Dankov
Template:Short description Template:Infobox Russian inhabited locality Dankov (Template:Langx) is a town and the administrative center of Dankovsky District in Lipetsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Don River Script error: No such module "convert". northwest of Lipetsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: Template:Ru-census2021 Template:Ru-census2010 Template:Replace (2002 Census);[1] Template:Replace (1989 Soviet census).[2] It was previously known as Donkov.
History
The fort of Donkov was founded by the Princes of Ryazan in the late 14th century and took its name from the Don River.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The fort stood on the left bank of the Don, about Script error: No such module "convert". from the modern town, until 1568, when it was destroyed by the Crimean Tatars. It was then restored on a better fortified location but was again relocated in 1618. It is shown as Donko in Mercator's Atlas (1596),[3] and as Donkagorod in Resania in Joan Blaeu's map of 1645.[4]
By the 18th century, its spelling changed from Donkov to Dankov. The town was chartered by Catherine the Great but was demoted in status to that of a rural locality between 1796 and 1804 and again between 1924 and 1959.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Dankov serves as the administrative center of Dankovsky District.[5] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Dankovsky District as Dankov Town Under District Jurisdiction.[5] As a municipal division, Dankov Town Under District Jurisdiction is incorporated within Dankovsky Municipal District as Dankov Urban Settlement.[6]
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- ↑ Taurica Chresonesus, Nostra aetate Przecopsca et Gazara dicitur in Atlas sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati Fugura (1596).
- ↑ Russiæ, vulgo Moscovia, pars australis in Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, sive Atlas Novus in quo Tabulæ et Descriptiones Omnium Regionum, Editæ a Guiljel et Ioanne Blaeu, 1645.
- ↑ a b Law #382-OZ
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