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Sorochinsk
Sign in to saveSorochinsk () is a town in Orenburg Oblast, Russia, located on the Samara River (Volga's tributary), northwest of Orenburg, the administrative center of the oblast. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 29,249.
Key facts
- Russian inhabited locality.en_name
- Sorochinsk
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Сорочинск
- Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline
- Сорочинск. Западный микрорайон..jpg
- Russian inhabited locality.image_caption
- View of Sorochinsk
- Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position
- bottom
- Russian inhabited locality.image_coa
- Coat of Arms of Sorochinsk (Orenburg oblast).gif
- Russian inhabited locality.image_flag
- Flag of Sorochinsk (Orenburg oblast).png
- Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
- Orenburg Oblast
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_city_jur
- Town of Sorochinsk
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of1
- Sorochinsky District
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of2
- Town of Sorochinsk
- Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat
- Town
- Russian inhabited locality.urban_okrug_jur
- Sorochinsky Urban Okrug
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of
- Sorochinsky Urban Okrug
- Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census
- 29249
- Russian inhabited locality.established_date
- 1737
- Russian inhabited locality.current_cat_date
- 1945
- Russian inhabited locality.website
- http://sorochinsk56.ru
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Located in
- Sorochinsky District
- Population
- 28478
- Area
- 56
- Elevation
- 100
- Time zone
- UTC+05:00
- Capital of
- Sorochinsky District
- Official website
- sorochinsk56.ru
- Image
- Сорочинск. Храм Михаила Архангела..jpg
- Dialing code
- 35346
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- Commons category
- Sorochinsk
- inception
- 1736-00-00
- native label
- Сорочинск
- described by source
- Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- History
- Administrative and municipal status
- Geography
- Climate
- References
- Notes
- Sources
Sorochinsk () is a town in Orenburg Oblast, Russia, located on the Samara River (Volga's tributary), northwest of Orenburg, the administrative center of the oblast. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 29,249.
==History== It was founded in 1737 as the fortress of Sorochinskaya (). It had been known as the village of Sorochinskoye () since the 19th century. It was granted town status and renamed Sorochinsk in 1945.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sorochinsk” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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