Simovniki

settlement Simowniki Зимовники Federal district Southern Russia Oblast Rostov Rajon Simovniki head Sergei Fomenko Founded 1898 Earlier names Kalmyzki chutor (until 1908) Settlement since 1992 population 18,070 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 60  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 86376 Post Code 347460-347463 License Plate 61, 161 OKATO 60 219 817 001 Website www.zsp-zimovniki.ru Geographical location Coordinates 47 ° 9 '  N , 42 ° 28'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 9 '0 "  N , 42 ° 28' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Rostov Oblast

List of large settlements in Russia

T-34 tank as a memorial for the reconquest of Simovniki by the Red Army in January 1943

Simovniki ( Russian Зимовники ) is a settlement in the Rostov Oblast ( Russia ) with 18,070 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The settlement is located in the southern Russian steppe area between the Don and Manych rivers , about 200 kilometers as the crow flies east of the Rostov Oblast Administrative Center . The Malaja Kuberle , a left tributary of the Sal, flows through the village .

Simovniki is the administrative center of the Simovniki Rajons of the same name . The rural community of the same name (Selskoje posselenije) includes the settlement as well as the surrounding villages of Donetsky, Ilyichev and Maikopski.

history

The place was built in 1898 in the place in which a previous temporary settlement, semi-nomadic living Kalmyk stayed farmers with their animals in winter, in connection with the construction of the railway line Tsaritsyn  - Tikhoretskaya . After its inhabitants, the resulting train station was initially called Kalmyzkaja , the village of Kalmyzki (chutor) , in 1908 both were given the current name (from Russian simnik or simownik for a winter settlement of this type).

As part of an administrative reform in 1924 Simovniki became the center of a newly founded Rajon. During the Second World War, Simovniki was occupied by the German Wehrmacht as they advanced on Stalingrad and recaptured by the Red Army on January 8, 1943 .

In 1962, Simovniki received urban-type settlement status, but was downgraded to rural settlement again in 1992.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	9,439
1959	5,614
1970	15,322
1979	16,870
1989	16,934
2002	17,705
2010	18,070

Note: census data

Economy and Infrastructure

In Simowniki as the center of an agricultural area with predominantly grain cultivation (wheat, barley, oats, millet and maize, as well as sunflowers and vegetables) and sheep farming. There are a number of companies in the food industry.

The place is located on the Volgograd - Salsk  - Tichorezkaya railway line, which was opened in 1899 and electrified on this section in 2001 , which is operated on this section by the North Caucasian Railway . A regional road runs along the railway line from Tichorezk on the M29 main road via Salsk to Kotelnikowo in the neighboring Volgograd Oblast . In Simovniki a street branches off from this to the Kalmyk capital Elista .

To the west of the settlement is a small airport for local connections (no ICAO code ; Russian code УРРФ / URRF ).

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. ↑ ^{a b} Simovniki on the website of the Geographical Institute of the RAN (Russian)

Web links

• Official website of the local administration (Russian)