Zimovniki

Zimovniki (Russian: Зимовники) is a rural locality (a posyolok) in Zimovnikovsky District of Rostov Oblast, Russia. Population: 18,070 (2010 Census);[1] 17,705 (2002 Census).[4] It is also the administrative center of Zimovnikovsky District.

Zimovniki
Зимовники
Posyolok[1]
Flag of Zimovniki
Flag
Location of Zimovniki
Zimovniki is located in Russia
Zimovniki
Zimovniki
Location of Zimovniki
Zimovniki is located in Rostov Oblast
Zimovniki
Zimovniki
Zimovniki (Rostov Oblast)
Coordinates: 47°08′42″N 42°28′00″E
CountryRussia
Federal subjectRostov Oblast[1]
Administrative districtZimovnikovsky District[1]
Founded1898Edit this on Wikidata
Population
 (2010 Census)[1]
 • Total18,070
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[2])
Postal code(s)[3]
347460
OKTMO ID60619417101

History

The history of Zimovniki village began in 1898. At this time the construction of Tikhoretskaya-Tsaritsyn railway line was being carried out. This railway had a station called Kalmytskaya. Around it a village began to grow, which was surrounded by numerous pasters (in Russian they are called Zimovniki). The station and the village quickly became a place for fairs, where livestock was sold and sendt it by rail. In 1904 Kalmytskaya station was renamed into Zimovniki station.[5]

In 1924, Zimovnikovsky District was established, and the village became a its administrative center. According to population census data of 1926, 2,885 people lived in the village of Zimovniki, and the majority of the population were Ukrainians ― 1,731, and Russians ― 798.[6] The population grew rapidly. According to the 1939 census, there already were already 9,439 people living in the village, including 4722 men and 4717 women.[7]

Places of interest
  • Zimovniki museum of local history
  • Monument to T-34-85
  • Monument to T-34-85
    Monument to T-34-85
  • Memorial plaque dedicated to soldiers of 5th Guard Mechanized Corps [ru]
    Memorial plaque dedicated to soldiers of 5th Guard Mechanized Corps

References
  1. 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.
  2. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  3. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  4. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (21 May 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).
  5. История Зимовниковского района
  6. Поселенные итоги переписи 1926 года по Северо-Кавказскому краю. Ростов-на-Дону. 1929. с.230
  7. Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей
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