Turki (Saratov)

Urban-type settlement Turki Турки Federal district Volga Oblast Saratov Rajon Turkowski First mention 1723 Earlier names Ryssja Urban-type settlement since 1966 population 6122 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 175  m Time zone UTC + 4 Telephone code (+7) 84543 Post Code 412070 License Plate 64, 164 OKATO 63 247 551 Geographical location Coordinates 51 ° 59 ′  N , 43 ° 16 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 59 ′ 0 ″  N , 43 ° 16 ′ 15 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Saratov Oblast

Turki ( Russian Турки́ ) is an urban-type settlement in the Saratov Oblast in Russia with 6122 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is about 200 km as the crow flies west-northwest of the Saratov Oblast Administrative Center on the right, high bank of the Chopjor .

Turki is the administrative center of the Turkovsky Rajon and the seat of the municipality of Turkovskoye gorodskoje posselenije, which also includes the village of Chapayevka, 6 km south-east.

history

The place was first mentioned in 1723 as a village with the name Ryssja , then already in the 1730s under the current name. As a result, he belonged to the Ujesd Balaschow of the Saratov governorate , developed into a regionally important trading village in the 19th century and became the seat of a Volost . Alternatively, the name Bogorodskoje after the name of the church was in use (from Russian Bogorodiza for " Mother of God ").

On July 23, 1928, Turki became the administrative seat of a newly created Rajons named after him. Since January 1966 the place has had the status of an urban-type settlement.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	7349
1939	7724
1959	6906
1970	7737
1979	7324
1989	7418
2002	6872
2010	6122

Note: census data

traffic

A 13 km long railway line, opened in 1896, leads to Turki, which branches off in Letjaschewka from the Waluiki  - Balaschow  - Rtishchewo  - Penza line.

A road runs along the railway line into the settlement and reaches the regional road Balashov - Rtishchevo in the small town of Arkadak, 15 km to the south-east .

Sons and daughters of the place

• Vladimir Alatorzew (1909–1987), chess player and official

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)