Kotelnikovo, Volgograd Oblast

For other places with the same name, see Kotelnikovo.

Kotelnikovo (Russian: Коте́льниково) is a town and the administrative center of Kotelnikovsky District in Volgograd Oblast, Russia, located on the Kurmoyarsky Aksay River (which flows into the Tsimlyansk Reservoir), 190 kilometers (120 mi) southwest of Volgograd, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 20,428 (2010 Census);^[3] 19,656 (2002 Census);^[7] 20,328 (1989 Soviet census).^[8]

Kotelnikovo Котельниково
Town[1]
Kotelnikovo railway station
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Kotelnikovo
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Coordinates: 47°38′N 43°09′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Volgograd Oblast[1]
Administrative district	Kotelnikovsky District[1]
Town of district significance	Kotelnikovo[2]
Founded	1897
Town status since	1955
Elevation	50 m (160 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	20,428
Administrative status
• Capital of	Kotelnikovsky District,[1] town of district significance of Kotelnikovo[2]
Municipal status
• Municipal district	Kotelnikovsky Municipal District[4]
• Urban settlement	Kotelnikovskoye Urban Settlement[4]
• Capital of	Kotelnikovsky Municipal District,[4] Kotelnikovskoye Urban Settlement[4]
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [5])
Postal code(s)[6]	238542
OKTMO ID	18624101001

History

Monument to the Battle of Stalingrad

It was founded in 1897 as a settlement servicing the construction of a railway station of the same name (opened 1899).^{[citation needed]} During World War II, it served as a base for the German troops of Field Marshal Erich von Manstein during the Battle of Stalingrad. A Soviet counteroffensive liberated Kotelnikovo on December 29, 1942. It was granted town status in 1955.^{[citation needed]}

Kotelnikovo (air base), a Russian Air Force airbase is located nearby.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kotelnikovo serves as the administrative center of Kotelnikovsky District.^[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Kotelnikovsky District as the town of district significance of Kotelnikovo.^[2] As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Kotelnikovo is incorporated within Kotelnikovsky Municipal District as Kotelnikovskoye Urban Settlement.^[4]