Babstovo
Sign in to saveBabstovo () is a rural locality (a selo) in Leninsky District of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia. According to the 2010 Census, its population was 4,465, of whom 3,075 (68.9%) were men and 1,390 (31.1%) women. Due to its proximity to the China–Russia border, Babstovo is the location of base of the 69th Covering Brigade of the Russian Ground Forces.
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Place details
- Locality
- Бабстово
- Region
- Еврейская автономная область
- Country
- Россия
- Population
- 3,685
- Timezone
- Asia/Vladivostok
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Babstovo
- Settlement.native_name
- Бабстово
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ru
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Selo
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Russia Jewish Autonomous Oblast#Russia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Russia
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Jewish Autonomous Oblast
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Leninsky District
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Municipality
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2010
- Settlement.population_total
- 4,465
- Settlement.utc_offset1
- +10:00
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Wikidata facts
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- postal code
- 679363
- time of earliest written record
- 1863-00-00
- native label
- Бабстово
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Babstovo () is a rural locality (a selo) in Leninsky District of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia. According to the 2010 Census, its population was 4,465, of whom 3,075 (68.9%) were men and 1,390 (31.1%) women. Due to its proximity to the China–Russia border, Babstovo is the location of base of the 69th Covering Brigade of the Russian Ground Forces.
== History == The village was founded in 1863 as the stanitsa of Babstovskoye by Amur Cossack settlers of the 1st Company of the Amur Foot Cossack Battalion from Mikhailo-Semyonovskoye and Kukelevsky stanitsas in the same area, according to an 1893 account. Another contemporary account says that it was founded in 1865 and named after battalion commander Colonel A.K. Babst. By 1894 it included 55 houses, a chapel, a school with 28 students, and water and windmills. It was inhabited by Cossacks and had a population of 382, who primarily engaged in agriculture and hunting. By 1901, Babstovsky was part of the Mikhailo-Semyonovskoye stanitsa district. It had a population of 831 by 1917.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Babstovo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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