Kotowo

city Kotowo Котово flag coat of arms Federal district Southern Russia Oblast Volgograd Rajon Kotowo Founded 1710s City since 1966 surface 18  km² population 24,115 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1340 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 150  m Time zone UTC + 4 Telephone code (+7) 84455 Post Code 403800-403805 License Plate 34, 134 OKATO 18 226 501 Geographical location Coordinates 50 ° 19 ′  N , 44 ° 48 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 19 ′ 0 ″  N , 44 ° 48 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Volgograd Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Kotowo ( Russian Котово ) is a city with 24,115 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) in Russia and the administrative center of the raion of the same name in Volgograd Oblast . The place is located on the (Little) Kazanka River in the Don river system , 229 kilometers north of the regional capital Volgograd .

history

The place emerged in the 1710s with the establishment of a village on the Kasanka. The place name comes from the family name of the first settler there, a Ukrainian named Kotenko. In 1791 a stone church building was erected for the first time in Kotowo, namely the Archangel Michael Church, which is still standing today. Towards the end of the 19th century, the place already had almost 3,000 souls, most of whom were farmers. In 1912–1913 a water pipe was laid in Kotowo, which still functions as such today.

In the middle of the 20th century, oil fields in the area were developed near the city , which caused the population of Kotowos to increase. Kotowo has had city status since 1966.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	2,907
1959	7.175
1970	20,553
1979	23,059
1989	25,360
2002	26,763
2010	24,115

Note: census data

economy

The main industry of the city is still the extraction and processing of crude oil, there is also a brick factory, a reinforced concrete factory and some smaller industrial companies in Kotowo. Agriculture is also practiced in the surrounding area.

Attractions

The oldest preserved building in Kotowo is the Archangel Michael Church (1791), and a few historical buildings from the 19th century have been preserved, including the former district administration house (1864).

sons and daughters of the town

• Ivan Schapovalov (* 1966), music producer and music manager

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. ↑ http://kotovo.34rus.ru/istoriya/vodoprovod.php

Web links

• Unofficial website (Russian)
• Unofficial Portal (Russian)
• Kotowo in the online lexicon mojgorod.ru (Russian)