Zernograd
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Zernograd (Template:Langx, literally "Grain town") is a town and the administrative center of Zernogradsky District in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located Script error: No such module "convert". southeast of Rostov-on-Don, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: Template:Ru-census2010 Template:Replace (2002 Census);[1] Template:Replace (1989 Soviet census).[2]
History
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File:Flag of Russia.svg Russian Empire 1915–1917
Template:Flagicon Russian Republic 1917
File:Flag of Russian SFSR (1918-1937).svg Soviet Russia 1917–1922
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It was founded in 1915 as the halt of Verblyud (Script error: No such module "Lang".) due to the construction of the Rostov–Torgovaya railway.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". By 1933, it became a settlement and was renamed Zernovoy (Script error: No such module "Lang".).Script error: No such module "Unsubst". It was granted town status in 1951 and renamed Zernograd in 1960.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Zernograd serves as the administrative center of Zernogradsky District.[3] As an administrative division, it is, together with ten rural localities, incorporated within Zernogradsky District as Zernogradskoye Urban Settlement.[3] As a municipal division, this administrative unit also has urban settlement status and is a part of Zernogradsky Municipal District.[4]
Military
From 1969 to 1995, Zernograd (air base) was home to the 106th Training Aviation Regiment, Yeysk Higher Military School of Pilots, of the Soviet Air Forces. The regiment was equipped with the L-29 and L-39 jet trainer aircraft.[5] The airbase is now home to the 16th Army Aviation Brigade.[6]
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Notes
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