Petrovsk

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city Petrowsk Петровск coat of arms Federal district Volga Oblast Saratov Rajon Petrovsk Founded 1698 City since 1780 surface 23  km² population 31,160 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1355 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 180  m Time zone UTC + 4 Telephone code (+7) 84555 Post Code 412540-412545 License Plate 64, 164 OKATO 63 428 Website www.petrcity.ru Geographical location Coordinates 52 ° 19 ′  N , 45 ° 23 ′  E Coordinates: 52 ° 19 ′ 0 ″  N , 45 ° 23 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Saratov Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Petrowsk ( Russian Петровск ) is a city in the Russian Oblast of Saratov . Petrovsk is a city ​​subordinate to the Oblast and at the same time the administrative center of the Petrovsk Raion . The city has around 31,160 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

Geographical location

Petrovsk is located on the banks of the Medveditsa in the north of Saratov Oblast, about five kilometers from the border with Penza Oblast and about 104 km northwest of the regional capital Saratov . The nearest city is Atkarsk 56 km southwest of Petrovsk.

history

As early as the 17th century, a village and an important trading center were built on the site of today's Petrovsk. In 1698 the city was fortified due to a decree by Peter the Great to secure the border against incursions by the Crimean Tatars . Legend has it that Peter the Great visited the city as early as 1707, only shortly after it was founded. The settlement was finally named Petrovsk in honor of Peter the Great. In 1780 the place received city rights.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	13,304
1926	19.192
1939	18,563
1959	24,987
1970	30,953
1979	34.163
1989	34,778
2002	33,956
2010	31,160

Note: census data

economy

The city's most important commercial companies are:

• Molot (Молот), a manufacturer of marine instruments and various consumer goods
• Branch of the Likhachev Works , an automotive supplier
• Petrovsk LPU (Петровское ЛПУ), natural gas carrier, Gazprom joint venture

traffic

The city is on the Sennoi - Rtishchevo railway line . The station is called Petrovsk-Saratov to avoid confusion with the stations of the cities of Petrovsk ( Transbaikalia region ) and Petrovskoye ( Yaroslavl Oblast ).

Furthermore, a Russian trunk road from Saratov to Penza runs through the city.

Personalities

• Borys Jakowlew (1945-2014), Ukrainian walker
• Vera Yermolajewa (1893–1937), Russian painter
• Tatjana Kasankina (* 1951), Russian athlete
• Ivan Panfilov (1893–1941), Soviet general in the defense of Moscow in 1941

See also

• List of cities in Saratov Oblast

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 website (Russian)
• Basic data on the city of Petrovsk on mojgorod.ru (Russian)