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Gorodovikovsk
Sign in to saveGorodovikovsk (; , Bääşñtä) is a town and the administrative center of Gorodovikovsky District of the Republic of Kalmykia, Russia, located on the , west of Elista. Population: It was previously known as Bashanta (until 1971).
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Within Vinony's link graph, Gorodovikovsk is referenced by 28 other articles, and connects out to Kalmykia, administrative centre and Federal State Statistics Service.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
It sits within the topics 1872 establishments in the Russian Empire, Cities and towns in Kalmykia and Gorodovikovsky District.
Its subject is documented across 40 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Russian inhabited locality.en_name
- Gorodovikovsk
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Городовиковск
- Russian inhabited locality.loc_name1
- Бәәшңтә
- Russian inhabited locality.loc_lang1
- Kalmyk
- Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline
- Gorodovikovsk - Площадь перед зданием администрации 06 (cropped 2).jpg
- Russian inhabited locality.image_caption
- Buddhist structures in front of the administration
- Russian inhabited locality.image_coa
- Coat of arms of Gorodovikovsk.png
- Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
- Republic of Kalmykia
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur
- Gorodovikovsky District
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_jur
- Gorodovikovsk
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_type
- Town
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of1
- Gorodovikovsky District
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of2
- Town of Gorodovikovsk
- Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat
- Town
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_district_jur
- Gorodovikovsky Municipal District
- Russian inhabited locality.urban_settlement_jur
- Gorodovikovskoye Urban Settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of1
- Gorodovikovsky Municipal District
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of2
- Gorodovikovskoye Urban Settlement
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Oka Gorodovikov
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Population
- 8161
- Elevation
- 60
- Image
- Xurulzankavy.jpg
- Dialing code
- 84731
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- postal code
- 359050–359053
- inception
- 1872-01-01
- Commons category
- Gorodovikovsk
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- History
- Administrative and municipal status
- Tourist attractions
- References
- Notes
- Sources
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Gorodovikovsk (; , Bääşñtä) is a town and the administrative center of Gorodovikovsky District of the Republic of Kalmykia, Russia, located on the , west of Elista. Population: It was previously known as Bashanta (until 1971).
==History== It was founded in 1871 as a Kalmyk settlement of Bashanta (, a Russified version of its Kalmyk name). It was granted urban-type settlement status in 1938. In 1971, it was granted town status and renamed Gorodovikovsk after the Hero of the Soviet Union Oka Gorodovikov, who was of Kalmyk origin.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gorodovikovsk” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations