Zimovniki (russian: Зимовники) is a

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Zimovnikovsky District Zimovnikovsky District (russian: Зимовнико́вский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #340-ZS and municipalLaw #243-ZS district (raion), one of the forty-three in Rostov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the oblast ...

of Rostov Oblast,

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. Population: It is also the

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History

The history of Zimovniki village began in 1898. At this time the construction of Tikhoretskaya-

Tsaritsyn Volgograd ( rus, Волгогра́д, a=ru-Volgograd.ogg, p=vəɫɡɐˈɡrat), formerly Tsaritsyn (russian: Цари́цын, Tsarítsyn, label=none; ) (1589–1925), and Stalingrad (russian: Сталингра́д, Stalingrád, label=none; ) ...

railway line was being carried out. This railway had a station called ''Kalmytskaya''. Around it a village began to grow, which was surrounded by numerous pasters (in Russian they are called ''Zimovniki''). The station and the village quickly became a place for

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, where livestock was sold and sendt it by rail. In 1904 Kalmytskaya station was renamed into Zimovniki station.История Зимовниковского района
/ref> In 1924, Zimovnikovsky District was established, and the village became a its administrative center. According to population census data of 1926, 2,885 people lived in the village of Zimovniki, and the majority of the population were

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― 1,731, and

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― 798.Поселенные итоги переписи 1926 года по Северо-Кавказскому краю. Ростов-на-Дону. 1929. с.230
/ref> The population grew rapidly. According to the 1939 census, there already were already 9,439 people living in the village, including 4722 men and 4717 women.Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей
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Places of interest

* * Monument to T-34-85 File:Zimovniki - monument 02.JPG, Monument to T-34-85 File:Zimovniki - monument 01.JPG, Memorial plaque dedicated to soldiers of

References

{{Authority control Rural localities in Rostov Oblast