Mikhaylovka, Volgograd Oblast
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Mikhaylovka is a town in Volgograd Oblast
, Russia
, located on the right bank of the Medveditsa River
, 210 kilometres (130.5 mi) northwest of Volgograd
. Population:
It was established in 1762 as a khutor
and named for its owner Mikhail Sebryakov. It was granted town status in 1948.
Volgograd Oblast
Volgograd Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Volgograd. Population: -Geography:*Area: 113,900 km²;*Borders length: 2221,9 km²....
, 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...
, located on the right bank of the Medveditsa River
Medveditsa River (Don basin)
Medveditsa is a river in Volgograd and Saratov Oblasts in Russia, a left tributary of the Don River. The name means she-bear, and according to legend alludes to the large population of bears in the area in earlier times...
, 210 kilometres (130.5 mi) northwest of Volgograd
Volgograd
Volgograd , formerly called Tsaritsyn and Stalingrad is an important industrial city and the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. It is long, north to south, situated on the western bank of the Volga River...
. Population:
It was established in 1762 as a khutor
Khutor
Khutor or khutir is usually taken to refer to a single-homestead rural settlement of Eastern Europe.In Cossack-settled lands that encompassed today's Ukraine, Kuban, and the lower Don river basin the word khutor was used to describe new settlements which had detached themselves from stanitsas...
and named for its owner Mikhail Sebryakov. It was granted town status in 1948.