number of resettlers of the second wave came from the village of Gorodishche des Ujesds Borissoglebsk, so the new village received the same name.

Since the word Gorodishche in Russian generally stands for the remains of former settlements or fortifications, another, more unlikely version says that the village was built in place of several smaller Tatar settlements . According to legend, the Emir (or Khan) Mamai of the Golden Horde is said to have stayed with his horse troops on the Mokraja Mechetka before the battle on the Kulikowo Pole in 1380. From 1718 the Tsaritsyn line of defense ran here on what was then the southern border of the Russian Empire ; Its fortress Metschetnaya was not far away .

The patch (Chutor) Kamenny Bujerak, which today belongs to Gorodishche, was also founded by Christianized Kalmyks at the beginning of the 19th century and was therefore initially called Kalmyzkaja kolonija ("Kalmyks Colony") .

During the Second World War , Ort was in the immediate vicinity of the fighting during the Battle of Stalingrad . Named after the aforementioned Emir Mamai, Mamayev Hill , which was heavily fought over during the battle, is only eight kilometers away.

In 1959 Gorodishche received the status of an urban-type settlement.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	3,311
1959	6,715
1970	7,874
1979	10,559
1989	15,049
2002	19,466
2010	21,381

Note: census data

Culture and sights

In and around Gorodishche there are a number of memorials reminiscent of the Battle of Stalingrad, such as the Soldatskoje Pole Memorial ("Soldiers' Field") on the western edge of the town directly on the M6 ​​highway, as well as various war implements erected as memorials.

The settlement has two Russian Orthodox churches, one of which, built 1850-1900 Church of the Icon of the Mother of God "All grieving pleasure" ( церковь иконы Божией Матери "Всех скорбящих Радость" / Zerkow ikony Boschijei Materi "Wsech skorbjaschtschich Radost" ) which is currently being restored.

Economy and Infrastructure

Gorodishche is the center of an agricultural area with various farms for processing agricultural products. In the last few decades, the place has grown, especially because of its proximity to the city of Volgograd, as a residential area and location of various supply facilities and companies.

The Rasguljajewka station of the railway line Moscow – Volgograd opened on this section in 1871 (route km 1062) is located near the settlement . To the west of Gorodishche passes the M6 highway , which also connects Moscow with Volgograd and continues to Astrakhan .

Personalities

• Vladimir Katschalow (1890–1941), Lieutenant General, born in Gorodishche

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. ↑ Aleksandr Vorobʹëv: Ot Ėl ʹ tona do Urjupinska: poselenija Volgogradskoj oblasti . Stanica-2, Volgograd 2004, ISBN 5-93567-013-5 ( From Lake Elton to Urjupinsk: Settlements of the Volgograd Oblast ; Russian).
3. ↑ Soldatskoje Pole on the website Photo Volgograda (Russian)
4. ↑ Church ( Memento of the original from November 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website "Folk Catalog of Orthodox Architecture" (Russian, photos) 

Web links

• Gorodishche Raion on the Volgograd Oblast Administration website (in Russian)