Millerovo

Coordinates: 48°55′N 40°24′E / 48.917°N 40.4°E / 48.917; 40.4

Millerovo (Russian: Ми́ллерово) is a town and the administrative center of Millerovsky District of Rostov Oblast, Russia. Population: 36,493 (2010 Census preliminary results);^[1] 38,498 (2002 Census);^[2] 37,346 (1989 Census).^[3]

It was founded in 1786 and named after its founder, the army officer Ivan Abramovich Müller. At the end of the 19th century it became an important part of the Rostov-Voronezh-Kozlovskaya railway.

It was granted town status in 1926.

During World War II, in July 1942, an encirclement of Soviet troops by German forces occurred around the city, resulting in the Soviet troops being led off into harsh conditions of captivity^[4].

The basis of the town's economy is grain.

Five kilometers northwest of the town is the Millerovo military airfield. At the airfield was stationed the headquarters of the 16th Guards Fighter Aviation Division after its withdrawal from Germany in 1993 until 1998 Also until 2009 was stationed the 19th Nikopol Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment, (19 Gv IAP) which was part of the 51st Air Defense Corps of the 4th Army of Air Force and Air Defense. The regiment was reorganized in 2009 as the 6969th Air Base, part of the 7th Brigade of Military-Space Defense. MiG-29 fighters of both the former 19th GvIAP, and the 31st Fighter Air Regiment, previously disbanded in Zernograd, are located at the airfield.

Notes

1. ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2011). "Предварительные итоги Всероссийской переписи населения 2010 года (Preliminary results of the 2010 All-Russian Population Census)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2010). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis-2010.ru/results_of_the_census/results-inform.php. Retrieved 2011-04-25. 
2. ^ 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. 
3. ^ "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. 
4. ^ Beevor, A., Stalingrad, Penguin Books, 1999, p.78