Michurinsk
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Tambov Oblast
Tambov Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Tambov. Population: down from 1,178,443 recorded by the 2002 Census.Tambov Oblast is situated in forest steppe.-Birth rate:...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
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It was founded in 1635 at the northern end of the emerging Belgorod Line. A 25-km earthen wall was built eastward across the open steppe effectively blocking the Nogai Trail, a Tatar raiding route. The success of this line led to the building of further lines further south. The settlement was granted town status in 1779. It is named after an outstanding Russian scientist Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin
Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin
Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin , was a Russian practitioner of selection, Honorable Member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, and academician of the Lenin All-Union Academy of Agriculture....
. It is home to Michurinsk air base
Michurinsk (air base)
Michurinsk is an air base in Russia located 9 km northwest of Michurinsk. It is the site of a well-maintained military training airfield...
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Библиография
- Brian L. Davies, State Power and Community in Early Modern Russia: The Case of Kozlov, 1635-1649 (Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2004).