Dimitrovgrad, Russia

{{Short description|City in Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia}} {{Other places|Dimitrovgrad (disambiguation){{!}}Dimitrovgrad}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2014}} {{Infobox Russian inhabited locality | en_name = Dimitrovgrad | ru_name = Димитровград | loc_name1 = | loc_lang1 = | loc_name2 = | loc_lang2 = | loc_name3 = | loc_lang3 = | loc_name4 = | loc_lang4 = | other_name = | other_lang = | image_skyline = Dimitrovgrad(Russia)RailwayStation.JPG | image_caption = Dimitrovgrad railway station | image_map = | map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|54|11|N|49|35|E|display=inline,title}} | image_flag = Flag of Dimitrovgrad (Ulianovsk oblast).png | flag_caption = | image_coa = Coat of Arms of Dimitrovgrad.png | coa_caption = | anthem = | anthem_ref = | holiday = | holiday_ref =  | federal_subject = [[Ulyanovsk Oblast]] | federal_subject_ref = <ref name="Ref150" /> | adm_district_jur = | adm_district_jur_ref = | adm_inhabloc_jur = [[city of federal subject significance|city of oblast significance]] of Dimitrovgrad | adm_inhabloc_jur_ref = <ref name="Ref150" /> | adm_citydistrict_jur = | adm_citydistrict_type = | adm_citydistrict_jur_ref = | adm_selsoviet_jur = | adm_selsoviet_type = | adm_selsoviet_jur_ref = | capital_of = | capital_of_ref = | adm_ctr_of1 = [[Melekessky District]] | adm_ctr_of1_ref = <ref name="Ref150" /> | adm_ctr_of2 = city of oblast significance of Dimitrovgrad | adm_ctr_of2_ref = <ref name="Ref150" /> | adm_ctr_of3 = | adm_ctr_of3_ref = | inhabloc_cat = City | inhabloc_cat_ref = <ref name="Ref150" /> | inhabloc_type = | inhabloc_type_ref =  | mun_district_jur = | mun_district_jur_ref = | urban_okrug_jur = Dimitrovgrad Urban Okrug | urban_okrug_jur_ref = <ref name="Ref310" /> | urban_settlement_jur = | urban_settlement_jur_ref = | rural_settlement_jur = | rural_settlement_jur_ref = | inter_settlement_territory = | inter_settlement_territory_ref = | mun_admctr_of1 = Dimitrovgrad Urban Okrug | mun_admctr_of1_ref = <ref name="Ref310" /> | mun_admctr_of2 = Melekessky Municipal District | mun_admctr_of2_ref = <ref name="Ref310" /> | leader_title = Head | leader_title_ref = | leader_name = Bogdan Pavlenko | leader_name_ref = | representative_body = | representative_body_ref =  | elevation_m = | area_km2 = | area_km2_ref = | pop_2010census = 122580 | pop_2010census_rank = 133rd | pop_2010census_ref = <ref name="2010Census">{{ru-pop-ref|2010Census}}</ref> | pop_latest = | pop_latest_date = | pop_latest_ref = | population_demonym = | time_zone_ref =  | established_date = | established_title = | established_date_ref = | current_cat_date = 1919 | current_cat_date_ref = | abolished_date = | abolished_date_ref =  | postal_codes = 4335хх | postal_codes_ref = | dialing_codes = 84235 | dialing_codes_ref = | website = http://www.dimitrovgrad.ru/ }}

