Beketovka Explained

Official Name:Beketovka
Native Name:Бекетовка
Settlement Type:Selo
Pushpin Map:Russia Astrakhan Oblast#Russia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Russia
Subdivision Name1:Astrakhan Oblast
Subdivision Name3:Ikryaninsky District
Subdivision Type4:Municipality
Utc Offset1:+4:00
Coordinates:46.0833°N 92°W[1]

Beketovka (Russian: Бекетовка) is a rural locality (a selo) in Mayachninsky Selsoviet of Ikryaninsky District, Astrakhan Oblast, Russia. The population was 393 as of 2010.[2] There are 3 streets.

Geography

Beketovka is located 1.8 km east of Ikryanoye (the district's administrative centre) by road. Ikryanoye is the nearest rural locality.[3]

Moreover Beketovka is located at approximately 350 km to the southeast of Volgograd and 50 km to the southwest of Astrakhan.

World War II

During the World War II Battle of Stalingrad, the headquarters of the 64th Soviet Army were located in the village and, after the battle, the largest POW camp for surrendered German forces was Camp #108 near Beketovka.[4]

Notes and References

  1. https://mapdata.ru/astrahanskaya-oblast/ikryaninskiy-rayon/selo-beketovka/ Карта села Бекетовка в Астраханской области
  2. Web site: Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. 1. Численность и размещение населения Астраханской области . 2019-03-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180827033736/http://astrastat.gks.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat_ts/astrastat/resources/f8fd6a004e9c2051afc3bfa638e2bbf1/1.+%D0%A7%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C+%D0%B8+%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%89%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5+%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F+%D0%90%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9+%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8.pdf . 2018-08-27 . dead .
  3. http://allroutes.ru/rasstoyanie_beketovka-30_ikrjanoe Расстояние от Бекетовки до Икряного
  4. Book: Beevor, Antony. Stalingrad. Antony Beevor. 1998. 0-14-024985-0. Viking Press.