Belinsky (russian: Бели́нский) is a

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and the

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Belinsky District Belinsky District (russian: Бели́нский 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 west of the oblast. The area of the d ...

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. Geogra ...

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, located at the confluence of the rivers Bolshoy Chembar and Maly Chembar, west of

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-la ...

, the administrative center of the

oblast An oblast (; ; Cyrillic (in most languages, including Russian and Ukrainian): , Bulgarian: ) is a type of administrative division of Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Ukraine, as well as the Soviet Union and the Kingdo ...

. Population: It was previously known as ''Chembar'' (until 1948).

History

It was first mentioned in 1713. In 1780, it was granted town status and named Chembar (). In 1798, it was abolished, but in 1801 it was re-instated as a town. In 1948, it was renamed after

Vissarion Belinsky Vissarion Grigoryevich Belinsky ( rus, Виссарион Григорьевич БелинскийIn Belinsky's day, his name was written ., Vissarión Grigórʹjevič Belínskij, vʲɪsərʲɪˈon ɡrʲɪˈɡorʲjɪvʲɪdʑ bʲɪˈlʲinskʲ ...

who spent his childhood here.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Belinsky serves as the

.Law #774-ZPO As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Belinsky District as the

town of district significance Town of district significance is an administrative division of a district in a federal subject of Russia. It is equal in status to a selsoviet or an urban-type settlement of district significance, but is organized around a town (as opposed to a ...

of Belinsky . As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Belinsky is incorporated within Belinsky Municipal District as Belinsky Urban Settlement.Law #690-ZPO

Notable residents

Alexander Bychkov Alexander Vladimirovich Bychkov (russian: Александр Владимирович Бычков; born April 1, 1988) is a Russian serial killer, convicted for the murder of nine men in Belinsky, Penza Oblast between 2009 and 2012. Bychkov ta ...

(born 1988), serial killer 2009–2012 *

Miroslav Katětov Miroslav Katětov (; March 17, 1918, Chembar, Russia – December 15, 1995) was a Czech mathematician, chess master, and psychologist. His research interests in mathematics included topology and functional analysis. He was an author of the Kat� ...

(1918–1995), Czech mathematician, chess master, and psychologist

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External links

Official website of Belinsky

Directory of organizations in Belinsky
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