Snamenka (Tambov, Snamensky)

Urban-type settlement Znamenka Знаменка Federal district Central Russia Oblast Tambov Rajon Znamensky Earlier names Karejan-Sagrjaschskoje Karian- Znamenskoye Urban-type settlement since 1971 population 6,167 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 125  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 47552 Post Code 393401 License Plate 68 OKATO 68 206 551 Geographical location Coordinates 52 ° 25 '  N , 41 ° 27'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 25 '0 "  N , 41 ° 26' 30"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Tambov Oblast

Snamenka ( Russian Зна́менка ) is an urban-type settlement in the Tambov Oblast in Russia with 6,167 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is about 35 km as the crow flies south of the Tambov Oblast Administrative Center at the confluence of the left tributary Karian in the Zna .

Znamenka is the administrative center of the Rajons Znamensky and seat and only town of the municipality (gorodskoje posselenije) Znamensky possowet.

history

The place has been known since the beginning of the 18th century and was initially called Karejan-Sagrjaschskoje. After the establishment of the Znamenskaya Church (from Russian Znameneye for the icon of Our Lady of the Sign ) in 1745, the place name Karian-Znamenskoye became common , and finally the current form in the 1920s.

On March 7, 1941, Snamenka became the administrative seat of a newly created Rajons named after him. In 1971 the place received urban-type settlement status.

Population development

year	Residents
1959	2749
1970	2333
1979	6482
1989	9540
2002	9210
2010	6167

Note: census data

traffic

The Karian-Stroganowo station is located five kilometers east of Snamenka at kilometer 34 of the Tambov - Balashov  - Kamyshin railway line, which opened in 1894 . To the west of the settlement runs the federal trunk road R22 Kaspi from Kaschira near Moscow to Astrakhan . In a south-westerly direction, a regional road branches off to the neighboring district center of Tokarjowka .

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)