'''Dimitrovgrad''' ({{langx|ru|Димитровград}}; {{IPA|ru|dʲɪˌmʲitrɐvˈɡrat}}), formerly '''Melekess''' ({{langx|ru|Мелекесс}}<ref>''GRE''</ref>) until 1972, is a [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|city]] in [[Ulyanovsk Oblast]], [[Russia]]. It is the [[administrative center]] of [[Melekessky District]], although it is not within the district and is an [[City of oblast significance (Russia)|independent city]]. The city is located in the [[Volga Region]], at the [[confluence]] of the Melekesska River and the [[Bolshoy Cheremshan River]], a [[tributary]] of the [[Volga River]]. Dimitrovgrad has a population of {{ru-census2010|122,580|,}} the second-largest city in Ulyanovsk Oblast, after [[Ulyanovsk]].<ref name="google">{{cite book|title=Russia Investment and Business Guide|author=Publications, U.I.B.|date=2007|publisher=International Business Publications USA|isbn=9781433041686|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BFC0zTM4TkAC&pg=PA250|page=250|access-date=January 8, 2017}}{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==History== The city was founded in 1714 as a village for workers of the local [[distillery]].<ref name="britannica">{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Dimitrovgrad-Russia|publisher=britannica.com|title=Dimitrovgrad | Russia | Britannica.com|access-date=January 8, 2017}}</ref> By 1897 its population had grown to 8,500, and in 1919 it was granted town status. Until 1972, the city's name was Melekess ({{lang|ru|Мелекесс}}), after the local Melekesska River which runs through the town.{{citation needed|date=May 2010}} On July 15, 1972, Melekess was renamed to Dimitrovgrad, celebrating the posthumous 90th birthday of [[Georgi Dimitrov]], the first leader of the communist [[People's Republic of Bulgaria]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dimitrovgrad.ru/town/history.html |language=ru |title=Наш Димитровград. История |accessdate=2012-11-05 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130329231314/http://www.dimitrovgrad.ru/town/history.html |archivedate=2013-03-29 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Administrative and municipal status== Within the [[subdivisions of Russia#Administrative divisions|framework of administrative divisions]], Dimitrovgrad serves as the [[administrative center]] of [[Melekessky District]], even though it is not a part of it.<ref name="Ref150">Law #126-ZO</ref> As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the '''[[city of federal subject significance|city of oblast significance]] of Dimitrovgrad'''—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the [[administrative divisions of Ulyanovsk Oblast|districts]].<ref name="Ref150" /> As a [[subdivisions of Russia#Municipal divisions|municipal division]], the city of oblast significance of Dimitrovgrad is incorporated as '''Dimitrovgrad Urban Okrug'''.<ref name="Ref310">Law #043-ZO</ref>

==Economy== The city's leading enterprise, located {{convert|6|km|0|abbr=on}} to the south-west, is the [[Research Institute of Atomic Reactors]]. Dimitrovgrad's industry also includes an auto parts manufacturer (Dimitrovgrad Automobile Parts Plant,<ref name="google2">{{cite book|title=Russia Automobile Industry Directory - Strategic Information and Contacts|author=IBP, I.|date=2009|publisher=International Business Publications USA|isbn=9781438740249|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vG-uBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA85|page=85|access-date=January 8, 2017}}</ref> [[carburetor]]s, [[Fuel pump (engine)|fuel pump]]s), a carpet manufacturing plant (Kovrotex), and a chemical processing equipment manufacturer (Dimitrovgradkhimmash and Zenith Khimmash).

==Education and culture== [[File:Dimitrovgrad(Russia)Church of George-Victorious.JPG|thumb|Church of St. George the Victorious in Dimitrovgrad]] The city has a variety of educational institutions. It has twenty-two secondary schools, three lyceums, one [[gymnasium of Dimitrovgrad|gymnasium]], three branches of state universities, and two branches of private higher educational institutions. The city also has the State Scientific Center of Russian Federation, [[Research Institute of Atomic Reactors]].<ref name="google3">{{cite book|title=Underground Injection Science and Technology|author1=Tsang, C.F.|author2=Apps, J.A.|date=2005|publisher=Elsevier Science|isbn=9780080457901|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8RhO-B0TEj8C&pg=PR20|access-date=January 8, 2017}}</ref><ref name="google4">{{cite book|title=Handbook of Small Modular Nuclear Reactors|author1=Carelli, M.D.|author2=Ingersoll, D.T.|date=2014|publisher=Elsevier Science|isbn=9780857098535|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rJlzAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT389|access-date=January 8, 2017}}</ref>

There also is a [[drama]] theater in Dimitrovgrad.

