Kotovsk, Russia
Kotovsk is a town in Tambov Oblast, Russia, located on the Tsna River south of Tambov. Population:History
Kotovsk was founded before World War I under the initiative of Tsar Nicholas II as a settlement for workers who were engaged in the construction of the gunpowder factory. Initially, it was called Porokhovoy Zavod. It was later turned renamed Krasny Boyevik, because it was used by the Bolsheviks as a lodgement for the establishment of the Soviet government in the region. In 1940, it was granted town status and renamed Kotovsk after Grigory Kotovsky, who had suppressed an anti-Soviet peasant rebellion in Tambov Governorate in 1921.
The railway station was closed.Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the town of oblast significance of Kotovsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the town of oblast significance of Kotovsk is incorporated as Kotovsk Urban Okrug.
