Usman () is a
town
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and the
administrative center
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In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...
of
Usmansky District in
Lipetsk Oblast
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,
Russia
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, located on the
Usman River, south of
Lipetsk
Lipetsk (, ), also Romanization of Russian, romanized as Lipeck, is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Lipetsk Oblast, Russia, located on the banks of the Voronezh (river), Voronezh River in the Do ...
, the administrative center of the
oblast
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. Population:
History
Founded in 1645,
it was first an ''
ostrog'' (fortress) on the Belgorod Line and named after the
Usman River. In 1652, it was raided by the
Tatars
Tatars ( )[Tatar]
in the Collins English Dictionary are a group of Turkic peoples across Eas ...
. It was granted town status in 1779.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Usman serves as the
administrative center
An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune, is located.
In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...
of
Usmansky District.
[Law #382-OZ] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Usmansky District as Usman
Town Under District Jurisdiction.
As a
municipal division, Usman Town Under District Jurisdiction is incorporated within Usmansky Municipal District as Usman Urban Settlement.
[Law #126-OZ]
Notable facts
* The minor planet
16515 Usmanʹgrad was named after the town.
* Usman was the birthplace of:
**
Nikolay Basov
Nikolay Gennadiyevich Basov (; 14 December 1922 – 1 July 2001) was a Russian Soviet physicist and educator. For his fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics that led to the development of laser and maser, Basov shared the 1964 Nobe ...
(1922–2001), co-recipient of the 1964
Nobel Prize in Physics
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** Astronomer
Nikolai Chernykh
Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh ( rus, Никола́й Степа́нович Черны́х, , nʲɪkɐˈlaj sʲtʲɪˈpanəvʲɪtɕ tɕɪrˈnɨx, links=yes; 6 October 1931 – 25 May 2004Казакова, Р.К. Памяти Николая Сте ...
(1931–2004), a
discoverer of minor planets
**
Pyotr Nikolsky (1858–1940), a dermatologist
References
Sources
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Cities and towns in Lipetsk Oblast
Usmansky Uyezd