Zdvinsk

Coordinates: 54°42′N 78°40′E / 54.7°N 78.667°E / 54.7; 78.667

Zdvinsk (Russian: Здвинск) is a village (selo) and the administrative center of Zdvinsky District of Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Kargat River. Population: 5,611 (2002 Census);^[1] 5,841 (1989 Census).^[2] Postal code: 632950. Dialing code: +7 38363.

History

It was founded in 1773 as a farmed plot of land called Taskayevo (Таскаево). It grew into a village in the following years, and in 1896 was renamed Nizhny Kargat (Нижний Каргат). On June 7, 1933 it was given its present name, Zdvinsk, after a local revolutionary M. Zdvinsky who died in 1918. The village was granted urban-type settlement status in 1978, but was demoted back to a rural locatity in 1992.

Geography

The area of the village is plain; there are some forests and steppe areas around.

Transportation

Zdvinsk does not have railroad access or airport. The main paved road connects it to Barabinsk, a major railway station.

References

1. ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). "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)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/1_TOM_01_04.xls. Retrieved 2010-03-23. 
2. ^ "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.)" (in Russian). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года (All-Union Population Census of 1989). Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. 1989. http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus89_reg.php. Retrieved 2010-03-23.