==Sports== * The [[bandy]] team [[Cheremshan Dimitrovgrad|Cheremshan]] plays in [[Russian Bandy Supreme League|Supreme League]], the second-highest national division.<ref name="2Fwww">{{cite web|url=http://www.rusbandy.ru%2Fclub%2F55%2F |title=Google Translate|access-date=January 8, 2017}}</ref> At the [[2016 Bandy World Championship]] the quarterfinal between [[Russia national bandy team|Russia]] and the [[United States national bandy team|United States]] was played in Dimitrovgrad at [[Stadium Stroitel (Dimitrovgrad)|Stadium Stroitel]] (Строитель), as well as the group stage match between [[Netherlands national bandy team|Netherlands]] and [[Germany national bandy team|Germany]] in Division B.<ref>[http://www.rusbandy.ru/pix/28251.jpeg Photo from the stadium during the Bandy World Championship]</ref><ref name="youtube">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Tkch_kwdxo |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/-Tkch_kwdxo| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|publisher= YouTube |title=РОССИЯ - США. Хоккей с мячом. г. Димитровград 04.02.2016 DJI Phantom Pro - YouTube | Short video from above of the quarterfinal between Russia and USA |access-date=January 8, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="rusbandy">{{cite web|url=http://www.rusbandy.ru/stadium/77/|publisher=rusbandy.ru|title=Информация о стадионе "Строитель", Димитровград - Реестр - Федерация хоккея с мячом России |access-date=January 8, 2017}}</ref> [[Artificial ice]] was supposed to be constructed for the occasion, which did not happen.<ref name="ulpressa">{{cite web|url=http://ulpressa.ru/2013/08/13/v-dimitrovgrade-postroyat-iskusstvennyiy-led/ |title=Google Translate|date=August 13, 2013 |access-date=January 8, 2017}}</ref> * Match first qualifying round [[2014 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification#Group 4|UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship 2014]]: {{fbwu-rt|17|TUR}}-{{fbwu|17|BIH}} 3–0.

==Demographics== {| class='wikitable' style='text-align: center;' ! colspan=7 | Population |- class='bright' ! [[1989 Soviet census|1989]] ! [[2002 Russian Census|2002]] ! [[Russian Census 2010|2010]] |- | 123,570 | 130,871 | 122,580 |}

==Notable people== *[[Stanislav Donets]] *[[Victor Ovcharenko]] *[[Gevorg Arutyunyan]], Russian-Armenian former football player

==Twin towns – sister cities== {{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Russia}}

Dimitrovgrad is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web|title=Города побратимы|url=http://www.dimitrovgrad.ru/city/pobratimi.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160908063546/http://dimitrovgrad.ru/city/pobratimi.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 8, 2016|website=dimitrovgrad.ru|publisher=Dimitrovgrad|language=ru|access-date=2020-02-04}}</ref> *{{flagicon|BLR}} [[Lida]], Belarus *{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria|Dimitrovgrad]], Bulgaria *{{flagicon|TJK}} [[Guliston (Tajikistan)|Guliston]], Tajikistan

==Gallery== <gallery> File:Dimitrovgrad International84b.JPG|Trading house of Korobov File:Dimitrovgrad International64d.JPG|Drama Theatre. Historical monument: the place of speech of the prominent state leader [[Mikhail Kalinin]] File:Dimitrovgrad(Russia)TereshkovaStreet.JPG|Tereshkova Street </gallery>

==References==

===Notes=== {{Reflist}}

===Sources=== *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|uly|adm|law}} *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|uly|mun|list}} *{{Cite web |year=2016 |title=ДИМИТРОВГРАД • Great Russian Encyclopedia – Electronic version |url=https://old.bigenc.ru/geography/text/1956100 |access-date=1 April 2024 |website=old.bigenc.ru}}

==External links== *{{Commons category-inline}} *[http://dimitrovgrad.ru/ Official website of Dimitrovgrad] {{in lang|ru}} *[https://dimitrovgrad.jsprav.ru/ Dimitrovgrad Business Directory] {{in lang|ru}}

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