Uryupinsk

Uryupinsk () is a town in Volgograd Oblast, Russia, located northwest of Volgograd on the Khopyor River. Population:

Key facts

Russian inhabited locality.en_name: Uryupinsk
Russian inhabited locality.ru_name: Урюпинск
Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline: Uryupinsk government house.jpg
Russian inhabited locality.image_caption: Government building in Uryupinsk
Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position: bottom
Russian inhabited locality.image_coa: Uryupinsk COA (2020).png
Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject: Volgograd Oblast
Russian inhabited locality.adm_city_jur: town of oblast significance of Uryupinsk
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of1: Uryupinsky District
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of2: town of oblast significance of Uryupinsk
Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat: Town
Russian inhabited locality.urban_okrug_jur: Uryupinsk Urban Okrug
Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of1: Uryupinsk Urban Okrug
Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of2: Uryupinsky Municipal District
Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census: 41590
Russian inhabited locality.established_date: late 14th–early15th century
Russian inhabited locality.current_cat_date: 1929
Russian inhabited locality.dialing_codes: 84442

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Etymology
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Notable people
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Uryupinsk () is a town in Volgograd Oblast, Russia, located northwest of Volgograd on the Khopyor River. Population:

==Etymology== There are two theories of the historical background for the town's name. One is that it is from name of a Tartar prince Uryup, who got bogged down in a swamp near this location, during a fight with Yermak and got captured. Another is that it is from either the family name Uryupin or the word "" (). According to the 1866 Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language by Vladimir Dal, this archaic word means untidy person, which probably in this context characterizes not a person, but the swampy area.

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