Kotelnikovo
Russia /
Volgograd /
Kotelnikovo /
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, 2 km from center (Котельниково)
World / Russia / Volgograd
city, district center
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).
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.
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.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotelnikovo,_Volgograd_Oblast
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 47°38'17"N 43°8'14"E
- Volgograd 158 km
- Rostov-on-Don 282 km
- Luhansk 322 km
- Makiivka 402 km
- Donetsk 422 km
- Krasnodar 436 km
- Sochi 507 km
- Dnipro 631 km
- Tbilisi 656 km
- Samsun Metropolitan Municipality 885 km
- Former Selkhozmash Plant Area 0.2 km
- Kotelnikovo Cannery 0.6 km
- Kotelnikovo Valve Plant 0.9 km
- Emergency runway 2.6 km
- Taxiway 2.8 km
- Taxiway 3 km
- Apron 3.1 km
- Taxiway 3.2 km
- Verbovologovsky rural settlement 30 km
- Tsimlyansk Reservoir 40 km