{{Short description|Town in Volgograd Oblast, Russia}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2012}} {{Infobox Russian inhabited locality |en_name=Surovikino |ru_name=Суровикино |image_skyline= |image_caption= |coordinates = {{coord|48|36|N|42|51|E|display=inline,title}} |map_label_position=right |image_coa=Coat of arms of Surovikino without a crown (2008).png |coa_caption= |image_flag=Flag of Surovikino (2008).png |flag_caption= |anthem= |anthem_ref= |holiday= |holiday_ref= |federal_subject=Volgograd Oblast |federal_subject_ref=<ref name="OKATO" /> |adm_district_jur=Surovikinsky District |adm_district_jur_ref=<ref name="OKATO" /> |adm_selsoviet_jur=Surovikino |adm_selsoviet_type=Town of district significance |adm_selsoviet_jur_ref=<ref name="OKATO2" /> |adm_ctr_of1=Surovikinsky District |adm_ctr_of1_ref=<ref name="OKATO" /> |adm_ctr_of2=town of district significance of Surovikino |adm_ctr_of2_ref=<ref name="OKATO2" /> |inhabloc_cat=Town |inhabloc_cat_ref=<ref name="OKATO" /> |inhabloc_type= |inhabloc_type_ref= |mun_district_jur=Surovikinsky Municipal District |mun_district_jur_ref=<ref name="VolgogradOSurovikinskyD_mun" /> |urban_settlement_jur=Surovikino Urban Settlement |urban_settlement_jur_ref=<ref name="VolgogradOSurovikinskyD_mun" /> |mun_admctr_of1=Surovikinsky Municipal District |mun_admctr_of1_ref=<ref name="VolgogradOSurovikinskyD_mun" /> |mun_admctr_of2=Surovikino Urban Settlement |mun_admctr_of2_ref=<ref name="VolgogradOSurovikinskyD_mun" /> |leader_title= |leader_title_ref= |leader_name= |leader_name_ref= |representative_body= |representative_body_ref= |area_of_what= |area_as_of= |area_km2= |area_km2_ref= |pop_2010census=20533 |pop_2010census_ref=<ref name="2010Census">{{ru-pop-ref|2010Census}}</ref> |pop_density= |pop_density_as_of= |pop_density_ref= |pop_latest= |pop_latest_date= |pop_latest_ref= |established_date=1900 |established_title= |established_date_ref= |current_cat_date=1966 |current_cat_date_ref= |prev_name1= |prev_name1_date= |prev_name1_ref= |postal_codes= |postal_codes_ref= |dialing_codes= |dialing_codes_ref= |website=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105060842/http://www.surovikino.ru/ }}
'''Surovikino''' ({{langx|ru|Сурови́кино}}) is a town and the administrative center of Surovikinsky District in Volgograd Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Chir and Don Rivers (Tsimlyansk Reservoir), {{convert|154|km|sp=us}} west of Volgograd, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: {{ru-census2010|20,533|;}} {{ru-census2002|20,338|;}} {{su-census1989|18,336|.}}
==History== It was founded as a settlement around the Surovikino railway station, which opened in 1900.{{citation needed|date=November 2013}} It was granted town status in 1966.{{citation needed|date=November 2013}}
On August 23, 2024, Islamic State militants detained at a penal colony in the town seized control of the prison where they were being held, killing four guards and taking others hostage before being shot by responding FSB forces.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sauer |first=Pjotr |date=2024-08-23 |title=Russian special forces free hostages taken by four men linked to Islamic State |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/23/knife-wielding-russian-convicts-take-prison-staff-hostage-and-kill-one-guard |access-date=2024-08-23 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=August 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240824154015/https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/23/knife-wielding-russian-convicts-take-prison-staff-hostage-and-kill-one-guard |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Administrative and municipal status== Within the framework of administrative divisions, Surovikino serves as the administrative center of Surovikinsky District.<ref name="OKATO">{{OKATO reference|18 253}}</ref> As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Surovikinsky District as the '''town of district significance of Surovikino'''.<ref name="OKATO2">{{OKATO reference|18 253 501}}</ref> As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Surovikino is incorporated within Surovikinsky Municipal District as '''Surovikino Urban Settlement'''.<ref name="VolgogradOSurovikinskyD_mun">Law #971-OD</ref>
==References== ===Notes=== {{Reflist}}
===Sources=== *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|vgg|mun|list|surovikinsky}}
{{Volgograd Oblast}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Cities and towns in Volgograd Oblast