Uvarovo

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Uwarowo (disambiguation) .

city uvarovo Уварово flag coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Tambov Urban district Uvarovo mayor Alexander Kuznetsov Founded 1699 City since 1966 surface 22  km² population 26,830 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1220 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 130  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 47558 Post Code 39346x License Plate 68 OKATO 68 430 Website admuvar.tamb.ru Geographical location Coordinates 52 ° 0 ′  N , 42 ° 15 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 59 ′ 40 "  N , 42 ° 15 ′ 15"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Tambov Oblast

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Uwarowo ( Russian Уварово ) is a city in Tambov Oblast ( Russia ) with 26,830 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located in the southeast of the Oka-Don plain about 120 km southeast of the oblast capital Tambov on the right bank of the Worona , a right tributary of the Chopjor, which flows into the Don .

Uvarowo is administratively directly subordinate to the Oblast and at the same time the administrative center of the Rajon of the same name .

history

Uvarowo was founded by Cossacks in 1699 . The name is derived from the family name Uwarow .

In 1770 the Borisoglebsk - Kirsanow postal route was passed through Uvarowo, so that it developed into a regional trading center in the course of the 19th century.

In 1960 the place received the status of an urban-type settlement and in 1966 the town charter .

Population development

year	Residents
1939	10,800
1959	6,800
1970	24,946
1979	31,669
1989	34,554
2002	29,690
2010	26,830

Note: census data (1959 after the meanwhile division of the place only Uwarowo Perwoje )

Culture and sights

In the nearby village of Ivanovka there is a museum for the composer Sergei Rachmaninov , who lived and worked there at the beginning of the 20th century on the estate of his cousin and wife.

In the village of Staraya Olschanka are the remains of the estate of the noble Wojeikow family, where the painter Vasily Polenow and his sister, the painter and illustrator Jelena Polenowa often stayed. The Church of the Resurrection ( Воскресенская церковь / Woskressenskaja zerkow) belonging to the estate from 1843 to 1860 has been preserved.

Economy and Infrastructure

In Uvarowo there is an important fertilizer plant as well as companies in the food and building materials industries.

The city lies on the railway line Tambow- Balashov - Kamyshin (Station Name Oblowka ).

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)

Web links

Commons : Uwarowo  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• City administration website (Russian)
• Uwarowo on mojgorod.ru (Russian)