En Name: | Surovikino |
Ru Name: | Суровикино |
Coordinates: | 48.6°N 93°W |
Map Label Position: | right |
Image Coa: | Coat of arms of Surovikino without a crown (2008).png |
Federal Subject: | Volgograd Oblast |
Adm District Jur: | Surovikinsky District |
Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Surovikino |
Adm Selsoviet Type: | Town of district significance |
Adm Ctr Of1: | Surovikinsky District |
Adm Ctr Of2: | town of district significance of Surovikino |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Mun District Jur: | Surovikinsky Municipal District |
Urban Settlement Jur: | Surovikino Urban Settlement |
Mun Admctr Of1: | Surovikinsky Municipal District |
Mun Admctr Of2: | Surovikino Urban Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 20533 |
Established Date: | 1900 |
Current Cat Date: | 1966 |
Website: | https://web.archive.org/web/20131105060842/http://www.surovikino.ru/ |
Surovikino (Russian: Сурови́кино) is a town and the administrative center of Surovikinsky District in Volgograd Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Chir and Don Rivers (Tsimlyansk Reservoir), 154km (96miles) west of Volgograd, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
It was founded as a settlement around the Surovikino railway station, which opened in 1900. It was granted town status in 1966.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Surovikino serves as the administrative center of Surovikinsky District. As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Surovikinsky District as the town of district significance of Surovikino. As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Surovikino is incorporated within Surovikinsky Municipal District as Surovikino Urban Settlement.[1]