Medveditsa, Volgograd Oblast Explained

Official Name:Medveditsa
Native Name:Медведица
Settlement Type:Selo
Pushpin Map:Russia Volgograd Oblast#Russia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Russia
Subdivision Name1:Volgograd Oblast
Subdivision Name3:Zhirnovsky District
Subdivision Type4:Municipality
Utc Offset1:+4:00
Coordinates:51.0667°N 93°W[1]

Medveditsa (Russian: Медве́дица) (formerly Frank) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Medveditskoye Rural Settlement, Zhirnovsky District, Volgograd Oblast, Russia. The population was 2,404 as of 2010.[2] There are 16 streets.[3]

The locality was founded by Volga Germans as the colony of Frank on 16 May 1767.[4]

Geography

Medveditsa is located in the steppe of the Volga Upland, on the left bank of the Medveditsa River, 13 km north of Zhirnovsk (the district's administrative centre) by road. Alexandrovka is the nearest rural locality.[5]

Notable persons

Notes and References

  1. https://mapdata.ru/volgogradskaya-oblast/zhirnovskiy-rayon/selo-medvedica/ Село Медведица на карте
  2. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Численность населения городских округов, муниципальных районов, городских и сельских поселений, городских и сельских населённых пунктов Волгоградской области
  3. https://mapdata.ru/volgogradskaya-oblast/zhirnovskiy-rayon/selo-medvedica/ Село Медведица на карте
  4. https://www.germansfromrussiasettlementlocations.org/2017/05/on-this-day-16-may-1767.html On this Day: 16 May 1767.
  5. http://allroutes.ru/rasstoyanie_zhirnovsk_medvedica Расстояние от Жирновска до Медведицы