Petrov whale

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city
Petrov Wal
Петров Вал
Federal district Southern Russia
Oblast Volgograd
Rajon Kamyshin
City since 1988
surface 16  km²
population 13,239 inhabitants
(as of Oct. 14, 2010)
Population density 827 inhabitants / km²
Height of the center 105  m
Time zone UTC + 4
Telephone code (+7) 84457
Post Code 403840
License Plate 34, 134
OKATO 18 218 503
Geographical location
Coordinates 50 ° 8 ′  N , 45 ° 13 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 8 ′ 0 ″  N , 45 ° 13 ′ 0 ″  E
Petrov Wal (European Russia)
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Location in the western part of Russia
Petrov Wal (Volgograd Oblast)
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Location in Volgograd Oblast
List of cities in Russia

Petrow Wal ( Russian Петров Вал ) is a city with 13,239 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) in the Volgograd Oblast ( Russia ).

location

Petrow Wal is located 185 km north of the regional capital Volgograd and around 970 km southeast of Moscow , on the left Don tributary Ilowlja . The nearest town is the Rajon -Zentrum Kamyshin , located approximately 20 km west of Petrov Val.

history

The place emerged after the 17th century, initially as a village, which owes its name to the unsuccessful construction of a canal connection between the Don and the Volga (the forerunner of today's Volga-Don Canal ) in the 1690s. Numerous artificial embankments were created in this area through excavation work, which were popularly called Peters Wall , in Russian Petrow Wal , because the canal construction was initiated by the then Tsar Peter the Great .

From the 19th century, the railway was built near Petrow Wal, which connected the place with Saratov and Volgograd, among others . In 1949 Petrov Wal became an urban-type settlement , and in 1988 it became a rajon town.

Population development

year Residents
1959 8,705
1970 12,051
1979 13,122
1989 13,752
2002 14,721
2010 13,239

Note: census data

traffic

Today, Petrow Wal is a railway junction at the intersection of the Saratov – Volgograd and Tambov – Kamyshin lines with railway workshops and other rail-related companies. One kilometer north of the city is the Lebyashye military airfield .

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)