Tsvetochnoye
Tsvetochnoye (Russian: Цветочное) is a rural locality (a selo) in Gmelinskoye Rural Settlement, Staropoltavsky District, Volgograd Oblast, Russia. The population was 89 as of 2010.[2] There are 2 streets.[3] HistoryThe village was founded as a small farmstead named Blumenfeld (am Mius) by Volga German colonists on the banks of the Yeruslan River. The parish was Lutheran and it was severely effected by the Povolzhye famine in 1921.[4] GeographyTsvetochnoye is located in steppe, on Transvolga, on the left bank of the Kuba River, 35 km southeast of Staraya Poltavka (the district's administrative centre) by road. Gmelinka is the nearest rural locality.[5] References
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