Tsvetochnoye Explained

Official Name:Tsvetochnoye
Native Name:Цветочное
Settlement Type:Selo
Pushpin Map:Russia Volgograd Oblast#Russia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Russia
Subdivision Name1:Volgograd Oblast
Subdivision Name3:Staropoltavsky District
Subdivision Type4:Municipality
Utc Offset1:+4:00
Coordinates:50.3333°N 91°W[1]

Tsvetochnoye (ru|Цветочное) is a rural locality (a selo) in Gmelinskoye Rural Settlement, Staropoltavsky District, Volgograd Oblast, Russia. The population was 89 as of 2010.[2] There are 2 streets.[3]

History

The village was founded as a small farmstead named Blumenfeld (am Mius) by Volga German colonists on the banks of the Yeruslan River. The parish was Lutheran and it was severely effected by the Povolzhye famine in 1921.[4]

Geography

Tsvetochnoye is located in steppe, on Transvolga, on the left bank of the Kuba River, 35 km southeast of Staraya Poltavka (the district's administrative centre) by road. Gmelinka is the nearest rural locality.[5]

Notes and References

  1. https://mapdata.ru/volgogradskaya-oblast/staropoltavskiy-rayon/cvetochnoe-selo/ Цветочное село 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/staropoltavskiy-rayon/cvetochnoe-selo/ Цветочное село на карте
  4. Web site: Blumenfeld . volgagermans.org . The Center for Volga German Studies at Concordia University . 25 August 2024 . 25 August 2024.
  5. http://allroutes.ru/rasstoyanie_cvetochnoe_staraja-poltavka Расстояние от Цветочного до Старой Полтавки