{{Short description|Town in Lipetsk Oblast, Russia}} {{Infobox Russian inhabited locality | en_name = Dankov | ru_name = Данков | loc_name1 = | loc_lang1 = | loc_name2 = | loc_lang2 = | loc_name3 = | loc_lang3 = | loc_name4 = | loc_lang4 = | other_name = | other_lang = | image_skyline = Dankov - 02 Mira Street.jpg | image_caption = Mira Street in Dankov | image_map = | map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|53|15|N|39|08|E|display=inline,title}} | image_flag = | image_coa = Coat of Arms of Dankov sity (Lipetsk oblast) 1862.png | anthem = | anthem_ref = | holiday = | holiday_ref = <!-- administrative status --> | federal_subject = Lipetsk Oblast | federal_subject_ref = <ref name="LipetskO_adm" /> | adm_district_jur = Dankovsky District | adm_district_jur_ref = <ref name="LipetskO_adm" /> | adm_inhabloc_jur = | adm_inhabloc_jur_ref = | adm_citydistrict_jur = | adm_citydistrict_type = | adm_citydistrict_jur_ref = | adm_selsoviet_jur = Dankov | adm_selsoviet_type = Town under district jurisdiction | adm_selsoviet_jur_ref = <ref name="LipetskO_adm" /> | capital_of = | capital_of_ref = | adm_ctr_of1 = Dankovsky District | adm_ctr_of1_ref = <ref name="LipetskO_adm" /> | adm_ctr_of2 = Dankov Town Under District Jurisdiction | adm_ctr_of2_ref = <ref name="LipetskO_adm" /> | adm_ctr_of3 = | adm_ctr_of3_ref = | inhabloc_cat = Town | inhabloc_cat_ref = <ref name="LipetskO_adm" /> | inhabloc_type = | inhabloc_type_ref = <!-- municipal status --> | mun_district_jur = Dankovsky Municipal District | mun_district_jur_ref = <ref name="LipetskO_mun" /> | urban_okrug_jur = | urban_okrug_jur_ref = | urban_settlement_jur = Dankov Urban Settlement | urban_settlement_jur_ref = <ref name="LipetskO_mun" /> | rural_settlement_jur = | rural_settlement_jur_ref = | inter_settlement_territory = | inter_settlement_territory_ref = | mun_admctr_of1 = Dankovsky Municipal District | mun_admctr_of1_ref = <ref name="OKTMO">{{OKTMO reference|42 609}}</ref> | mun_admctr_of2 = Dankov Urban Settlement | mun_admctr_of2_ref = <ref name="LipetskO_mun" /> | leader_title = | leader_title_ref = | leader_name = | leader_name_ref = | representative_body = | representative_body_ref = <!-- statistics --> | elevation_m = | area_km2 = | area_km2_ref = | pop_2010census = 21064 | pop_2010census_rank = | pop_2010census_ref = <ref name="2010Census">{{ru-pop-ref|2010Census}}</ref> | pop_latest = | pop_latest_date = | pop_latest_ref = | population_demonym = | time_zone_ref = <!-- history --> | established_date = late 14th century | established_title = | established_date_ref = | current_cat_date = 1959 | current_cat_date_ref = | abolished_date = | abolished_date_ref = <!-- misc --> | postal_codes = 399850–399854, 399859 | postal_codes_ref = | dialing_codes = | dialing_codes_ref = | website = https://web.archive.org/web/20130414024054/http://xn--80adbgh2auj.xn--p1ai/ }} '''Dankov''' ({{langx|ru|Данко́в}}) is a town and the administrative center of Dankovsky District in Lipetsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Don River {{convert|86|km|sp=us}} northwest of Lipetsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: {{ru-census|p2021=19726|p2010=21,064|p2002=23,249|p1989=24,659}} It was previously known as ''Donkov''.
==History== The fort of '''Donkov''' was founded by the Princes of Ryazan in the late 14th century and took its name from the Don River.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}} The fort stood on the left bank of the Don, about {{convert|34|km|sp=us}} from the modern town, until 1568, when it was destroyed by the Crimean Tatars. It was then restored on a better fortified location but was again relocated in 1618. It is shown as ''Donko'' in Mercator's ''Atlas'' (1596),<ref>''Taurica Chresonesus, Nostra aetate Przecopsca et Gazara dicitur'' in ''Atlas sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati Fugura'' (1596).</ref> and as ''Donkagorod'' in Resania in Joan Blaeu's map of 1645.<ref>''Russiæ, vulgo Moscovia, pars australis'' in ''Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, sive Atlas Novus in quo Tabulæ et Descriptiones Omnium Regionum, Editæ a Guiljel et Ioanne Blaeu'', 1645. </ref>
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By the 18th century, its spelling changed from Donkov to Dankov. The town was chartered by Catherine the Great but was demoted in status to that of a rural locality between 1796 and 1804 and again between 1924 and 1959.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}}
On the night of 25 September 1918, during the Russian Civil War eleven hostages being held by the Ryazan Region Cheka were executed on wasteland adjoining the Dankov town cemetery. In 2011 descendants of the hostages raised crosses and a memorial there.<ref>https://en.mapofmemory.org/48-01</ref>
==Administrative and municipal status== Within the framework of administrative divisions, Dankov serves as the administrative center of Dankovsky District.<ref name="LipetskO_adm">Law #382-OZ</ref> As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Dankovsky District as Dankov '''Town Under District Jurisdiction'''.<ref name="LipetskO_adm" /> As a municipal division, Dankov Town Under District Jurisdiction is incorporated within Dankovsky Municipal District as '''Dankov Urban Settlement'''.<ref name="LipetskO_mun">Law #126-OZ</ref>
==References== thumb|Cathedral of Our Lady of Tikhvin in Dankov
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===Sources=== *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|lip|adm|list}} *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|lip|mun|list}}
==External links== *[https://admdankov.ru/ Official website of Dankov] {{in lang|ru}} *[https://dankov.jsprav.ru/ Dankov Business Directory] {{in lang|ru}}
{{Lipetsk Oblast}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2014}}
Category:Cities and towns in Lipetsk Oblast Category:Dankovsky Uyezd Category:Populated places established in the 14th century