Khvalynsk
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KhvalynskTemplate:Efn is a river port town in Saratov Oblast, Russia, located by the Volga River. Population: Template:Ru-census2010 Template:Replace (2002 Census);[1] Template:Replace (1989 Soviet census);[2] 16,000 (1974). It is located on the right bank of the Volga, at the foot of the Khvalynsk Mountains, Script error: No such module "convert". northeast of Saratov and Script error: No such module "convert". southwest of Samara.
The place name stems from the old Russian name of the Caspian Sea: Хвалынское море, or "Khvalyn Sea". The latter is derived from the name "Khwalis" for the inhabitants of Khwarezm. The town is the namesake of the Khvalynsk Hills and Khvalynsk culture.
History
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It was founded in 1556 as a Russian outpost on the Sosnovy Island on the Volga.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". In 1606, the whole settlement was relocated to the spot of today's Khvalynsk and came to be known as Sosnovy Ostrov (Script error: No such module "Lang"., lit. pine island).Script error: No such module "Unsubst". In 1780, the settlement was granted uyezd town status and renamed Khvalynsk.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
In the 18th–19th centuries, Khvalynsk was known as a local center for trading bread and agricultural produce. It was also one of the centers of the Old Believers. Some scholars believe that Khvalynsk was used by Nikolai Gogol as a setting for his play The Government InspectorScript error: No such module "Unsubst"..
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Khvalynsk serves as the administrative center of Khvalynsky District,[3] even though it is not a part of it.[4] As an administrative division, it is, together with four rural localities, incorporated separately as Khvalynsk Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction[4]—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". As a municipal division, Khvalynsk Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction, together with two rural localities in Khvalynsky District, is incorporated within Khvalynsky Municipal District as Khvalynsk Urban Settlement.[5]
Notable people and culture
Khvalynsk is the birthplace of the artist Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, whose museum was established in the town in 1995.
References
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- ↑ Script error: No such module "Lang". (State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation. Committee of the Russian Federation on Standardization, Metrology, and Certification. #OK 019-95 January 1, 1997 Russian Classification of Objects of Administrative Division (OKATO). Code 63 249, as amended by the Amendment #278/2015 of January 1, 2016. ).
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "Lang". (State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation. Committee of the Russian Federation on Standardization, Metrology, and Certification. #OK 019-95 January 1, 1997 Russian Classification of Objects of Administrative Division (OKATO). Code 63 445, as amended by the Amendment #278/2015 of January 1, 2016. ).
- ↑ Law #112-ZSO
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- Sources
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External links
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