Population of Tambov: size and ethnic composition

The administrative center of the Tambov region is the city of Tambov, which was built on a picturesque hill. This place is washed by two rivers: Studenetsa and Tsna.

Tambov was founded in 1636, although settlements of ancient inhabitants existed here for a very long time.

The city is interesting for its historical sights, museums, cultural events, and festivals that constantly take place here. Therefore, people who move to Tambov for permanent residence will find where to go, what to do and where to relax with friends and children.

Fortress on the Tonbov River

The city arose as a fortified point of the Moscow state in the Wild Field - the undelimited Black Sea and Azov steppes. The sparsely populated territory between the Dniester in the west and the Don in the east, quite suitable for the development of agriculture, cattle breeding and crafts, suffered periodic raids by steppe nomads. To protect the royal lands from enemy invaders, in the first half of the seventeenth century, a fortress was founded, consisting of a fort and the city itself (the Kremlin). The location for the stronghold was chosen on a hill at the confluence of the Tsna and Studenza rivers. The founder of Tambov is considered to be the Shatsky voivode and sovereign steward Roman Boborykin.

The construction of a number of defensive fortresses and fortifications required great efforts from the small local population and a small garrison. However, the spending was not in vain. A reliable barrier was erected to the Tatar raids. One of the modern legends about the founding of the settlement says that the name of the city came precisely from the nomads who, making fruitless attempts to destroy the fortress, shouted “God is there!”

The population of Tambov in those days consisted of a garrison of a thousand soldiers, peasants who were attracted by fertile lands, and feudal lords who came after the farmers. The number of landowners and villagers is unknown, but data on the uprising of 1670 indicates that the peasants who besieged the fortress numbered about three thousand. The uprising was soon suppressed.

At the end of the seventeenth century, the peasant population of Tambov and the area around the fortifications was mainly engaged in felling and logging. Peter I in those days began to quickly build a navy. Tambov wood became its basis.

Development of Tambov in the first century

The built defensive fortress created the conditions for the massive resettlement of peasants here from other regions of Rus'. The population of Tambov has grown significantly in a short time. Peasants in the Tambov region sought to obtain a plot of fertile land and hide from the landowners. Their desires were partially satisfied: they received land, but feudal lords appeared in such a remote place. In 1670-1671, a peasant uprising against the oppression of the landowners took place in the Tambov region. Twice peasant detachments besieged Tambov, and both times they retreated. The uprising ended with the defeat of the rebels.

By the end of the 17th century, the city of Tambov turned into a gathering point for Russian troops to participate in the Azov campaigns. Tsar Peter I was defeated in his first campaign. This prompted the young king to quickly build a navy. Tambov peasants were mobilized to create the ships. They cut down the forest, and it was from Tambov wood that the first ships of the Russian fleet were built.

The beginning of the 18th century in the history of Tambov was marked by two main events:

1) In 1738, a new fortress was built in the city. The fire destroyed the century-old structure. And although the peasants now no longer needed the protection of the fortress or guards, the fortress wall was still erected - the threat of raids by steppe troops from the Lower Volga region and the Kuban region still existed.

2) The first educational institution was opened in Tambov. It became a garrison school for soldiers.

The population of Tambov began to increase due to increased security.

Center of Tambov Viceroyalty

In the eighteenth century, the settlement acquired almost the status of a city: in the first half of the century, the first educational institution was opened there - a soldiers' garrison school. But not many villages near defensive fortresses in Russia at that time could boast of educational centers! In fact, Tambov became a provincial center only after the transformation of provincial government carried out by Catherine II in 1775.

Despite its status as the center of governorship, Tambov remained a “big village”. Wooden houses with thatched roofs, narrow streets without pavements, vegetable gardens and farm yards - all this made up the urban landscape of that time. But the capital’s architects had already begun to develop a development plan at that time. A few more years will pass, and several large buildings, a guest house and public schools will appear in the settlement.

In 1785, Gabriel Derzhavin was appointed ruler of the viceroyalty, whose memory is dear to every native resident of the city. Today the university bears the name of the then mayor. It is not surprising that the population of Tambov treats the poet with great love: he developed shipping along the Tsna and book printing.

History of the city of Tambov

Several centuries ago, at the picturesque confluence of the two rivers Tsna and Studenets, by decree of Tsar M.F. Romanov (the first tsar of the Romanov dynasty), a fortress city was founded by the steward R. Bobarykin and his service people. This defensive fortification was supposed to protect the southern borders of Rus' from the encroachments of foreign invaders: Tatars and Nogais. The decree on the construction of the fortress was signed by the hand of Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich. The founder and first governor was Roman Boborykin.

The fortress received the original name “Tonbov”, consonant with the name of the river and the small Mordovian village on the coast. The new fortification borrowed its name from the local dialect and transformed into Tambov (otherwise known as the “pool”). This was in 1636.

However, the city was still considered a defensive fortification and this significantly hampered its economic development. In 38 of the 18th century, the city was again “re-armed”. The hasty strengthening of Tambov was associated with the beginning of the Russian-Turkish war. But Tambov was no longer intended to play a defensive role.

