Gorodovikovsk

city Gorodovikovsk Городовиковск ( Russian ) Башнта ( Kalmyk ) coat of arms Federal district Southern Russia republic Kalmykia Rajon Gorodovikovsk Founded 1872 Earlier names Bashanta City since 1971 surface 16  km² population 9565 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 598 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 60  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 84731 Post Code 359050-359053 License Plate 08 OKATO 85 205 501 Geographical location Coordinates 46 ° 5 '  N , 41 ° 56'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 5 '0 "  N , 41 ° 56' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Kalmykia

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Gorodwikowsk ( Russian Городовиковск , until 1971 Baschanta  / Башанта ; Kalmyk Башнта , Baschnta ) is a small town and Rajon center with 9565 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) in the Autonomous Republic of Kalmykia of the Russian Federation .

location

Gorodowikowsk is located in the Manytn lowlands in the far west of Kalmykia, not far from the borders with Rostov Oblast and the Stavropol Region . The distance to the eastern republic capital Elista is about 240 km, the closest city is Salsk in Rostov Oblast, about 60 km northwest of Gorodowikowsk.

Buddhist monastery in Gorodowikowsk, built 2005–2008, dedicated to Lama Tsongkhapa

history

The village was founded by the Kalmucks in 1872 under the name Baschanta ( Mongolian for "house"). In 1909 the village became the center of a Kalmyk Ulus (≈ district), in 1938, now part of the Kalmyk ASSR , an urban-type settlement . The name was changed to Gorodowikowsk in honor of the hero of the Soviet Union , Oka Iwanowitsch Gorodowikow (1879-1960), and the city rights were granted at the same time in 1971.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	3,979
1959	4,619
1970	7,804
1979	11,879
1989	11,902
2002	10,940
2010	9,565

Note: census data

economy

Gorodovikovsk is relatively poor in industry; there this is largely limited to food companies. In Gordovikovsk Rajon, agriculture is the main activity.

Web links

• Gorodowikowsk on mojgorod.ru (Russian)

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)