Timashevsk (russian: Тимашёвск), sometimes romanized Timashyovsk, is a

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and the

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of Timashevsky District of

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, located on the Kirpili River north of

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, the administrative center of the

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. As of 2020, the city has a population of 50,792.

History

It was founded in 1794 and was granted town status in 1966. On August 17, 1942, 21 Jews were shot in the sovkhoze "Timachevets". Seven other Jews were arrested in the hamlet Proletary and taken to there in order to be killed. According to the Extraordinary Soviet Commission, 75 Jews were shot in August 1942 in this location by an

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Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Timashevsk serves as the

of Timashevsky District.Reference Information #34.01-707/13-03 As an administrative division, it is, together with one

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(the settlement of Kirpichny), incorporated within Timashevsky District as the

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of Timashevsk. As a municipal division, the Town of Timashevsk is incorporated within Timashevsky Municipal District as Timashevskoe Urban Settlement.Law #698-KZ

Twin towns and sister cities

Timashevsk is twinned with: *

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Notable people

* Aleksandr Khromykov (born 1984), Russian professional football coach and former player

References

Notes

Sources

* * {{Authority control Cities and towns in Krasnodar Krai Holocaust locations in Russia