Bataysk

Bataysk (Russian: Бата́йск) is a city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) southwest of Rostov-on-Don. Population: 126,988 (2021 Census);^[6] 111,843 (2010 Census);^[2] 107,438 (2002 Census);^[7] 91,930 (1989 Soviet census).^[8]

Bataysk Батайск
City[1]
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Coordinates: 47°10′N 39°44′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Rostov Oblast[1]
Founded	1769
City status since	1938
Government
• Mayor	Valery Putilin
Elevation	5 m (16 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	111,843
• Rank	141st in 2010
Administrative status
• Subordinated to	Bataysk Urban Okrug[1]
• Capital of	Bataysk Urban Okrug[1]
Municipal status
• Urban okrug	Bataysk Urban Okrug[3]
• Capital of	Bataysk Urban Okrug[3]
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [4])
Postal code(s)[5]	346880-346884, 346886-346889, 346892-349894
Dialing code(s)	+7 86354
OKTMO ID	60707000001
Website	www.батайск-официальный.рф

History

It was founded in 1769, and was granted town status in 1938.^{[citation needed]} The reconstructed Church of the Ascension was built between 1990 and 2006.^[9] The former Bataysk (air base) is located nearby.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as Bataysk Urban Okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.^[1] As a municipal division, this administrative unit also has urban okrug status.^[3]

Trivia

Bataysk has gained international attention since unveiling a "monument that shows a man's hand gripping a nubile female breast", which officials say "will bring family happiness to men who touch it".^[10]

Arts and culture

Libraries

• Maxim Gorky Central State Library
• Nadezhda Krupskaya Central State *Children's Library
• Mayakovsky Library
• Chekhov Library
• Pushkin Library
• Leo Tolstoy Library
• Lermontov Library
• Esenin Library
• Nekrasov Library
• Turgenev Library

Places of culture

• MBUC "City center of culture and leisure"
• MBUC "Bataysk History Museum"
• Cinema "Illuzion"

Monuments

• There is a statue of Lenin on the central square
• Train memorial - "to commemorate revolutionary, military and labour glory of Bataysk railway workers"
• Memorial
• Memorial
• There is a stela with MiG-15 in the Aviators park.
• Breast statue
• Monument of the A.Pushkin and his wife N.Goncharova - placed on the Kirov street in 2013.
• First World War memorial - placed on the Privokzalnaya sq. in 2014.
• Sculpture "Bears" - opened in 2019 in the city park
• Monument to Andrew the Apostle

The Bataysk City day celebrates on the last Sunday of September.

Notable people

Alexey Petrovich Maresyev

Sister city

• Sremski Karlovci, Serbia