Dankov
Sign in to saveDankov () is a town and the administrative center of Dankovsky District in Lipetsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Don River northwest of Lipetsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: It was previously known as Donkov.
Key facts
- Russian inhabited locality.en_name
- Dankov
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Данков
- Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline
- Dankov - 02 Mira Street.jpg
- Russian inhabited locality.image_caption
- Mira Street in Dankov
- Russian inhabited locality.image_coa
- Coat of Arms of Dankov sity (Lipetsk oblast) 1862.png
- Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
- Lipetsk Oblast
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur
- Dankovsky District
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_jur
- Dankov
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_type
- Town under district jurisdiction
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of1
- Dankovsky District
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of2
- Dankov Town Under District Jurisdiction
- Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat
- Town
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_district_jur
- Dankovsky Municipal District
- Russian inhabited locality.urban_settlement_jur
- Dankov Urban Settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of1
- Dankovsky Municipal District
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of2
- Dankov Urban Settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census
- 21064
- Russian inhabited locality.established_date
- late 14th century
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Dankov () is a town and the administrative center of Dankovsky District in Lipetsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Don River northwest of Lipetsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: It was previously known as Donkov.
==History== The fort of Donkov was founded by the Princes of Ryazan in the late 14th century and took its name from the Don River. The fort stood on the left bank of the Don, about from the modern town, until 1568, when it was destroyed by the Crimean Tatars. It was then restored on a better fortified location but was again relocated in 1618. It is shown as Donko in Mercator's Atlas (1596), and as Donkagorod in Resania in Joan Blaeu's map of 1645.