Volsk
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Volsk (Template:Langx) is a town in Saratov Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Volga River, opposite the mouth of the Bolshoy Irgiz (a tributary of the Volga), Script error: No such module "convert". northeast from Saratov, the administrative center of the oblast. As of the 2021 Census, its population was 55,035.[1]
History
It was founded in 1699 as the sloboda of Malykovka (Script error: No such module "Lang".) and was granted town status and renamed Volgsk (Script error: No such module "Lang".) in 1780.[2] In the 19th century, the name gradually changed to a more pronounceable "Volsk".Script error: No such module "Unsubst". After the October Revolution of 1917, Volsk became a major center of cement production.
2019 Volsk school attack
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Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Volsk serves as the administrative center of Volsky District,[5] even though it is not a part of it.[6] As an administrative division, it is, together with the work settlement of Kleny and three rural localities, incorporated separately[6] as the town of oblast significance of Volsk[6]—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[7] As a municipal division, the town of oblast significance of Volsk is incorporated within Volsky Municipal District as Volsk Urban Settlement.[8]
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Notes
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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 63 211, as amended by the Amendment #278/2015 of January 1, 2016. ).
- ↑ a b c 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 63 413, as amended by the Amendment #278/2015 of January 1, 2016. ).
- ↑ Law #21-ZSO
- ↑ Law #86-ZSO
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Sources
External links
- Wolsk.ru, unofficial website of Volsk Template:In lang
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