Mordowo (Tambov)

Urban-type settlement Mordovo Мордово Federal district Central Russia Oblast Tambov Rajon Mordovsky Founded 1707 Urban-type settlement since 1968 population 6520 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 130  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 47542 Post Code 393600-393601 License Plate 68 OKATO 68 214 551 Geographical location Coordinates 52 ° 5 '  N , 40 ° 47'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 5 '15 "  N , 40 ° 46' 45"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Tambov Oblast

Mordowo ( Russian Мордо́во ) is an urban-type settlement in the Tambov Oblast in Russia with 6520 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is about 90 km as the crow flies southwest of the Tambov Oblast Administrative Center not far from the borders with the Lipetsk and Voronezh oblasts . It is located on the left Don tributary Bitjug .

Mordowo is the administrative center Rajons Mordowski and seat of the municipality possowet (gorodskoje posselenije) Mordowski, which also includes the villages Strelzy (9 km WNW) and Tschernjajewka (5 km north of the center) and the settlement Otschiwka (4 km west of the center) belong.

history

The place was first mentioned in 1744; 1707 is the founding year. In the 19th century Mordowo developed into a trading center of local importance and was (since 1782) the seat of a Wolost in the Ujesd Usman of the Tambov governorate .

In 1928 Mordowo became the administrative seat of a newly created Rajons named after him. In 1968 the place received the status of an urban-type settlement.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	7568
1939	7185
1959	6573
1970	8451
1979	8772
1989	8445
2002	7327
2010	6520

Note: census data

traffic

In Mordovo, the Oborona station is located at kilometer 547 of the railway line ( Moscow  - Gryazi  - Volgograd, opened continuously in 1871 ) . In a southerly direction, a branch line branches off to Ertil , which has been in operation since 1914. The station has had her name (Russian for "defense") since 1932, in memory of events of the Russian Civil War , when the Red Army managed to defend the station against insurgents under Alexander Antonov in 1921 .

The federal trunk road R193 , which connects Tambov with Voronezh , passes to the west of the settlement .

Web links

• Official website of the district administration (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)