Rowenki

This article covers the Rowenki settlement in Russia. For a city with the Russian form of the name Rowenki in Ukraine, see Rowenky .

Urban-type settlement Rowenki Ровеньки flag coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Belgorod Rajon Rowenki First mention 1650 Urban-type settlement since 1976 population 10,264 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 80  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 47238 Post Code 309740 License Plate 31 OKATO 14 250 551 Geographical location Coordinates 49 ° 55 '  N , 38 ° 54'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 54 '45 "  N , 38 ° 54' 15"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Belgorod Oblast

List of large settlements in Russia

Rowenki ( Russian Ровеньки́ ) is an urban-type settlement in Belgorod Oblast ( Russia ) with 10,264 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The settlement is located about 180 kilometers as the crow flies east-southeast of the Belgorod Oblast Administrative Center , a few ten kilometers from the border with Ukraine . The Ajdar , a left tributary of the Seversky Donets, flows through the village .

Rowenki is the administrative center of Rowensky Rajon .

history

The town was founded in 1650, when an ukase from Tsar Alexei Michailowitsch to fortify the southern border of the Russian Empire was published. 1708 Rovenki whose inhabitants the Bulavin had supported -Aufstand destroyed, 1,732 Cossacks of Ostrogoschsker settled regiment.

By the 19th century, the place developed into a regionally important rural trading center.

In 1928 the place became the seat of a district administration. In 1976 it received urban-type settlement status.

Population development

year	Residents
1811	3,800
1939	6,928
1959	4,987
1970	6,209
1979	7,279
1989	8,400
2002	9,742
2010	10,264

Note: from 1939 census data

Culture and sights

In Rowenki is the eclectic Trinity Church ( Троицкая церковь , Troitskaja Zerkow ) from 1885. Since 1978 the local history museum of the Rajon exists in the place.

Economy and Infrastructure

In Rowenki there are mainly companies in the food industry.

The regional road R195 runs through the settlement from Rossosh in the neighboring Voronezh Oblast , where the nearest train station is located, to the Ukrainian border. In a north-westerly direction, the R187 runs from Rowenki via Waluiki to Nowy Oskol in the central part of Belgorod 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)
2. ↑ Trinity Church Rowenki at sobory.ru (Russian)
3. ↑ Information about the museum at museum.ru (Russian)

Web links

• Rajon Administration website (Russian)