Zernograd

Zernograd (English)
Зерноград (Russian)
-  Town[1]  -

Zernograd town square

Location of Rostov Oblast in Russia
Zernograd
Location of Zernograd in Rostov Oblast
Coordinates: 46°51′N 40°19′E / 46.850°N 40.317°E / 46.850; 40.317Coordinates: 46°51′N 40°19′E / 46.850°N 40.317°E / 46.850; 40.317
Flag
Administrative status (as of October 2012)
Country Russia
Federal subject Rostov Oblast[1]
Administrative district Zernogradsky District[1]
Urban settlement Zernogradskoye[1]
Administrative center of Zernogradsky District,[1] Zernogradskoye Urban Settlement[1]
Municipal status (as of November 2004)
Municipal district Zernogradsky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Zernogradskoye Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Zernogradsky Municipal District,[2] Zernogradskoye Urban Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 26,842 inhabitants[3]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
Founded 1915
Town status since 1951
Previous names Verblyud (until 1933),
Zernovoy (until 1960)
Postal code(s)[5] 347740, 347742, 347743, 347749
Dialing code(s) +7 86359
Official website
Zernograd on Wikimedia Commons

Zernograd (Russian: Зерногра́д) is a town and the administrative center of Zernogradsky District in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located 71 kilometers (44 mi) southeast of Rostov-on-Don, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 26,842(2010 Census);[3] 28,840(2002 Census);[6] 26,097(1989 Census).[7]

History

Historical affiliations

 Russian Empire 1915–1917
Russia Russian Republic 1917
Soviet Russia 1917–1922
 Soviet Union 1922–1991
 Russian Federation 1991–present

It was founded in 1915 as the halt of Verblyud (Верблю́д) due to the construction of the Rostov–Torgovaya railway. By 1933, it became a settlement and was renamed Zernovoy (Зерново́й). It was granted town status in 1951 and renamed Zernograd in 1960.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Zernograd serves as the administrative center of Zernogradsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with ten rural localities, incorporated within Zernogradsky District as Zernogradskoye Urban Settlement.[1] As a municipal division, this administrative unit also has urban settlement status and is a part of Zernogradsky Municipal District.[2]

Military

From 1969 to 1995, Zernograd was home to the 106th Training Aviation Regiment, Yeysk Higher Military School of Pilots, of the Soviet Air Forces. The regiment was equipped with the L-29 and L-39 jet trainer aircraft.[8]

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Law #340-ZS
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #203-ZS
  3. 1 2 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  4. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 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 #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  5. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  6. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  7. Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  8. http://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/regiment/uap/106uap.htm

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