In the 17th and 18th centuries, Tambov was considered part of other provinces. And only in 1779, during the reign of Catherine II, the city became the head of the Tambov governorship. R.I. Vorontsov was appointed governor. After 2 years, Tambov even received its own coat of arms. To this day, the main symbol of the city proudly displays a beehive and three toiling bees above it. The choice of this hive was marked by the fact that Tambov residents have been collecting wild honey since the founding of the city. Outwardly, at that time, Tambov looked more like a village than a city: unpaved, crooked streets, low wooden houses with thatched roofs.

In 1796, Tambov became the center of the vast Tambov province.

The appearance of the city changed only with the arrival of a new governor, the famous poet G. Derzhavin. He did a lot for the development of Tambov. New wooden buildings began to decorate the former military fortress, streets began to be paved, and dam construction began. Under Derzhavin, the city began to change its cultural appearance: the first school of 4 classes and a club were opened. In Tambov, the first of the quiet provincial towns, there appeared its own printing house, publishing a local newspaper. The Russian poet, in the role of manager, dealt with the problem of shipping. Thanks to his efforts, navigation was established along the main city river Tsna. This innovation made it possible to deliver stones and timber needed for construction to the city. But Derzhavin’s resignation again stopped the rapid urban development for many years.

The city stirred up after stagnation only in 1838 with the advent of A. Kornilov as governor. During the 5 years of his leadership, Kornilov raised the educational level to a new level. Under him, an institute for training girls was opened, and a school training clerical workers “moved” from Voronezh.

The beginning of the 19th century found Tambov a small provincial town still living by trade in livestock, wool and grain.

The glorious year 1812 was marked in the history of the city with a great upsurge of patriotism and unity. Tambov militias, who glorified their land in the battles on the Berezina River, left the walls of the unfinished cathedral to fight for the Fatherland.

In the middle of the century, the city expanded: new stone houses began to appear, the administrative staff increased, and new city nobility flocked to Tambov.

After the fall of serfdom, Tambov turned into a typical noble, bureaucratic and merchant city. A big impetus to its development was given by the construction of the Ryazan-Ural railway through Tambov in 1869. This led to a revival of trade and the emergence of metalworking enterprises in the city. In 1885, a water supply system was laid in Tambov. By the end of the century, squares and parks appeared in the city, there was a theater, a public library, a hippodrome, and more and more hotels, restaurants, and entertainment venues were opened. Well-known Tambov philanthropists E. D. Naryshkin, A. M. Nosov, V. M. Anosov, M. S. Ashurkov donated churches, schools, hospitals, and houses of contempt built at their expense to the city.

Car repair shops (1899) became a large enterprise in the metalworking industry in Tambov; in addition to them, small factories of Petter and Makhov operated. By 1913, 2.4 thousand workers were employed at industrial enterprises in Tambov.

The years of the first Russian revolution open a new political page in the history of Tambov. Until this time, Tambov did not stand out among Russian cities with any noticeable manifestations in political life. The urban strata were passive about the propaganda work of the populist revolutionaries in the second half of the 19th century, who tried to find helpers or at least sympathizers here.

The situation changed dramatically in the early years of the 20th century. Among the political parties operating in Tambov, the positions of the Socialist Revolutionaries and anarchists were strong. The role of the Bolshevik Party in the events of 1905-1907. in Tambov it was much more modest. Along with the proletariat, student youth acted as an active political force in Tambov. Among the latter, future revolutionaries, full of determination and dedication, showed themselves. In Tambov, the ideas of such representatives of future revolutionary changes as M. A. Spiridonova, V. N. Podbelsky, A. S. Antonov, M. D. Chichkanov were born and strengthened. Soon they found themselves on opposite sides of the barricades, but their participation in the historical events that took place in Tambov was the first step in their subsequent life, full of hardships, contradictions and deprivations.

The manifestation of socio-political activity in Tambov in the period from 1908 to 1917 was insignificant. Soviet power in the Tambov province was established in March 1918, i.e. later than in the vast majority of other Russian cities. A more striking mark on the history of Tambov at that time was left by the events dedicated to the solemn glorification of St. Pitirim, which took place on Cathedral Square in July 1914 and attracted several tens of thousands of people. It should also be noted the patriotic upsurge of the city’s public associated with the outbreak of the First World War. However, in subsequent years, the protracted war led to dissatisfaction with the autocratic government and the aggravation of social contradictions, which was reflected in some of the events that took place in Tambov in 1916-1917.

In the summer and autumn of 1917, the most active political force in Tambov were the soldiers of the infantry regiments stationed in the city. The demands they put forward mainly concerned an end to the war. With the direct participation of soldiers from the city garrison, riots occurred in Tambov in September 1917, which led to a pogrom of the city's trading establishments.

