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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dankov > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dankov.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dankov > Source revision: 1311587040 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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 = | federal_subject = [Lipetsk Oblast](/source/Lipetsk_Oblast) | federal_subject_ref = | adm_district_jur = [Dankovsky District](/source/Dankovsky_District) | adm_district_jur_ref = | 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](/source/Town_of_district_significance) | adm_selsoviet_jur_ref = | capital_of = | capital_of_ref = | adm_ctr_of1 = Dankovsky District | adm_ctr_of1_ref = | adm_ctr_of2 = Dankov Town Under District Jurisdiction | adm_ctr_of2_ref = | adm_ctr_of3 = | adm_ctr_of3_ref = | inhabloc_cat = Town | inhabloc_cat_ref = | inhabloc_type = | inhabloc_type_ref = | mun_district_jur = Dankovsky Municipal District | mun_district_jur_ref = | urban_okrug_jur = | urban_okrug_jur_ref = | urban_settlement_jur = Dankov Urban Settlement | urban_settlement_jur_ref = | rural_settlement_jur = | rural_settlement_jur_ref = | inter_settlement_territory = | inter_settlement_territory_ref = | mun_admctr_of1 = Dankovsky Municipal District | mun_admctr_of1_ref = {{OKTMO reference|42 609}} | mun_admctr_of2 = Dankov Urban Settlement | mun_admctr_of2_ref = | leader_title = | leader_title_ref = | leader_name = | leader_name_ref = | representative_body = | representative_body_ref = | elevation_m = | area_km2 = | area_km2_ref = | pop_2010census = 21064 | pop_2010census_rank = | pop_2010census_ref = {{ru-pop-ref|2010Census}} | pop_latest = | pop_latest_date = | pop_latest_ref = | population_demonym = | time_zone_ref = | established_date = late 14th century | established_title = | established_date_ref = | current_cat_date = 1959 | current_cat_date_ref = | abolished_date = | abolished_date_ref = | 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](/source/types_of_inhabited_localities_in_Russia) and the [administrative center](/source/administrative_center) of [Dankovsky District](/source/Dankovsky_District) in [Lipetsk Oblast](/source/Lipetsk_Oblast), [Russia](/source/Russia), located on the [Don River](/source/Don_River_(Russia)) {{convert|86|km|sp=us}} northwest of [Lipetsk](/source/Lipetsk), the administrative center of the [oblast](/source/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](/source/Ryazan) in the late 14th century and took its name from the [Don River](/source/Don_River_(Russia)).{{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](/source/Crimean_Tatars). It was then restored on a better fortified location but was again relocated in 1618. It is shown as ''Donko'' in [Mercator](/source/Gerardus_Mercator)'s ''Atlas'' (1596),''[Taurica Chresonesus, Nostra aetate Przecopsca et Gazara dicitur](/source/%3AFile%3AAtlas_Cosmographicae_(Mercator)_106.jpg)'' in ''Atlas sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati Fugura'' (1596). and as ''Donkagorod'' in [Resania](/source/Principality_of_Ryazan) in [Joan Blaeu](/source/Joan_Blaeu)'s map of 1645.''[Russiæ, vulgo Moscovia, pars australis](/source/%3AFile%3ABlaeu_1645_-_Russi%C3%A6_vulgo_Moscovia_pars_australis.jpg)'' in ''Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, sive Atlas Novus in quo Tabulæ et Descriptiones Omnium Regionum, Editæ a Guiljel et Ioanne Blaeu'', 1645. By the 18th century, its spelling changed from Donkov to Dankov. The town was chartered by [Catherine the Great](/source/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](/source/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.https://en.mapofmemory.org/48-01 ==Administrative and municipal status== Within the [framework of administrative divisions](/source/subdivisions_of_Russia), Dankov serves as the [administrative center](/source/administrative_center) of [Dankovsky District](/source/Dankovsky_District).Law #382-OZ As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Dankovsky District as Dankov '''[Town Under District Jurisdiction](/source/Town_of_district_significance)'''. As a [municipal division](/source/subdivisions_of_Russia), Dankov Town Under District Jurisdiction is incorporated within Dankovsky Municipal District as '''Dankov Urban Settlement'''.Law #126-OZ ==References== thumb|Cathedral of Our Lady of Tikhvin in Dankov ===Notes=== {{Reflist}} ===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 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Dankov](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dankov) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dankov?action=history)). 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