Bekovo, Penza Oblast Explained

En Name:Bekovo
Ru Name:Беково
Coordinates:52.465°N 43.71°W
Map Label Position:top
Image Coa:Coat_of_Arms_of_Bekovo_(Penza_oblast).png
Federal Subject:Penza Oblast
Adm District Jur:Bekovsky District
Adm Ctr Of:Bekovsky District
Inhabloc Cat:Urban-type settlement
Inhabloc Type:Work settlement
Mun District Jur:Bekovsky Municipal District
Urban Settlement Jur:Bekovo Urban Settlement
Mun Admctr Of1:Bekovsky Municipal District
Mun Admctr Of2:Bekovo Urban Settlement
Pop 2010Census:6941
Established Date:Late 17th century
Current Cat Date:1959

Bekovo (Russian: Бе́ково) is an urban locality (a work settlement) and the administrative center of Bekovsky District of Penza Oblast, Russia, located to the extreme south of the oblast on the right bank of the Khopyor River, 154km (96miles) from Penza. Population:

History

It was founded in the late 17th century and renamed in the 18th century after Alexander Bekovich-Cherkassky. The inhabitants built the church of St. Nicholas in 1771 and the Church of the Intercession in 1813. Urban-type settlement status was granted to Bekovo in 1959.

Transportation

It has a railway station on the Tambov-Saratov line, now belonging to the South-Eastern Railway, which opened on February 22, 1874.