Bekovo (russian: Бе́ково) is an urban locality (a work settlement) and the

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Bekovsky District Bekovsky District (russian: Бе́ковский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #774-ZPO and municipalLaw #690-ZPO district (raion), one of the twenty-seven in Penza Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the oblast. The area of ...

Penza Oblast Penza Oblast (russian: Пе́нзенская о́бласть, ''Penzenskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Penza. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,386,186. Geogr ...

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, located to the extreme south of the

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on the right bank of the

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, from

Penza Penza ( rus, Пе́нза, p=ˈpʲɛnzə) is the largest city and administrative center of Penza Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Sura River, southeast of Moscow. As of the 2010 Census, Penza had a population of 517,311, making it the 38th-l ...

. Population:

History

It was founded in the late 17th century and renamed in the 18th century after

Alexander Bekovich-Cherkassky Prince Alexander Bekovich-Cherkassky (russian: Алекса́ндр Беко́вич-Черка́сский), born Devlet-Girei-mırza (russian: Девлет-Гирей-мурза; died 1717), was a Russian officer of Circassian origin who led t ...

. The inhabitants built the church of St. Nicholas in 1771 and the Church of the Intercession in 1813. Urban-type settlement status was granted to Bekovo in 1959.

Transportation

It has a railway station on the Tambov-Saratov line, now belonging to the South-Eastern Railway, which opened on February 22, 1874. File:Bekovo station.jpg, Bekovo railway station.
2011 File:Bekovo railway branch.JPG, Bekovo railway branch near

Sosnovka Sosnovka (russian: Сосновка) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. Modern localities Altai Krai As of 2012, six rural localities in Altai Krai bear this name: * Sosnovka, Charyshsky District, Altai Krai, a '' selo'' in M ...

2015 год File:Bekovo railway bridge.JPG, Bekovo railway bridge across the Mitkirey river near Sosnovka,
2015 год

References

{{Use mdy dates, date=December 2012 Urban-type settlements in Penza Oblast Serdobsky Uyezd