Michurinsk (russian: Мичу́ринск) is the second most populous

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History

Originally known as Kozlov (), it was founded in 1635 at the northern end of the emerging Belgorod Line, a frontier

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. A earthen wall was built eastward across the open steppe effectively blocking the

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raiding route. The success of this line led to the building of further lines further south. The settlement was granted town status in 1779. The town was renamed Michurinsk in 1932 after the biologist Ivan Michurin, who had developed a genetic laboratory and agricultural testing fields in the Tambov region, dedicated to

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Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Michurinsk serves as the

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Michurinsky District Michurinsky District (russian: Мичу́ринский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #72-Z and municipalLaw #232-Z district (raion), one of the twenty-three in Tambov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast. The dist ...

, even though it is not a part of it.Law #72-Z As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the town of oblast significance of Michurinsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the

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. As a municipal division, the town of oblast significance of Michurinsk is incorporated as Michurinsk Urban Okrug.Law #232-Z

Military

The town is home to Michurinsk air base.

Twin towns – sister cities

Michurinsk is twinned with: *

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, Germany * Smolyan, Bulgaria

References

Notes

Sources

* * *Brian L. Davies, ''State Power and Community in Early Modern Russia: The Case of Kozlov, 1635-1649'' (Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2004).

External links

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