Ramon () is an
urban locality (an
urban-type settlement
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) and the
administrative center
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In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...
of
Ramonsky District of
Voronezh Oblast
Voronezh Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Voronezh. Its population was 2,308,792 as of the Russian Census (2021), 20 ...
,
Russia
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. Population:
It was first mentioned in 1615. It was granted urban-type settlement status in 1938.
In 1879 Tsar
Alexander II gave the estate of Ramon to his niece
Princess Eugenia Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg and her husband
Duke Alexander Petrovich of Oldenburg as a wedding gift; she set up industrial and agricultural enterprises, expanded the estate, and in the 1880s commissioned the building of
Ramon Palace, which has survived and is now a Russian cultural landmark.
"The Oldenburg Estate at Ramon"
, ''Royal Russia News'', retrieved February 21, 2016.
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Urban-type settlements in Voronezh Oblast
Populated places in Ramonsky District
Voronezhsky Uyezd
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