Uvarovo (russian: Ува́рово) 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 ...
in
Tambov Oblast
Tambov Oblast (russian: Тамбо́вская о́бласть, ''Tambovskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Tambov. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,091,994.
Geo ...
,
Russia
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, located on the right bank of the
Vorona River (
Don
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Places
*County Donegal, Ireland, Chapman code DON
*Don (river), a river in European Russia
*Don River (disambiguation), several other rivers with the name
*Don, Benin, a town in Benin
*Don, Dang, a vill ...
's
basin), southeast of
Tambov
Tambov (, ; rus, Тамбов, p=tɐmˈbof) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Tambov Oblast, Central Federal District, central Russia, at the confluence of the Tsna River (Moksha basin), Tsna and ...
. Population:
History
It was founded in 1699 as a
Cossack
The Cossacks , es, cosaco , et, Kasakad, cazacii , fi, Kasakat, cazacii , french: cosaques , hu, kozákok, cazacii , it, cosacchi , orv, коза́ки, pl, Kozacy , pt, cossacos , ro, cazaci , russian: казаки́ or ...
settlement and became a ''
selo'' in 1702. In 1770, a postal road was built through Uvarovo, which connected
Borisoglebsk
Borisoglebsk (russian: Борисогле́бск) is a town in Voronezh Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Vorona River near its confluence with the Khopyor. Population: 65,000 (1969).
History
Borisoglebsk was founded in 164 ...
and
Kirsanov
Kirsanov (russian: Кирса́нов) is a town in Tambov Oblast, Russia, located on the Vorona River at its confluence with the Pursovka River east of Tambov. Population:
History
It was founded in the first half of the 17th century as a sett ...
. In the second half of the 19th–early 20th century, Uvarovo became an important commercial center. In 1960, it was granted
urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...
status and in 1966—town status.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Uvarovo serves as the
administrative center
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of
Uvarovsky District
Uvarovsky District (russian: Ува́ровский 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 southeast of the oblast. The district ...
, 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 Uvarovo—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the
districts
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.
As a
municipal division, the town of oblast significance of Uvarovo is incorporated as Uvarovo Urban Okrug.
[Law #232-Z]
Notable residents
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Andrei Streltsov
Andrei Ivanovich Streltsov (russian: Андрей Иванович Стрельцов; born 18 March 1984) is a former Russian footballer.
He played on either flank of defence or midfield, and sometimes used even as a striker.
Career
On 1 Feb ...
(born 1984), footballer
References
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Cities and towns in Tambov Oblast
Populated places established in 1699
1699 establishments in Russia