Volsk (russian: Вольск) 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
Saratov Oblast
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,
Russia
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, located on the right bank of the
Volga River
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, opposite the mouth of the
Bolshoy Irgiz
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(a
tributary
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of the Volga), northeast from
Saratov
Saratov (, ; rus, Сара́тов, a=Ru-Saratov.ogg, p=sɐˈratəf) is the largest city and administrative center of Saratov Oblast, Russia, and a major port on the Volga River upstream (north) of Volgograd. Saratov had a population of 901,36 ...
, the
administrative center
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of the
oblast
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. As of the
2010 Census, its population was 66,508.
History
It was founded in 1699 as the ''
sloboda'' of Malykovka () and was granted town status and renamed Volgsk () in 1780.
In the 19th century, the name gradually changed to a more pronounceable "Volsk". After the
October Revolution
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of 1917, Volsk became a major center of
cement
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production.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Volsk serves as the
administrative center
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of
Volsky District
Volsky District (russian: Во́льский райо́н) is an administrativeCharter of Saratov Oblast and municipalLaw #78-ZSO district (raion), one of the thirty-eight in Saratov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast. The ar ...
,
even though it is not a part of it.
As an administrative division, it is, together with the
work settlement of
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;Urban localities
*Kleny (urban-type settlement), Saratov Oblast, a work settlement under the administrative jurisdiction of the town of oblast signi ...
and three
rural localities, incorporated separately
as the
town of oblast significance of Volsk
—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the
districts
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.
[Law #21-ZSO] As a
municipal division, the town of oblast significance of Volsk is incorporated within Volsky Municipal District as Volsk Urban Settlement.
[Law #86-ZSO]
See also
*
Tomka gas test site
Tomka gas test site (german: Gas-Testgelände Tomka) was a secret chemical weapons testing facility near a place codenamed Volsk-18 (Wolsk, in German literature), 20 km off Volsk, now Shikhany, Saratov Oblast, Russia created within the frame ...
References
Notes
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External links
Wolsk.ru unofficial website of Volsk
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Cities and towns in Saratov Oblast
Volsky Uyezd
Populated places established in 1699
Populated places on the Volga
1699 establishments in Russia