Ulyanovsk

Also known as Sinbirsk, Simbirsk

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.

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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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Key facts

Russian inhabited locality.en_name: Ulyanovsk
Russian inhabited locality.ru_name: Ульяновск
Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline: The city of Ulyanovsk, Russia.jpg
Russian inhabited locality.image_caption: View of Ulyanovsk, now dominated by Soviet-era buildings
Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position: left
Russian inhabited locality.image_coa: Coat of arms of Ulyanovsk.png
Russian inhabited locality.pushpin_map: Russia Ulyanovsk Oblast#European Russia#Europe
Russian inhabited locality.pushpin_relief: 1
Russian inhabited locality.image_flag: Flag of Ulyanovsk.svg
Russian inhabited locality.holiday: June 12
Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject: Ulyanovsk Oblast
Russian inhabited locality.adm_city_jur: city of oblast significance of Ulyanovsk
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of1: Ulyanovsk Oblast
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of2: city of oblast significance of Ulyanovsk
Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat: City
Russian inhabited locality.urban_okrug_jur: Ulyanovsk Urban Okrug
Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of: Ulyanovsk Urban Okrug
Russian inhabited locality.area_km2: 316.9

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History
Politics
Administrative and municipal status
Demographics
Ethnic composition
Climate
Economy
Tourism and hospitality industry
Transportation and logistics
Education
Architecture
Sports
Notable people
Twin towns – sister cities
Gallery
Notes
References
Sources
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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.

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