Medveditsa (russian: Медве́дица) (formerly Frank) is a

rural locality In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are describ ...

(a selo) and the administrative center of Medveditskoye Rural Settlement,

Zhirnovsky District Zhirnovsky District (russian: Жи́рновский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #139-OD district (raion), one of the thirty-three in Volgograd Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Zhirnovsky Municipal District ...

Volgograd Oblast Volgograd Oblast (russian: Волгогра́дская о́бласть, ''Volgogradskaya oblast'') is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia, located in the Volga region of Southern Russia. Its administrative center is Volgograd. The populat ...

, Russia. The population was 2,404 as of 2010. There are 16 streets. The locality was founded by

Volga Germans The Volga Germans (german: Wolgadeutsche, ), russian: поволжские немцы, povolzhskiye nemtsy) are ethnic Germans who settled and historically lived along the Volga River in the region of southeastern European Russia around Saratov a ...

as the colony of Frank on 16 May 1767. Volga German area

Geography

Medveditsa is located in the steppe of the

Volga Upland The Volga Upland, also known as the Volga Uplands, Volga Hills, or Volga Plateau, (Russian: Приволжская возвышенность - Privolzhskaya vozvyshennost) is a vast region of the East European Plain in the European part of Rus ...

, on the left bank of the Medveditsa River, 13 km north of

Zhirnovsk Zhirnovsk (russian: Жи́рновск) is a town and the administrative center of Zhirnovsky District in Volgograd Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Medveditsa River, which itself flows into the Don. Zhirnovsk lies north of Volgog ...

(the district's administrative centre) by road. Alexandrovka is the nearest rural locality.Расстояние от Жирновска до Медведицы
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Notable persons

Jake Gettman Jake Gettman (October 25, 1875 – October 4, 1956) was a Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total te ...

, American professional baseball player (Washington Senators)

References

Rural localities in Zhirnovsky District Atkarsky Uyezd {{Zhirnovsky-geo-stub