Bataysk (russian: Бата́йск) is a
city
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in
Rostov Oblast
Rostov Oblast ( rus, Росто́вская о́бласть, r=Rostovskaya oblast, p=rɐˈstofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in the Southern Federal District. The oblast has an area of and a populati ...
,
Russia
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, located southwest of
Rostov-on-Don
Rostov-on-Don ( rus, Ростов-на-Дону, r=Rostov-na-Donu, p=rɐˈstof nə dɐˈnu) is a port city and the administrative centre of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District of Russia. It lies in the southeastern part of the East Eu ...
. Population:
History
It was founded in 1769, and was granted town status in 1938. The reconstructed
Church of the Ascension was built between 1990 and 2006. The former
Bataysk (air base)
Bataysk is a former airbase of the Russian Air Force located near Bataysk, Rostov Oblast, Russia.
The base was home to the 801st Training Aviation Regiment between 1952 to 1993 with the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (ASCC: Fagot), Aero L-29 Delfín ...
is located nearby.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as Bataysk
Urban Okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the
districts
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.
[Law #340-ZS] As a
municipal division, this administrative unit also has urban okrug status.
[Law #235-ZS]
Trivia
Bataysk has gained international attention since unveiling a "monument that shows a man's hand gripping a nubile female breast", which officials say "will bring family happiness to men who touch it".
Arts & Culture
Libraries
*Maxim Gorky Central State Library
*Nadezhda Krupskaya Central State *Children's Library
*Mayakovsky Library
*Chekhov Library
*Pushkin Library
*Leo Tolstoy Library
*Lermontov Library
*Esenin Library
*Nekrasov Library
*Turgenev Library
Places of culture
*MBUC "City center of culture and leisure"
*MBUC "Bataysk History Museum"
*Cinema "Illuzion"
Monuments
* There is a statue of Lenin on the central square
*Train memorial - "to commemorate revolutionary, military and labour glory of Bataysk railway workers"
*Memorial
*Memorial
*There is a stela with MiG-15 in the Aviators park.
*Breast statue
*Monument of the A.Pushkin and his wife N.Goncharova - placed on the Kirov street in 2013.
*First World War memorial - placed on the Privokzalnaya sq. in 2014.
*Sculpture "Bears" - opened in 2019 in the city park
The Bataysk City day celebrates on the last Sunday of September.
Notable citizens
Alexey Petrovich Maresyev
Sister city
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Sremski Karlovci
Sremski Karlovci ( sr-cyrl, Сремски Карловци, ; hu, Karlóca; tr, Karlofça) is a town and municipality located in the South Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated on the banks of the Danu ...
,
Serbia
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References
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External links
Official website of Bataysk Directory of organizations in Bataysk
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Cities and towns in Rostov Oblast
Don Host Oblast