Kommunalnaya Street in Tambov

Tambov (Russian: Тамбо́в) is a city in Russia, the administrative center of Tambov Oblast. It is located at the confluence of the Tsna and Studenets Rivers 480 km south-east of Moscow at 52°43′N 41°25′E. Population: 291,852 (2004 est.); 293,658 (2002 Census); 304,600 (1989 Census). It is served by Tambov Donskoye Airport and is also home to Tambov air base. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1632x1224, 1053 KB) Komunalnaya Ulitsa, Tambov. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1632x1224, 1053 KB) Komunalnaya Ulitsa, Tambov. ... Types of settlements in Russia, Soviet Union, and some other post-Soviet states have certain peculiarities with respect to the English language traditions. ... Tambov Oblast (Russian: ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). ... Confluence of Rhine and Mosel at Koblenz In geography, a confluence describes the point where two rivers meet and become one, usually when a tributary joins a more major river. ... Tsna (Russian: ) is a river in Tambov Oblast and Ryazan Oblast of Russia, a left tributary of the Moksha River. ... Location Position of Moscow in Europe Government Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Geographical characteristics Area  - City 1,081 km² Population  - City (2007)    - Density 10,469,000   9684. ... Russian Census of 2002 (Russian: ) was the first census of Russian Federation carried out on October 9, 2002. ... Tambov Donskoye Airport (ICAO: UUOT) is an airport in Russia located 10 km northeast of Tambov. ... Tambov is an air base in Russia located 4 km southwest of Tambov. ...

The name "Tambov" originates from a Moksha language word meaning wetland. The Mokshan language (Moksha), мокшень кяль (Mokshanj kälj) is spoken in West part of the Republic of Mordovia and adjacent Penza, Ryazan, Tambov, Saratov, Samara, Orenburg oblasts, Tatarstan, Bashkortostan republics, Siberia, Far East of Russia and also in Armenia and USA. The number of speakers is around 500,000. ... A subtropical wetland in Florida, USA, with an endangered American Crocodile. ...

It was founded by the decree of tsar Mikhail Fyodorovich on April 17, 1636 (old style). Originally built as a border fortress against Crimean Tatars Tambov soon declined in importance as military outpost of Muscovy and became an administrative and trade center of largely rural Russian Empire region. Mikhail at the Ipatiev Monastery by Grigory Ugryumov Michael Romanov redirects here. ... April 17 is the 107th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (108th in leap years). ... Events February 24 - King Christian of Denmark gives an order that all beggars that are able to work must be sent to Brinholmen Island to build ships or as galley rowers March 26 - Utrecht University founded in The Netherlands. ... The Crimean Tatars (sg. ... Muscovy (Moscow principality (княжество Московское) to Grand Duchy of Moscow (Великое Княжество Московское) to Russian Tsardom (Царство Русское)) is a traditional Western name for the Russian state that existed from the 14th century to the late 17th century. ... Anthem: God Save the Tsar! The Russian Empire in 1914 Capital Saint Petersburg Language(s) Russian Government Monarchy Emperor  - 1721-1725 Peter the Great (first)  - 1894-1917 Nicholas II (last) History  - Established 22 October, 1721  - February Revolution 2 April, 1917 Area  - 1897 22,400,000 km2 8,648,688 sq...

Roman Boborykin, the tsar's court menial (stolnik) and voivode became the first builder of the town. Thanks to his experience, the fortress construction was finished rapidly. Voivode (as it is spelled in the Oxford English Dictionary), or less commonly voivod, is a Slavic word that originally denoted the principal commander of a military force. ...

