Surovikino
Encyclopedia
Surovikino is a town and the administrative center of Surovikinsky District
of Volgograd Oblast
, Russia
, located at the confluence
of the Chir
and Don Rivers
(Tsimlyansk Reservoir
), 154 kilometres (95.7 mi) west of Volgograd
. Population:
It was founded as a settlement around the railway station
of Surovikino, which opened in 1900. It was granted town status in 1966.
Surovikinsky District
Surovikinsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 33 in Volgograd Oblast, Russia....
of Volgograd Oblast
Volgograd Oblast
Volgograd Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Volgograd. Population: -Geography:*Area: 113,900 km²;*Borders length: 2221,9 km²....
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, located at the confluence
Confluence
Confluence, in geography, describes the meeting of two or more bodies of water.Confluence may also refer to:* Confluence , a property of term rewriting systems...
of the Chir
Chir River
Chir is a river in Rostov and Volgograd Oblasts of Russia. It is a right tributary of the Don River, and is 317 km long, with a drainage basin of 9580 km²....
and Don Rivers
Don River (Russia)
The Don River is one of the major rivers of Russia. It rises in the town of Novomoskovsk 60 kilometres southeast from Tula, southeast of Moscow, and flows for a distance of about 1,950 kilometres to the Sea of Azov....
(Tsimlyansk Reservoir
Tsimlyansk Reservoir
Tsimlyansk Reservoir or Tsimlyanskoye Reservoir is an artificial lake on the Don River in the territories of Rostov and Volgograd Oblasts at . Completed in 1952, the reservoir is one of the largest in Russia, providing power and irrigation to the Rostov and Volgograd regions...
), 154 kilometres (95.7 mi) west of Volgograd
Volgograd
Volgograd , formerly called Tsaritsyn and Stalingrad is an important industrial city and the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. It is long, north to south, situated on the western bank of the Volga River...
. Population:
It was founded as a settlement around the railway station
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...
of Surovikino, which opened in 1900. It was granted town status in 1966.