In the summer of 1918, dissatisfaction with the new government began in Tambov. Their first mass manifestation was an armed rebellion that occurred on June 17-18, 1918. The striking force of the rebels was numerous peasant youth, mobilized for service in the Red Army. With the help of representatives of the Socialist Revolutionary Party, the peasant boys, dissatisfied with the mobilization, managed to obtain weapons from local military units. Students of the Tambov gymnasium and other segments of the city's population joined the rebels. In those days, Soviet power in Tambov was liquidated. Many Tambov communists were arrested and imprisoned. The power in the city was taken over by the old city council. Literally the next day, the rural youth who took part in the rebellion dispersed to the villages. Representatives of the Soviet government who remained free took advantage of this and quickly organized the suppression of the rebellion with the support of units of the Red Army.

In August 1919, Tambov was unexpectedly captured by the White Cossack corps of General Mamontov. In two days, while Tambov was in the hands of the White Cossacks, all Soviet and party institutions, all shops, warehouses and enterprises were destroyed. Soon Mamontov's corps left Tambov with impunity, continuing a successful raid in the direction of Kozlov. It should be noted that this was the only case in the history of Tambov when the city was captured by the enemy.

In 1920-1921, the headquarters for suppressing the peasant uprising, known in history as the Antonov rebellion, was located in Tambov. Having carried out many successful operations in various districts of the province, the regiments of the peasant armies did not capture the provincial center, but the dungeons of the provincial Cheka turned out to be the last place in life for many of them.

In 1918, by decision of the City Executive Committee, Tambov lost the names of many of its streets. Instead, new ones appeared, “developed by the city executive committee at its discretion in accordance with the spirit of the times.”

In the same year, actions began to nationalize private property in the city, attract wealthy urban residents to forced labor, and confiscate their excess living space (the “densification” campaign).

One of the first transformations of the new government concerned the education system. In 1918, all gymnasiums, real and diocesan schools were liquidated in Tambov, at the same time labor schools and a university were opened, which existed until 1921.

In the post-revolutionary years, rapid industrial development began in Tambov. First of all, these were enterprises for the production of cloth and yarn.

In the 20-30s, the composition of the urban population changed noticeably. In fact, the city lost most of the pre-revolutionary classes, but was replenished with people from the village, among whom were many members of the families of dispossessed peasants.

For a long time (since 1914) there was practically no construction in Tambov. With the exception of isolated objects (for example, the Banner of Labor club) built in those years, the townspeople used what had been built earlier.

In 1928, Tambov ceased to be a provincial center, but became part of the Central Black Earth Region, and since 1934 - part of the Voronezh Region. The city acquired its current status as a regional center in 1937, when the Tambov region was formed.

At the end of the 30s, construction of residential buildings, industrial and cultural facilities resumed in Tambov. At the same time, new educational institutions appeared in the city (schools, technical schools, pedagogical institutes, military schools), the first industrial facilities were created and gained strength (Komsomolets, ATD).

During the harsh years of the Great Patriotic War, the city of Tambov and its residents fully shared all the trials that befell the country. Tambov became a haven for many hundreds of refugees. Twice it actually became a front-line city, when in November-December 1941 Wehrmacht units were between Yelets and Lipetsk, and in the second half of 1942, when the front line passed through Voronezh. The proximity of the front did not allow industrial enterprises from the western regions of the country to be evacuated to Tambov, but for the same reason Tambov was filled with evacuation hospitals. Seriously wounded soldiers were most often brought here in large numbers. Many of them died from their wounds and were buried in Tambov, which explains the presence of large military graves at the Vozdvizhenskoye cemetery in the city.

Due to the proximity of the front, Tambov found itself at the center of formations of large military units. In the Suburban Forest near Tambov there was the headquarters of the 2nd Army being created on the territory of the Tambov region.

The construction of defensive lines, bombing by enemy aircraft, meager food rations, donating blood and selfless work in the name of victory - all this fell on the shoulders of Tambov residents in those unforgettable years.

In the post-war period, Tambov, which did not experience severe military destruction, remained aloof for several years from the colossal construction that took place in cities destroyed by the war. Housing construction in the second half of the 40s in Tambov was carried out on an insignificant scale. Much more attention was then paid to the development of the city's industrial base. Plants such as boiler-mechanical (now Tambovmash JSC), ATI (now ARTI Plant JSC), AKZ (now Pigment JSC), and Tambov CHPP were built.

In the 40s of the last century, the Industrial District of Tambov became the independent city of Kotovsky.

Throughout the 50s, a sharp increase in private housing construction became a characteristic phenomenon for Tambov. The areas of housing plots and the size of buildings, strictly controlled by local authorities, formed new neighborhoods on the city plan. In those years, Tambov went far beyond its former borders in the western and northern directions.

In the 1960s, private residential construction was supplemented by the construction of multi-storey residential buildings, which accompanied the intensive industrial development of the city. Blocks of 4-5-story buildings stretch in a long strip in a northwestern direction along Michurinskaya Street, where a high-rise television repeater was installed in 1958. In 1969, the first nine-story buildings appeared in the southern part of Tambov. