Dimitrovgrad, Russia
{{Short description|City in Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia}}
{{Other places|Dimitrovgrad (disambiguation){{!}}Dimitrovgrad}}
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Dimitrovgrad ({{langx|ru|Димитровград}}; {{IPA|ru|dʲɪˌmʲitrɐvˈɡrat}}), formerly Melekkes, Melekes, and Melekess ({{langx|cv|Мелеккес}}; {{langx|ru|Мелекес/Мелекесс}};GRE {{langx|tt|Mələkəs}}) until 1972, is a city in Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia. It is the administrative center of Melekessky District, although it is not within the district and is an independent city. The city is located in the Volga Region, at the confluence of the Melekesska River and the Bolshoy Cheremshan River, a tributary of the Volga River. Dimitrovgrad has a population of {{ru-census2010|122,580|,}} the second-largest city in Ulyanovsk Oblast, after Ulyanovsk.{{cite book|title=Russia Investment and Business Guide|author=Publications, U.I.B.|date=2007|publisher=International Business Publications USA|isbn=9781433041686|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BFC0zTM4TkAC&pg=PA250|page=250|access-date=January 8, 2017}}{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
History
The city was founded in 1714 as a village for workers of the local distillery.{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Dimitrovgrad-Russia|publisher=britannica.com|title=Dimitrovgrad | Russia | Britannica.com|access-date=January 8, 2017}} By 1897 its population had grown to 8,500, and in 1919 it was granted town status. Until 1972, the city's name was Melekess ({{lang|ru|Мелекесс}}), after the local Melekesska River which runs through the town.{{citation needed|date=May 2010}} On July 15, 1972, Melekess was renamed to Dimitrovgrad, celebrating the posthumous 90th birthday of Georgi Dimitrov, the first leader of the communist People's Republic of Bulgaria.{{cite web |url=http://www.dimitrovgrad.ru/town/history.html |language=ru |title=Наш Димитровград. История |accessdate=2012-11-05 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130329231314/http://www.dimitrovgrad.ru/town/history.html |archivedate=2013-03-29 |url-status=dead}}
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Dimitrovgrad serves as the administrative center of Melekessky District, even though it is not a part of it.Law #126-ZO As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the city of oblast significance of Dimitrovgrad—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the city of oblast significance of Dimitrovgrad is incorporated as Dimitrovgrad Urban Okrug.Law #043-ZO
Economy
The city's leading enterprise, located {{convert|6|km|0|abbr=on}} to the south-west, is the Research Institute of Atomic Reactors.
Dimitrovgrad's industry also includes an auto parts manufacturer (Dimitrovgrad Automobile Parts Plant,{{cite book|title=Russia Automobile Industry Directory - Strategic Information and Contacts|author=IBP, I.|date=2009|publisher=International Business Publications USA|isbn=9781438740249|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vG-uBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA85|page=85|access-date=January 8, 2017}} carburetors, fuel pumps), a carpet manufacturing plant (Kovrotex), and a chemical processing equipment manufacturer (Dimitrovgradkhimmash and Zenith Khimmash).
Education and culture
File:Dimitrovgrad(Russia)Church of George-Victorious.JPG
The city has a variety of educational institutions. It has twenty-two secondary schools, three lyceums, one gymnasium, three branches of state universities, and two branches of private higher educational institutions. The city also has the State Scientific Center of Russian Federation, Research Institute of Atomic Reactors.{{cite book|title=Underground Injection Science and Technology|author1=Tsang, C.F.|author2=Apps, J.A.|date=2005|publisher=Elsevier Science|isbn=9780080457901|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8RhO-B0TEj8C&pg=PR20|access-date=January 8, 2017}}{{cite book|title=Handbook of Small Modular Nuclear Reactors|author1=Carelli, M.D.|author2=Ingersoll, D.T.|date=2014|publisher=Elsevier Science|isbn=9780857098535|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rJlzAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT389|access-date=January 8, 2017}}
There also is a drama theater in Dimitrovgrad.
Sports
- The bandy team Cheremshan plays in Supreme League, the second-highest national division.{{cite web|url=http://www.rusbandy.ru%2Fclub%2F55%2F |title=Google Translate|access-date=January 8, 2017}} At the 2016 Bandy World Championship the quarterfinal between Russia and the United States was played in Dimitrovgrad at Stadium Stroitel (Строитель), as well as the group stage match between Netherlands and Germany in Division B.[http://www.rusbandy.ru/pix/28251.jpeg Photo from the stadium during the Bandy World Championship]{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Tkch_kwdxo |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/-Tkch_kwdxo| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|publisher= YouTube |title=РОССИЯ - США. Хоккей с мячом. г. Димитровград 04.02.2016 DJI Phantom Pro - YouTube | Short video from above of the quarterfinal between Russia and USA |access-date=January 8, 2017}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web|url=http://www.rusbandy.ru/stadium/77/|publisher=rusbandy.ru|title=Информация о стадионе "Строитель", Димитровград - Реестр - Федерация хоккея с мячом России |access-date=January 8, 2017}} Artificial ice was supposed to be constructed for the occasion, which did not happen.{{cite web|url=http://ulpressa.ru/2013/08/13/v-dimitrovgrade-postroyat-iskusstvennyiy-led/ |title=Google Translate|date=August 13, 2013 |access-date=January 8, 2017}}
- Match first qualifying round UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship 2014: {{fbwu-rt|17|TUR}}-{{fbwu|17|BIH}} 3–0.
Demographics
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As of the 2010 Census: Russians - 76.2%, Tatars - 13.2%, Chuvash - 5.3%, Mordovians - 1.7%, Ukrainians - 1.0%, others - 2.5%
Notable people
Twin towns – sister cities
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Russia}}
Dimitrovgrad is twinned with:{{cite web|title=Города побратимы|url=http://www.dimitrovgrad.ru/city/pobratimi.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160908063546/http://dimitrovgrad.ru/city/pobratimi.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 8, 2016|website=dimitrovgrad.ru|publisher=Dimitrovgrad|language=ru|access-date=2020-02-04}}
- {{flagicon|BLR}} Lida, Belarus
- {{flagicon|BUL}} Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria
- {{flagicon|TJK}} Guliston, Tajikistan
Gallery
File:Dimitrovgrad International84b.JPG|Trading house of Korobov
File:Dimitrovgrad International64d.JPG|Drama Theatre. Historical monument: the place of speech of the prominent state leader Mikhail Kalinin
File:Dimitrovgrad(Russia)TereshkovaStreet.JPG|Tereshkova Street
References
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- {{RussiaAdmMunRef|uly|adm|law}}
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- {{Cite web |year=2016 |title=ДИМИТРОВГРАД • Great Russian Encyclopedia – Electronic version |url=https://old.bigenc.ru/geography/text/1956100 |access-date=1 April 2024 |website=old.bigenc.ru}}
External links
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- [http://dimitrovgrad.ru/ Official website of Dimitrovgrad] {{in lang|ru}}
- [https://dimitrovgrad.jsprav.ru/ Dimitrovgrad Business Directory] {{in lang|ru}}
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