Ulyanovsk
Sign in to saveUlyanovsk, known as Simbirsk until 1924, is a city and the administrative center of Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Volga River east of Moscow. Ulyanovsk has been the only Russian UNESCO City of Literature since 2015.
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Ulyanovsk is a Russian city on the Volga River east of Moscow that serves as the administrative center of Ulyanovsk Oblast. It holds the distinction of being Russia's only UNESCO City of Literature, a designation it has held since 2015.
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- Ульяновск
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- View of Ulyanovsk, now dominated by Soviet-era buildings
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- June 12
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- Ulyanovsk Oblast
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- Ethnic composition
- Climate
- Economy
- Tourism and hospitality industry
- Transportation and logistics
- Education
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Ulyanovsk, known as Simbirsk until 1924, is a city and the administrative center of Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Volga River east of Moscow. Ulyanovsk has been the only Russian UNESCO City of Literature since 2015.
The city was the birthplace of Vladimir Lenin (born Ulyanov), for whom it was renamed after his death in 1924; and of Alexander Kerensky, the leader of the Russian Provisional Government which Lenin overthrew during the October Revolution of 1917. It is also famous for its writers such as Ivan Goncharov, Nikolay Yazykov and Nikolay Karamzin, and for painters such as Arkady Plastov and Nikas Safronov.