In 1779, the Tambov viceroyalty was formed and on August 16, 1781, Catherine the Great approved the town's coat of arms depicting a beehive symbolizing the town's hardworking residents. In March 1786 the disgraced Russian poet and statesman Gavrila Romanovich Derzhavin was appointed the governor of Tambov Governorate—a post he held until December 1788. But even during that short period he managed to do much. The town's development was being carried on: a theater, a college, a dancing school, a printing house, a newspaper, an orchestra, and a brick-yard were built. A monument to Derzhavin was later erected in Tambov. A viceroy is somebody who governs a country or province as a substitute for the monarch. ... August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1781 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... For the == == == == == == == // == == == == == == == film biography see Catherine The Great. ... Domesticated honeybees are kept in beehives. ... Gavrila Romanovich Derzhavin (Гаври́ла Рома́нович Держа́вин, July 14, 1743 – July 20, 1816) was the greatest Russian poet before Alexander Pushkin. ...

In November of 1830 during the Cholera Riots in Russia the citizens of Tambov attacked their governor, but they were soon suppressed by the regular army. The Cholera Riots (Холерные бунты in Russian) were the anti-serf riots of the urban population, peasants and soldiers in Russia in 1830-1831 during the cholera outbreak. ...

In the 19th century Tambov grew into a significant cultural center with a number of schools, libraries and institutions established there, and by 1897 more than 50,000 people lived in Tambov.

Between 1920 and 1921, the region around Tambov was the place of the Tambov rebellion—a bitter struggle between local residents and Bolshevik Red Army. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Antonovschina. ... Bolshevik Party Meeting. ... Red Army flag The Workers and Peasants Red Army (Russian: Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия, Raboche-Krestyanskaya Krasnaya Armiya; RKKA or usually simply the Red Army) were the armed forces first organized by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War in 1918 and that in 1922 became the army of the Soviet Union. ...

During and after World War II most of the Malgré-nous from Alsace-Moselle where jailed in the "camp n° 188" at Tambov. Between 4,000 and 10,000 French people died in this camp[1]. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... The term Malgré-nous (literally “despite ourselves” or “in spite of our will”) refers to men of the Alsace-Lorraine region who were forcibly conscripted into the German regular army (Wehrmacht) or in the military branch of the SS (Waffen SS), during the Second World War. ... The Alsace-Moselle is the current legal name of the France that was part of Germany from 1871 to 1919 (and then from 1940 to 1944_1945), consisting of the départements of Haut-Rhin and Bas-Rhin (both of which make up Alsace), and the département of Moselle (itself...

Today Tambov is a large Russian industrial and cultural center. The Tambov Art Gallery houses a vast collection of canvases by Russian and West-European artists. Russia's oldest drama theater is located in Tambov, as well as two universities, two military colleges, a musical school, a museum of local lore and other cultural institutions.

See also

• List of people from Tambov

An A-Z list of famous people from Tambov Oblast, Russia. ...

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• (English) Photos of Tambov

	Cities and towns in Tambov Oblast
	Administrative center: Tambov Kirsanov | Kotovsk | Michurinsk | Morshansk | Rasskazovo | Uvarovo | Zherdevka Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Tambov Oblast (Russian: ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... Kirsanov (Russian: ) is a town in Tambov Oblast, Russia, located on the Vorona River at its confluence with the Persovka River some 95 km east of Tambov. ... Kotovsk (Russian: ) is a town in Tambov Oblast, Russia, located on the Tsna River some 13 km south of Tambov. ... Michurinsk (before 1932 - Kozlov) is a city in Tambov Oblast, Russia. ... Morshansk (Russian: Моршанск) is a town in the Tambov Oblast in Russia, located on the Tsna River (Okas basin) some 93 km north of Tambov. ... Rasskazovo (Russian: ) is a town in Tambov Oblast, Russia, located on the Lesnoy Tambov River (Tsnas tributary) at its confluence with the Arzhenka River some 40 km east of Tambov. ... Uvarovo (Russian: ) is a town in Tambov Oblast, Russia, located on the Vorona River (Dons basin) some 117 km southeast of Tambov. ... Zherdevka (Russian: ) is a town in Tambov Oblast, Russia, located on the Savala River (Khopyors tributary) some 128 km south of Tambov. ...