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Kotelnikovo, Volgograd Oblast

Kotelnikovo (in English)
Котельниково (Russian)
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Map of Russia - Volgograd Oblast (2008-03).svg
Location of Volgograd Oblast in Russia
Kotelnikovo is located in Volgograd Oblast
Kotelnikovo
Kotelnikovo
Location of Kotelnikovo in Volgograd Oblast
Coordinates: 47°38′N 43°09′E / 47.633°N 43.150°E / 47.633; 43.150Coordinates: 47°38′N 43°09′E / 47.633°N 43.150°E / 47.633; 43.150
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Coat of arms
Administrative status (as of 2012)
Country Russia
Federal subject Volgograd Oblast
Administrative district Kotelnikovsky District
Town of district significance Kotelnikovo
Administrative center of Kotelnikovsky District, town of district significance of Kotelnikovo
Municipal status (as of March 2005)
Municipal district Kotelnikovsky Municipal District
Urban settlement Kotelnikovskoye Urban Settlement
Administrative center of Kotelnikovsky Municipal District, Kotelnikovskoye Urban Settlement
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 20,428 inhabitants
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)
Founded 1897
Town status since 1955
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Kotelnikovo (Russian: Коте́льниково) is a town and the administrative center of Kotelnikovsky District in Volgograd Oblast, Russia, located on the Kurmoyarsky Aksay River (which flows into the Tsimlyansk Reservoir), 190 kilometers (120 mi) southwest of Volgograd, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 20,428 (2010 Census);19,656 (2002 Census);20,328 (1989 Census).

It was founded in 1897 as a settlement servicing the construction of a railway station of the same name (opened 1899). During World War II, it served as a base for the German troops of Field Marshal Erich von Manstein during the Battle of Stalingrad. A Soviet counteroffensive liberated Kotelnikovo on December 29, 1942. It was granted town status in 1955.

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kotelnikovo serves as the administrative center of Kotelnikovsky District. As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Kotelnikovsky District as the town of district significance of Kotelnikovo. As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Kotelnikovo is incorporated within Kotelnikovsky Municipal District as Kotelnikovskoye Urban Settlement.


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