Kotovsk (Russia)

city Kotovsk Котовск flag coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Tambov Urban district Kotovsk mayor Alexei Plachotnikov Founded 1914 City since 1940 surface 17  km² population 31,850 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1874 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 140  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 47541 Post Code 393190-393199 License Plate 68 OKATO 68 410 Website sams.tamb.ru Geographical location Coordinates 52 ° 35 ′  N , 41 ° 30 ′  E Coordinates: 52 ° 35 ′ 0 ″  N , 41 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Tambov Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Kotowsk ( Russian Котовск ) is a city in Tambov Oblast ( Russia ) with 31,850 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located in the central part of the Oka-Don plain about 15 km south of Oblasthauptstadt Tambov on the right bank of the Zna , a left tributary of Moksha in the river system of the Volga .

Kotovsk is administratively directly subordinate to the oblast .

history

The place arose in connection with the establishment of a state explosives plant between 1914 and 1916. Initially, it was a part of Tambov as a settlement Porochowoi Sawod (Russian literally for powder plant ).

On March 18, 1919, the name was changed to Krasny Bojewik ("Red Fighter"). Later it was named Oktyabrsky as one of the three city districts .

On April 16, 1940, the place became independent and received city rights under its current name, after Grigori Kotowski (1881-1925), a commander of the Red Army who was involved in the suppression of the peasant uprising of Tambov in 1921 .

Population development

year	Residents
1926	8,000
1939	16,986
1959	25,511
1970	33,347
1979	37,848
1989	38,510
2002	34,054
2010	31,850

Note: census data (1926 rounded)

Culture and sights

Near the city, on the banks of the Zna between Kotovsk and Tambov, there are remains of the Treguljajew John the Baptist monastery ( Трегуляев-Предтеченский монастырь / Treguljajew-Predtetschensky monastyr) from the second half of the 17th century.

Economy and Infrastructure

Kotovsk is an industrial satellite town of Tambov with factories for plastics, varnishes and paints, artificial leather as well as factories in the building materials and food industries. The largest employers are the state powder factory Tambowski Porochowoi Zavod and the factory ALMAS .

The city is the end point of a 17-kilometer-long railway line opened in 1932 , which branches off the Moscow - Saratov line in Tambov ( Tambov-I station ) . The Tambov-II station is also located on the northern edge of Kotowsk . The Tambow-II station has been shut down as a passenger station for several years and is only used for freight traffic. Passenger traffic between Kotovsk and Tambov is now only handled by bus or marshrutka ("gazelle").

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

• City administration website (Russian)
• Kotovsk on mojgorod.ru (Russian)