Kvarkeno Explained

En Name:Kvarkeno
Ru Name:Кваркено
Coordinates:52.0839°N 59.7242°W
Federal Subject:Orenburg Oblast
Adm District Jur:Kvarkensky
Mun District Jur:Kvarkensky
Adm Selsoviet Jur:Kvarkensky
Pop 2010Census:3923
Established Date:1842
Postal Codes:462860
Dialing Codes:35364
Website:http://admkvarkeno.ru/

Kvarkeno (Russian: Кваркено) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Kvarkensky District, Orenburg Oblast, Russia. Population:

The fortification was founded in 1842 by settlers from Krasnokholm near Orenburg. After receiving the status of stanitsa, it was named Kvarkeno in honour of the passage of Russian troops through the Kvarken Strait during the Finnish War.[1]

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  1. Web site: Местные названия Оренбургской области. Историко-топонимические очерки. ru. Local names of Orenburg Oblast. Historical and toponymic essays. Moiseyev. Boris. 2013. 143. Orenburg State Pedagogical University.