Kotovsk, Russia

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Kotovsk (English)
Котовск (Russian)
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Location of Tambov Oblast in Russia
Kotovsk is located in Tambov Oblast
Kotovsk
Kotovsk
Location of Kotovsk in Tambov Oblast
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Coat of arms
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Administrative status (as of November 2011)
Country Russia
Federal subject Tambov Oblast[1]
Administratively subordinated to town of oblast significance of Kotovsk[1]
Administrative center of town of oblast significance of Kotovsk[1]
Municipal status (as of November 2011)
Urban okrug Kotovsk Urban Okrug[2]
Administrative center of Kotovsk Urban Okrug[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 31,850 inhabitants[3]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
Founded 1914[citation needed]
Town status since 1940[citation needed]
Previous names Porokhovoy Zavod,[citation needed]
Krasny Boyevik (until 1940)[citation needed]
[[:commons:Category:{{#property:Commons category}}|Kotovsk]] on Wikimedia Commons

Kotovsk (Russian: Кото́вск) is a town in Tambov Oblast, Russia, located on the Tsna River 13 kilometers (8.1 mi) south of Tambov. Population: 31,850 (2010 Census);[3] 34,054 (2002 Census);[5] 38,510 (1989 Census).[6]

History

Kotovsk was founded before World War I under the initiative of Tsar Nicholas II as a settlement for workers who were engaged in the construction of the gunpowder factory (commissioned in 1912).[citation needed] Initially, it was called Porokhovoy Zavod (Порохово́й Заво́д, lit. gunpowder factory).[citation needed] It was later turned renamed Krasny Boyevik (Кра́сный Боеви́к, lit. red fighter),[citation needed] because it was used by the Bolsheviks as a lodgement for the establishment of the Soviet government in the region.[7] In 1940, it was granted town status and renamed Kotovsk[citation needed] after Grigory Kotovsky (1881–1925), who had suppressed an anti-Soviet peasant rebellion in Tambov Governorate in 1921.

The railway station was closed.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the town of oblast significance of Kotovsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the town of oblast significance of Kotovsk is incorporated as Kotovsk Urban Okrug.[2]

References

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Law #72-Z
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Law #232-Z
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  4. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
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  7. Tambov rebellion by Sennikov (Russian)

Sources

  • Тамбовская областная Дума. Закон №72-З от 21 июня 1996 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Тамбовской области», в ред. Закона №544-З от 11 июня 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в статью 7 Закона Тамбовской области "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Тамбовской области"». Опубликован: "Тамбовская жизнь", №131, 1996 г. (Tambov Oblast Duma. Law #72-Z of June 21, 1996 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Tambov Oblast, as amended by the Law #544-Z of June 11, 2015 On Amending Article 7 of the Law of Tambov Oblast "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Tambov Oblast". ).
  • Тамбовская областная Дума. Закон №232-З от 17 сентября 2004 г. «Об установлении границ и определении места нахождения представительных органов муниципальных образований в Тамбовской области», в ред. Закона №606-З от 7 декабря 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Тамбовской области "Об установлении границ и определении места нахождения представительных органов муниципальных образований в Тамбовской области"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Тамбовская жизнь", №185 (23125). (Tambov Oblast Duma. Law #232-Z of September 17, 2004 On Establishing the Borders and Determining the Location of the Representative Organs of the Municipal Formations of Tambov Oblast, as amended by the Law #606-Z of December 7, 2015 On Amending the Law of Tambov Oblast "On Establishing the Borders and Determining the Location of the Representative Organs of the Municipal Formations of Tambov Oblast". Effective as of the official publication date.).