Buturlinovka

Buturlinowka (Russian Бутурлиновка ) is a town in Voronezh Oblast (Russia) with 27 208 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ).

Geography

The city is situated on the northern edge of the Kalatscher heights about 240 km southeast of the Oblasthauptstadt Voronezh on the upper reaches of the Ossered, a left tributary of the Don.

Buturlinowka is the administrative center of the homonymous Rajons.

The town lies on the railway line opened in 1896 Talowaja ( along the route Kharkiv Balashov - Pensa ) Kalatsch ( today only freight), which branches off from a distance to Pavlovsk here.

History

The town was founded around 1740, when the Empress Elizaveta Petrovna Field Marshal Alexander Buturlin donated the surrounding lands, which was named after the place. In the 19th century it was an important craft center.

The town charter was granted in 1917.

Demographics

Note: Census data ( rounded to 1939 )

Culture and sights

In Buturlinowka the Transfiguration of Christ - is ( Преображенский собор / Preobrazhensky Sobor ) obtained from the 19th century.

Economy

In Buturlinowka there are companies in the food industry and the building materials industry. The city is the center of an agricultural region.