Narimanov () is a

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and the

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Narimanovsky District Narimanovsky District () is an administrativeLaw #67/2006-OZ and municipalLaw #43/2004-OZ district (raion), one of the eleven in Astrakhan Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the oblast. The area of the district is . Its administra ...

Astrakhan Oblast Astrakhan Oblast (; ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) located in southern Russia. Its administrative center is the city of Astrakhan. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,010,073. Geography Astrakhan's southern border is the ...

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, located on the western bank of the

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, northwest from

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, the administrative center of the

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. Population: 3,400 (1979). Sadovska (presumably part of Narimanov today) is just about four miles east of the easternmost and farthest point that German troops both occupied in the Soviet Union during

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, and fought against Soviet troops in a battle, in September 1942. There is no monument about this historic event near Narimanov today.

History

Easternmost location reached by German troops and site of a battle during WWII

The village of Sadovska, located on the banks of the

in the

, which no longer seems to exist, is presumably part of Narimanov today. Sadovska (and today Narimanov) are located about 25 miles northwest of

. On or around 16 September 1942, during the

Case Blue Case Blue (German: ''Fall Blau'') was the ''Wehrmacht'' plan for the 1942 strategic summer offensive in southern Russia between 28 June and 24 November 1942, during World War II. The objective was to capture the oil fields of Baku ( Azerb ...

, after miles of passing through a

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, a small German

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army unit led by Lieutenant Euler, heading both for Sadovska and the shores of the

, stopped about four miles west of Sadovska after discovering that both the village of Sadovska and the river shores were heavily surrounded by Soviet bunker lines, anti-tank obstacles, and ditches set up by the Soviet soldiers. The German army unit also discovered that Soviet

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soldiers were stationed near the village. When the Soviet soldiers saw the German soldiers approaching, they ran to a nearby

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and began shooting at them, obviously causing a small

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between the German and Soviet soldiers. The Germans forced the Soviet soldiers to retreat after firing at them constantly. Two Soviet soldiers who were said to be tramautized, surrendred to the Germans and let themselves be captured. The German soldiers then returned west to Khulkhuta, with the captured Soviet soldiers becoming their "valuable prisoners". The battle near Sadovska is believed to be the easternmost location reached and occupied by German troops in the

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on the Eastern Front, as well as presumably the easternmost location where the German troops fought against the Soviet troops in a battle.

History of Narimanov

Originally known as the '' selo'' of Nizhnevolzhskoye (), it was granted

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status and renamed Nizhnevolzhsk () in 1967. In 1984, it was granted town status and renamed Narimanov, after the Azerbaijani Soviet revolutionary

Nariman Narimanov Nariman Karbalayi Najaf oghlu Narimanov (, ; – 19 March 1925) was an Azerbaijanis, Azerbaijani Bolsheviks, Bolshevik revolutionary, writer, publicist, politician and statesman. For just over one year, beginning in May 1920, Narimanov headed th ...

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Narimanov serves as the

.Law #67/2006-OZ As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Narimanovsky District as the

town of district significance Town of district significance is an administrative division of a district in a federal subject of Russia. It is equal in status to a selsoviet or an urban-type settlement of district significance, but is organized around a town (as opposed to a ...

of Narimanov. As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Narimanov is incorporated within Narimanovsky Municipal District as Narimanov Urban Settlement.Law #43/2004-OZ

Economy

The town is home to the ''Lotus''

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. In addition to building and repairing ships, the shipyard also builds block modules for large constructions for floating oil production platforms (

oil rig An oil rig is any kind of apparatus constructed for oil drilling. Kinds of oil rig include: * Drilling rig A drilling rig is an integrated system that Drilling, drills wells, such as oil or water wells, or holes for piling and other construc ...

s).

References

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External links

*Mojgorod.ru
Entry on Narimanov
{{Use mdy dates, date=February 2024 Cities and towns in Astrakhan Oblast Populated places established in 1963 Populated places in Narimanovsky District Former urban-type settlements of Astrakhan Oblast