Buzuluk | city, district center

 city, district center

Town in Orenburg Region, Russia, located on the Samara, Buzuluk, and Domashka Rivers, 246 kilometers (153 mi) northwest of Orenburg and 170 kilometers (110 mi) southeast of Samara. Population: 82,904 (2010 Census).
It was founded in 1736 as the fortress of Buzulukskaya (Бузулу́кская) by a Polish Noble on the Samara River near the mouth of the Buzuluk River along Russia's southern frontier. It was later moved to its current place near the source of the Domashka River. It was granted town status in 1781. An important development was the opening, in 1877, of the railway line connecting Samara with Orenburg. Buzuluk was a principal stop along the line, and it is from this period that the town's first power station dates, along with its first schools and libraries. Supported by the rail link and other new infrastructure developments, it now became an important rail-terminal for the transportation of wheat. By 1880, it had a population of 16,340. The population almost doubled between the end of the nineteenth century and 1926.