Uryupinsk
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Uryupinsk is a town in Volgograd Oblast
, Russia
, situated 340 kilometres (211.3 mi) northwest of Volgograd
on the Khopyor River
. It serves as the administrative center of Uryupinsky District
, although administratively it is separate from the district. Population:
, populated by Don Cossacks
.
Since 1857, it is the stanitsa
of Uryupinskaya and home of Pokrovskaya Fair, a center for trade on the southeast side of the Eastern European Plane.
It was renamed Uryupinsk and granted town status in 1929.
for "backwater town". This usage became widespread after the popular Soviet film Destiny of a Man
. The film was based on a short story by Mikhail Sholokhov, and Uryupinsk was the place of the action, just an inconspicuous provincial town.
There are two theories of the historical background for the name choice. One is that it is from name of a Tartar
prince Uryup, who got bogged down in a swamp near this location, during a fight with Yermak
and got captured.
Another is that it is from either the family name Uryupin or the word uryupa . According to the Explanatory Dictionary of the Live Great Russian language by Vladimir Dahl (1866), this archaic
word means untidy person, which probably in this context characterizes not a person, but the swampy area.
Uryupinsk is a developed industrial center with a concentration in heavy industries such as agricultural
machinery (harvesting machines) and loading equipment (a large crane-making plant is located here). The city also contains factories of light industry production (such as knitted fabric, shoe fabric, and furniture fabric), paper production plant, and a packing plant.
Another major industry involving the outlying areas of the town is goat farming and goat leather production. Because of its mild southern climate, the region is a good area for agriculture, and there are many agricultural processing factories in the region, specializing mainly in beef, oil and butter production.
Even though Uryupinsk is industrialized, it is ecologically clean.
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...
, situated 340 kilometres (211.3 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...
on the Khopyor River
Khopyor River
Khopyor is a river in European Russia, the biggest left tributary of the Don River. Length 979 km, watershed: 61,100 km², mouth width: 300m.Navigable up to 323 km...
. It serves as the administrative center of Uryupinsky District
Uryupinsky District
Uryupinsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 33 in Volgograd Oblast, Russia....
, although administratively it is separate from the district. Population:
History
Founded in the late 14th–early 15th century as Uryupin, it was a border outpost of the Ryazan PrincipalityRyazan Principality
The Grand Duchy of Ryazan existed from 1078 when it was separated from the Chernigov Principality as the provincial Murom Principality.-Prior to the invasion of Batu Khan:...
, populated by Don Cossacks
Don Cossacks
Don Cossacks were Cossacks who settled along the middle and lower Don.- Etymology and origins :The Don Cossack Host was a frontier military organization from the end of the 16th until the early 20th century....
.
Since 1857, it is the stanitsa
Stanitsa
Stanitsa is a village inside a Cossack host . Stanitsas were the primary unit of Cossack hosts.Historically, the stanitsa was a unit of economic and political organisation of the Cossack peoples primarily in the southern regions of the Russian Empire.Much of the land was held in common by the...
of Uryupinskaya and home of Pokrovskaya Fair, a center for trade on the southeast side of the Eastern European Plane.
It was renamed Uryupinsk and granted town status in 1929.
Name of the town
The name of this town is known to most Russian people as a synonymSynonym
Synonyms are different words with almost identical or similar meanings. Words that are synonyms are said to be synonymous, and the state of being a synonym is called synonymy. The word comes from Ancient Greek syn and onoma . The words car and automobile are synonyms...
for "backwater town". This usage became widespread after the popular Soviet film Destiny of a Man
Destiny of a Man
Destiny of a Man Is a 1959 Soviet film adaptation of the novel by Mikhail Sholokhov, and also the directorial debut of Sergei Bondarchuk...
. The film was based on a short story by Mikhail Sholokhov, and Uryupinsk was the place of the action, just an inconspicuous provincial town.
There are two theories of the historical background for the name choice. One is that it is from name of a Tartar
Tatars
Tatars are a Turkic speaking ethnic group , numbering roughly 7 million.The majority of Tatars live in the Russian Federation, with a population of around 5.5 million, about 2 million of which in the republic of Tatarstan.Significant minority populations are found in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan,...
prince Uryup, who got bogged down in a swamp near this location, during a fight with Yermak
Yermak Timofeyevich
Yermak Timofeyevich , Cossack leader, Russian folk hero and explorer of Siberia. His exploration of Siberia marked the beginning of the expansion of Russia towards this region and its colonization...
and got captured.
Another is that it is from either the family name Uryupin or the word uryupa . According to the Explanatory Dictionary of the Live Great Russian language by Vladimir Dahl (1866), this archaic
Archaism
In language, an archaism is the use of a form of speech or writing that is no longer current. This can either be done deliberately or as part of a specific jargon or formula...
word means untidy person, which probably in this context characterizes not a person, but the swampy area.
Economy and industry
Agriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...
machinery (harvesting machines) and loading equipment (a large crane-making plant is located here). The city also contains factories of light industry production (such as knitted fabric, shoe fabric, and furniture fabric), paper production plant, and a packing plant.
Another major industry involving the outlying areas of the town is goat farming and goat leather production. Because of its mild southern climate, the region is a good area for agriculture, and there are many agricultural processing factories in the region, specializing mainly in beef, oil and butter production.
Even though Uryupinsk is industrialized, it is ecologically clean.
Demographics
Ethnic composition: Russians (96.1%), Ukrainians (1.5%), Roma (0.7%), Belorusians (0.3%).- Births (2001): 355
- Deaths (2001): 747 http://www.volganet.ru/uryupinsk5.php