Morozovsk (Russian: Моро́зовск) is a town and the administrative center of Morozovsky District in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located on the Bystraya River (left tributary of the Seversky Donets), 265 kilometers (165 mi) northeast of Rostov-on-Don, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 27,642 (2010 Census);[2] 29,222 (2002 Census);[6] 27,004 (1989 Soviet census).[7]
Morozovsk
Морозовск | |
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 Morozovskaya railway station in Morozovsk | |
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Location of Morozovsk  | |
  Morozovsk Location of Morozovsk  Morozovsk Morozovsk (Rostov Oblast) | |
| Coordinates: 48°22′N 41°50′E / 48.367°N 41.833°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Rostov Oblast[1] |
| Administrative district | Morozovsky District[1] |
| Urban settlement | Morozovskoye[1] |
| Founded | 1910 |
| Town status since | 1941 |
| Elevation | 80 m (260 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 27,642 |
| • Capital of | Morozovsky District,[1] Morozovskoye Urban Settlement[1] |
| • Municipal district | Morozovsky Municipal District[3] |
| • Urban settlement | Morozovskoye Urban Settlement[3] |
| • Capital of | Morozovsky Municipal District,[3] Morozovskoye Urban Settlement[3] |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK  [4]) |
| Postal code(s)[5] | 347210, 347211, 347214, 347219, 347239 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 86384 |
| OKTMO ID | 60634101001 |
History
editHistorical affiliations
Russian Empire 1880s–1917
Soviet Russia 1917–1922
Soviet Union 1922–1991
The khutor of Morozov (Моро́зов) was founded in the 1880s.[citation needed] In 1900, Morozovskaya railway station, named after it, was opened nearby. In 1910, the stanitsa of Taubeyevskaya (Таубе́евская) was established near the railway station.[citation needed] It was renamed Morozovskaya on April 24, 1917.[citation needed] Later, these two rural localities grew and merged, and the resulting settlement was granted town status in 1941.[citation needed]
Administrative and municipal status
editWithin the framework of administrative divisions, Morozovsk serves as the administrative center of Morozovsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Morozovsky District as Morozovskoye Urban Settlement.[1] As a municipal division, this administrative unit also has urban settlement status and is a part of Morozovsky Municipal District.[3]
Military
editThere is an airbase located 3.1 miles (5.0 km) southwest of the town.
Attractions
editThere are many monuments and museums In Morozovsk.
- Near the train station is a monument to the steam locomotive.
- Morozov Museum was opened in 1994. The Museum building was built in the early twentieth century on the outskirts of the former farm Lyubimov. The facade of the Museum there are four bas-relief. On two bas-reliefs shows a smithy with two blacksmiths, harrowing land, two drawn by oxen, on the other — Cossack on horseback with guns.
- Monument to the fallen soldiers of the Soviet army who died during the great Patriotic war.
- A monument in honor of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany — the MiG-21.
- The Church Of The Intercession Of The Blessed Virgin Mary. The Church was built by the project Fomin, Konstantin Ivanovich in 1914. The Church was consecrated on 25 April 1915. The Church operated until the mid 1930-ies. Was built next to a military town and the Church were in its territory. So the temple remained standing until the end of 1940-ies. During the war the temple was destroyed the bell tower. After the war the Church was a military warehouse. In 2001 began the restoration of the temple. In the temple are the icon of St. Nikolay Popov with relics, the icon of Matrona of Moscow with a particle of the relics, the icon of the Holy virgin.
Literature
edit- ФГУП «Южное Аэрогеодезическое Предприятие» Атлас Ростовская область Города, 2007.
- Краснознамённый Киевский. Очерки истории Краснознамённого Киевского военного округа (1919-1979). Издание второе, исправленное и дополненное. Киев, издательство политической литературы Украины, 1979.
- Военный энциклопедический словарь. М., Военное издательство, 1984.
- Справочник «Освобождение городов: Справочник по освобождению городов в период Великой Отечественной войны 1941-1945». М. Л. Дударенко, Ю. Г. Перечнев, В. Т. Елисеев и др. М.: Воениздат, 1985. 598 с.
References
editNotes
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h Law #340-ZS
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c d e Law #247-ZS
- ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
- ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in 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).
- ^ 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]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
Sources
edit- Законодательное Собрание Ростовской области. Закон №340-ЗС от 25 июля 2005 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Ростовской области», в ред. Закона №270-ЗС от 27 ноября 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в областной Закон "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Ростовской области"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Наше время", №187–190, 28 июля 2005 г. (Legislative Assembly of Rostov Oblast. Law #340-ZS of July 28, 2005 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Rostov Oblast, as amended by the Law #270-ZS of November 27, 2014 On Amending the Oblast Law "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Rostov Oblast". Effective as of the official publication date.).
- Законодательное Собрание Ростовской области. Закон №247-ЗС от 27 декабря 2004 г. «Об установлении границ и наделении соответствующим статусом муниципального образования "Морозовский район" и муниципальных образований в его составе». Вступил в силу с 1 января 2005 г. Опубликован: "Наше время", №339, 29 декабря 2004 г. (Legislative Assembly of Rostov Oblast. Law #247-ZS of December 27, 2004 On Establishing the Borders and Granting an Appropriate Status to the Municipal Formation of "Morozovsky District" and to the Municipal Formations It Comprises. Effective as of January 1, 2005.).