Morozovsk

Coordinates: 48°21′14.04″N 41°49′33.96″E / 48.3539°N 41.8261°E / 48.3539; 41.8261

Morozovsk (Russian: Моро́зовск) is a town and the administrative center of Morozovsky District of Rostov Oblast, Russia, located on the Bystraya River (left tributary of the Seversky Donets), 265 kilometers (165 mi) northeast of Rostov-on-Don. Population: 27,644 (2010 Census preliminary results);^[1] 29,222 (2002 Census);^[2] 27,004 (1989 Census).^[3]

The khutor of Morozov (Моро́зов) was founded in the 1880s. In 1900, the railway station of Morozovskaya (Моро́зовская), named after the village, was opened nearby. In 1910, the stanitsa of Taubeyevskaya (Таубе́евская) was established near the railway station. It was renamed Morozovskaya on April 24, 1917. Later, the villages grew and merged, and the resulting settlement was granted town status in 1941.

References

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.