Ipatovo, Stavropol Krai

Ipatowo (Russian Ипатово ) is a city in Stavropol (Russia) region with 26 053 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ).

Geography

The city is located in the northern Caucasus foothills about 120 km north-east of the regional capital Stavropol on Kalaus, a left tributary of the Manytsch.

Ipatowo is the administrative center of the homonymous Rajons.

The city lies on the opened on this section 1930 railway Kropotkin ( station Kawkasskaja ) Swetlograd - Elista.

History

The town was founded in 1860 by evacuees from the provinces of Voronezh, Poltava and Kharkiv as a village Tschemrek, presumably named after a former Nogaierfürsten. Later, also moved from the Ottoman Empire returned nogaiische families.

1880, the village was renamed Winodelnoje what to the presence of greater government wine cellar in place relates (Russian winodel for winemakers ).

In August 1935 another re-naming in Ipatowo took place after the Russian Civil War here in 1918 who died Red Army Pyotr Ipatow.

On 3 December 1979, the city charter was granted.

Demographics

Note: Census data

Culture and sights

The city has a museum of local history.

Economy

In Ipatowo there are companies in the food industry and the building materials industry. In Rajon natural gas is promoted.

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