Bataysk

Bataysk (English)
Батайск (Russian)
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Location of Rostov Oblast in Russia
Bataysk
Location of Bataysk in Rostov Oblast
Coordinates: 47°10′N 39°44′E / 47.167°N 39.733°E / 47.167; 39.733Coordinates: 47°10′N 39°44′E / 47.167°N 39.733°E / 47.167; 39.733
Coat of arms
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Administrative status (as of May 2011)
Country Russia
Federal subject Rostov Oblast[1]
Administratively subordinated to Bataysk Urban Okrug[1]
Administrative center of Bataysk Urban Okrug[1]
Municipal status (as of December 2004)
Urban okrug Bataysk Urban Okrug[2]
Administrative center of Bataysk Urban Okrug[2]
Mayor Valery Putilin
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 111,843 inhabitants[3]
- Rank in 2010 141st
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
Founded 1769
City status since 1938
Postal code(s)[5] 346880-346884, 346886-346889, 346892-349894
Dialing code(s) +7 86354
Official website
Bataysk on Wikimedia Commons

Bataysk (Russian: Бата́йск) is a city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) southwest of Rostov-on-Don. Population: 111,843(2010 Census);[3] 107,438(2002 Census);[6] 91,930(1989 Census).[7]

History

It was founded in 1769, and was granted town status in 1938.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as Bataysk Urban Okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, this administrative unit also has urban okrug status.[2]

Trivia

Bataysk has gained international attention since unveiling a "monument that shows a man's hand gripping a nubile female breast", which officials say "will bring family happiness to men who touch it".[8]

Sister city

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #340-ZS
  2. 1 2 3 Law #235-ZS
  3. 1 2 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. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  4. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  5. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  6. 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). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  7. Demoscope Weekly (1989). "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]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  8. "ABC News Australia". "Russian town puts breasts on a pedestal.". Archived from the original on July 14, 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-14.

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