Otradny, Samara Oblast Explained

En Name:Otradny
Ru Name:Отрадный
Coordinates:53.3667°N 72°W
Map Label Position:top
Image Coa:Coat of Arms of Otradny (Samara oblast).png
Federal Subject:Samara Oblast
Adm City Jur:town of oblast significance of Otradny
Adm Ctr Of:town of oblast significance of Otradny
Inhabloc Cat:Town
Urban Okrug Jur:Otradny Urban Okrug
Mun Admctr Of:Otradny Urban Okrug
Pop 2010Census:48356
Pop 2010Census Rank:329th
Current Cat Date:1956

Otradny (Russian: Отра́дный) is a town in Samara Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Bolshoy Kinel River (Samara's tributary), 91km (57miles) east of Samara. Population:

History

The settlement of Otradnoye (Russian: Отра́дное) was founded in the beginning of the 1920s by the peasants of the village of Chernovka. In 1946, an oil-extracting settlement of Mukhanovo (Russian: Муханово) was established nearby, and in 1947 it was granted urban-type settlement status and renamed Otradny. It grew and absorbed the settlement of Otradnoye, and in 1956 it was granted town status.[1]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the town of oblast significance of Otradny—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[2] As a municipal division, the town of oblast significance of Otradny is incorporated as Otradny Urban Okrug.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Поспелов Е. М. Географические названия мира: Топонимический словарь - М.: «Русские словари», 1998
  2. Charter of Samara Oblast
  3. Law #189-GD