Balashov (russian: Балашо́в) is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
in
Saratov Oblast
Saratov Oblast (russian: Сара́товская о́бласть, ''Saratovskaya oblast'') is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in the Volga Federal District. Its administrative center is the types of ...
,
Russia
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, located on the
Khopyor River
The Khopyor (, also transliterated as Khoper) is a river in European Russia, the biggest left tributary of the river Don.[Х ...]
. Population: It was previously known as ''Balashovo'' (until 1780).
History
It has been known as the ''
selo'' of Balashovo () since the end of the 18th century.
In 1780, it was granted town status and became known as Balashov.
Between 1954 and 1957, it was capital of the
Balashov Oblast of
Russian SFSR
The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...
.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Balashov serves as the
administrative center
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of
Balashovsky District
Balashovsky District (russian: Балашовский райо́н) is an administrativeCharter of Saratov Oblast and municipalLaw #78-ZSO district (raion), one of the thirty-eight in Saratov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast ...
,
even though it is not a part of it.
As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as Balashov
Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the
districts
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...
. As a
municipal division, Balashov Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated within Balashovsky Municipal District as Balashov Urban Settlement.
[Law #101-ZSO]
Military
It was home to the
Balashov air base.
Climate
Balashov has a
humid continental climate
A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freezing ...
(
Köppen climate classification
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''Dfb'') with long cold winters and warm, often hot summers.
Notable people
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Denis Baryshnikov
Denis Olegovich Baryshnikov (russian: Денис Олегович Барышников; born 26 October 1995) is a Russian former football player.
Club career
He made his professional debut in the Russian Professional Football League for FC Lo ...
, footballer
*
Yuri Garnaev
Yuri Aleksandrovich Garnaev (russian: Юрий Александрович Гарнаев; 6 August 1967) was a famous Soviet test pilot of the Gromov Flight Research Institute who died in a helicopter crash while combating wildfires in France.
E ...
, test-pilot
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Anatoly Vlasov
Anatoly Aleksandrovich Vlasov (russian: Анато́лий Алекса́ндрович Вла́сов; – 22 December 1975) was a Russian, later Soviet, theoretical physicist prominent in the fields of statistical mechanics, kinetics, and espe ...
, theoretical physicist prominent in the fields of statistical mechanics, kinetics, and especially in plasma physics.
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External links
Official website of BalashovDirectory of organizations in Balashov
{{Authority control
Cities and towns in Saratov Oblast
Balashovsky Uyezd