Bobrov (russian: Бобро́в) 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 ...

and the

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Bobrovsky District Bobrovsky District (russian: Бобро́вский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #87-OZ and municipalLaw #70-ZO district (raion), one of the thirty-two in Voronezh Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast. The area of th ...

in central

Voronezh Oblast Voronezh Oblast (russian: Воронежская область, Voronezhskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Voronezh. Its population was 2,308,792 as of the 2021 Census. Geography V ...

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, located on the right bank of the

Bityug River The Bityug (russian: Битюг) is a river in Voronezh Oblast, Russia, a left tributary of the Don. Its upper reaches are located in Tambov Oblast Tambov Oblast (russian: Тамбо́вская о́бласть, ''Tambovskaya oblast'') is a ...

, southeast of

Voronezh Voronezh ( rus, links=no, Воро́неж, p=vɐˈronʲɪʂ}) is a city and the administrative centre of Voronezh Oblast in southwestern Russia straddling the Voronezh River, located from where it flows into the Don River. The city sits on ...

, 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 ''Bobrovskaya Sloboda'' (until 1779).

History

It was established in 1698 as Bobrovskaya Sloboda () and was granted town status and given its present name in 1779.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Bobrov serves as the

.Law #87-OZ As an administrative division, it is, together with three rural localities in Bobrovsky District, incorporated within Bobrovsky District as Bobrov

Urban Settlement An Urban settlement is a concentrated settlement that is part of an urban area. It is an area with high density of human-created structures. *Municipal urban settlement, a type of subdivision such as Cape town in Western Cape *Urban settlement, ...

. As a municipal division, this administrative unit also has urban settlement status and is a part of Bobrovsky Municipal District.Law #70-OZ

Transportation

Bobrov is also a railway station on the

Povorino Povorino (russian: Пово́рино) is a town and the administrative center of Povorinsky District in the east of Voronezh Oblast, Russia. Population: History It emerged as a settlement around the eponymous railway station in 1870 and was gra ...

- Liski branch.

Notable people

Vladimir Patkin Vladimir Leonidovich Patkin (born 8 December 1945) is a Russian former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1972 Summer Olympics and 1976 Summer Olympics.He was born in Bobrov, Voronezh, Russia. Volleyball career He won a ...

(1945), Olympic volleyball player * Pawel Kassatkin (1915–1987), Russian writer

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External links

Official website of Bobrov

Bobrov Business Directory
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