Tambov

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city Tambov Тамбов flag coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Tambov Urban district Tambov mayor Alexei Kondratiev Founded 1636 City since 1636 surface 91  km² population 280,161 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 3079 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 130  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 4752 Post Code 392000-392038 License Plate 68 OKATO 68 401 Website cityadm.tambov.ru Geographical location Coordinates 52 ° 43 '  N , 41 ° 26'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 43 '0 "  N , 41 ° 26' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Tambov Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Tambov ( Russian Тамбо́в ) is a city in the European part of Russia .

geography

Tambov is the capital of Tambov Oblast . It is located in the Oka-Don basin on the narrow Zna River , in the middle of the fertile Central Black Earth region around 420 km southeast of Moscow . Tambov has 280,161 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

Tambov
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     36   -7 -14     30th   -5 -13     31   0 -7     32   12 3     48   21st 9     53   24 13     80   25th 14th     46   24 13     51   18th 8th     43   9 2     55   1 -4     51   -4 -9 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: Roshydromet

history

Red Army soldiers after the suppression of the Tambow uprising, 1921

View over Tambov

The city was founded in 1636 as part of the belt of fortifications, which was supposed to protect Moscow in the south and south-east from attacks by the Tatars . When the Russian Empire expanded south, the fortress lost its importance and Tambov became the commercial and administrative center of an agricultural area. As a result of the administrative reform of 1775, the governorship of Tambov was founded in 1780, which in 1796 became the Tambov governorate .

The industry did not develop on a larger scale until after the October Revolution of 1917. In August 1920 there was a great peasant uprising , the center of which was Tambov. However, he was soon crushed by the Red Army . The most important branches of industry today include the chemical and electrical industries.

During the Second World War , a special prisoner-of-war camp was set up in Tambow for Alsatians, Lorrainers and Luxembourgers, camp No. 788, who - mostly by force, so-called Malgré-nous in France - had served as soldiers in the German Wehrmacht and had been captured. At least a third of the 18,000 or so men were killed. The last prisoners were released in 1955. A delegation from the Alsace region, led by André-Paul Weber , was only able to obtain a list of the names of 1,141 Alsatian victims and to commemorate the dead from the authorities after Mikhail Gorbachev took office .

In addition, there was a prisoner of war camp 188 in the city for German prisoners of war of the Second World War. It was a large transit camp that was closed shortly after the war.

Population development

year	Residents	comment
1897	48.015
1926	62,000
1939	123.207	of which 16,986 district of Oktyabrsky (in 1940 spun off as the city of Kotowsk )
1959	172.171
1970	229.791
1979	270,073
1989	304,600
2002	293,658
2010	280.161

Note: census data (1926 rounded)

Attractions

The Transfiguration Cathedral

Sights include the Transfiguration Cathedral , built in 1694, as well as several other monasteries and churches from the 17th and 18th centuries that point to Tambov's past as a spiritual center. Also worth mentioning are the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God in Kazan and the Church of Lazarus.

The old town is a conglomerate of different styles, which nevertheless result in a very harmonious whole. Tambov also has a large opera house.

24,000 prisoners who died in the Second World War lie in the Tambov-Rada prisoner-of-war cemetery . It was restored in 1998. In the middle there is a 4.5 m high wooden cross.

Art gallery

The art gallery deserves special attention, with thousands of exhibits and pictures by Russian, Soviet and European artists enjoying worldwide significance. These include works by Lorenzo Bartolini and Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem , Ferdinand Bol , Karl Brjullow , Jean-Honoré Fragonard , Jan van Goyen , Jacopo Palma the Younger , Andrei Rjabuschkin , Giulio Romano , Jan van Scorel , David Teniers the Younger , Francesco Trevisani , Salvator Rosa and many others.

Infrastructure

North of Tambow at 52 ° 46 ′ 51 ″  N , 41 ° 24 ′ 52 ″  E, one of the highest transmission masts for broadcasting VHF and television programs has been located at 360 m since 1991.

Sports

• FK Tambov ;
• Spartak Stadium

traffic

The main train station of Tambov

Tambov is connected to the area around the Russian capital Moscow via the R22 Kaspi highway . This is where the R119 ends , which leads here from Oryol via Lipetsk in central Russia . The R193 , which connects the city with Voronezh , also ends here . At the same time, the city is the starting point of the R208 , which leads east to Penza .

Further educational institutions

• Tambov State University (TGU)
• Tambov State Technical University (TGTU)
• Branch of the Military University for Biological, Chemical and Radiation Protection
• Branch of the Institute of Entrepreneurship Infrastructure
• Branch of the New Moscow Institute of Law
• State Pedagogical S.V. Rachmaninoff Music Institute Tambov
• Military Technical Institute of Aviation Tambov

sons and daughters of the town

→ Main article : List of personalities of the city of Tambov

• Oleg Betin (* 1950), politician and governor of Tambov Oblast
• Nikolai Cholodny (1882–1953), botanist and microbiologist
• Vera Faddejewa (1906–1983), mathematician
• Constantin Fahlberg (1850–1910), chemist, industrialist, discoverer of "saccharin"
• Wladislaw Frolow (* 1980), athlete
• Bella Gesser (* 1985), Israeli chess player
• Olga Iwinskaja (1912–1995), lover of Boris Pasternak
• Jelisaveta Ivanovna Justowa (1900–1999), architect, artist, university teacher and local history specialist
• Andrei Kolmogorow (1903–1987), mathematician
• Lew Kuleschow (1899–1970), painter, stage designer and director
• Georgi Muschel (1909–1989), composer
• Swetlana Nageikina (* 1965), cross-country skier
• Anastassija Rodionova (* 1982), tennis player
• Arina Rodionova (* 1989), tennis player
• Juri Schirkow (* 1983), football player
• Vladimir Shchuko (1878–1939), architect of socialist classicism
• Alexei Selesnjow (1888–1967), French chess master and study composer
• Marija Spiridonowa (1884–1941), Social Revolutionary and politician
• Weronika Timofejewa (* 1982), cross-country skier and biathlete
• Grigori Ussijewitsch (1890–1918), revolutionary
• Alexander Wwedensky (1856–1925), philosopher and psychologist

Town twinning

Tambov lists the following twin cities :

• Bar-le-Duc , France, since 1981
• Sukhumi , Abkhazia, since 2012
• Balchik , Bulgaria, since 2013
• Alushta , Crimea, since 2014
• Hrodna , Belarus, since 2015
• Terre Haute , USA
• Genoa , Italy

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. ↑ Weber, Andr`-Paul, "Jeter uun pont entre les hommes" Edition Hirle, Strasbourg 2007, ISBN 978-2-914729-56-7 .
3. ↑ Maschke, Erich (ed.): On the history of the German prisoners of war of the Second World War. Ernst and Werner Gieseking publishing house, Bielefeld 1962-1977.

Web links

Commons : Tambow  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wiktionary: Tambov  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

• http://www.mojgorod.ru/tambovsk_obl/tambov/index.html (Russian)
• http://www.tstu.ru/ - Tambov Technical University (English, Russian)
• http://www.cityadm.tambov.ru/ - official website of the city administration (Russian)