Kantemirovka

Kantemirovka (Russian: Кантемировка) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Kantemirovsky District of Voronezh Oblast, Russia. Population: 11,943 (2010 Census);[1] 12,949 (2002 Census);[5] 13,465 (1989 Census).[6]

Kantemirovka

Кантемировка
Urban-type settlement
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Kantemirovka
Location of Kantemirovka
Kantemirovka
Kantemirovka (Voronezh Oblast)
Coordinates: 49.7027°N 39.8540°E / 49.7027; 39.8540
CountryRussia
Federal subjectVoronezh Oblast
Administrative districtKantemirovsky District
Founded1742
Population
 • Total11,943
 • Estimate 
(2018)[2]
11,015 (−7.8%)
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK [3])
Postal code(s)[4]
396730
OKTMO ID20619151051

Founded in 18 century and named after its landowners Dimitrie Cantemir and Constantine Cantemir of the Moldavian former ruling Cantemirești family who, to free their land from Ottoman empire, sided with Russia's Peter I's army, and, when the Russian side lost, moved to Russia and were included in Russian nobility. Dmitry was a philosopher and writer, as well as a musician, and his son Antioch a prominent Russian author.

In 1942, during World War II, there was heavy fighting for Kantemirovka's railway station, with Red Army tank units finally freeing it from German troops on December 19. In honour of this victory, the derivative adjective name Kantemirovskaya was awarded to the 4th Guards Tank Division, and 10 years later a street in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) was renamed after the victory; in Moscow a street was named after the division, and a metro station - after the street; in Leningrad its street gave name to a large bridge built in 1979-82 at its western end, and in 21st century Saint Petersburg a plan to build its metro Ring Line provides for a station on the street near the bridge named Kantemirovskaya as well.

References
  1. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  2. "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  3. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  4. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  5. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  6. "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.

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