En Name: | Mikhaylovka |
Ru Name: | Михайловка |
Coordinates: | 50.0667°N 58°W |
Map Label Position: | right |
Image Coa: | Coat_of_Arms_of_Mikhaylovka_(Volgograd_Oblast)_2009.png |
Federal Subject: | Volgograd Oblast |
Adm City Jur: | town of oblast significance of Mikhaylovka |
Adm Ctr Of1: | Mikhaylovsky District |
Adm Ctr Of2: | town of oblast significance of Mikhaylovka |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Urban Okrug Jur: | Mikhaylovka Urban Okrug |
Mun Admctr Of: | Mikhaylovka Urban Okrug |
Pop 2010Census: | 59132 |
Pop 2010Census Rank: | 279th |
Established Date: | 1762 |
Current Cat Date: | 1948 |
Website: | http://www.mihadm.ru/ |
Mikhaylovka (ru|Миха́йловка) is a town in Volgograd Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Medveditsa River, 210km (130miles) northwest of Volgograd. Population:
It was established in 1762 as a khutor and named for its owner Mikhail Sebryakov. It was granted town status in 1948. In 1953, Sebryakovsky cement plant was commissioned, and in 1955 - a slate plant. In 1961, the city passed into regional subordination.
June 12, 2012, Mikhaylovka and the district are merged into one municipality - the urban district of the city of Mikhailovka.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Mikhaylovka serves as the administrative center of Mikhaylovsky District, even though it is not a part of it.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with one urban-type settlement, incorporated separately as the town of oblast significance of Mikhaylovka—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, territories of the town of oblast significance of Mikhaylovka and of Mikhaylovsky District are incorporated as Mikhaylovka Urban Okrug.[2]