Oboyan
Обоянь
Town[1]
Main square in Oboyan
Main square in Oboyan
Flag of Oboyan
Flag
Coat of arms of Oboyan
Coat of arms
Location of Oboyan
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Oboyan is located in Russia
Oboyan
Oboyan
Location of Oboyan
Oboyan is located in Kursk Oblast
Oboyan
Oboyan
Oboyan (Kursk Oblast)
Coordinates: 51°12′N 36°17′E / 51.200°N 36.283°E / 51.200; 36.283
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKursk Oblast[1]
Administrative districtOboyansky District[1]
Town of district significanceOboyan[1]
Founded1639
Town status since1779
Elevation
180 m (590 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[2]
 • Total13,565
 • Estimate 
(2018)[3]
13,339 (−1.7%)
 • Capital ofOboyansky District,[1] town of district significance of Oboyan[1]
 • Municipal districtOboyansky Municipal District[4]
 • Urban settlementOboyan Urban Settlement[4]
 • Capital ofOboyansky Municipal District,[4] Oboyan Urban Settlement[4]
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[5])
Postal code(s)[6]
306230, 306231, 306269
OKTMO ID38626101001
Websitewww.oboyan.org

Oboyan (Russian: Обоя́нь) is a town and the administrative center of Oboyansky District in Kursk Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Psyol at its confluence with the Oboyanka, 60 kilometers (37 mi) south of Kursk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 11,844 (2021 Census);[7] 13,565 (2010 Russian census);[2] 14,618 (2002 Census);[8] 15,360 (1989 Soviet census).[9]

History

It was founded in 1639 as a fortress on the southern borders of the Russian state.[citation needed] It was granted town status in 1779.[citation needed] During World War I, Oboyan was occupied by German troops on April 17–19, 1918. During the Russian Civil War, Oboyan was controlled by the troops of General Denikin on August 17–30, 1918 and from September 13, 1918 to November 26, 1919. During World War II, Oboyan was occupied by German troops from November 16, 1941 to February 18, 1943.

Administrative and municipal status

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

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Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Resolution #489
  2. ^ a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  3. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d e Law #60-ZKO
  5. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  6. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  7. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service. Всероссийская перепись населения 2020 года. Том 1 [2020 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1] (XLS) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  8. ^ Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  9. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.

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