Varshavka, Chelyabinsk Oblast

See also: Varshavka, Bashkortostan
Varshavka
Варшавка
Rural locality
Location of Varshavka
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Varshavka is located in Russia
Varshavka
Varshavka
Location of Varshavka
Coordinates: 52°50′43″N 60°20′14″E / 52.84528°N 60.33722°E / 52.84528; 60.33722
CountryRussia
Federal subjectChelyabinsk Oblast
Founded1842[1]
Time zoneUTC+5 (MSK+2 Edit this on Wikidata[2])
Postal code(s)[3]
457372Edit this on Wikidata
OKTMO ID75623410101

Varshavka (Russian: Варшавка) is a rural locality (a village) in Kartalinsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, in the Asian part of Russia. It has a population of 1,059 (2010 Census);[4] and is situated on the Karagayly-Ayat River.

History

The settlement was founded in 1842, and named after the Polish city of Warsaw, to commemorate the successful storming by the Tsarist troops on 6 September 1831 during the Polish November Uprising.[1]

It is one of several villages in the Chelyabinsk Oblast named after major European cities, other including Parizh (named after Paris), Berlin (named after Berlin), Leyptsig (named after Leipzig), Varna (named after Varna) and Bredy (named after Breda).

References

  1. ^ a b "Топонимы (буква В)" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 4 August 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  3. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  4. ^ 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.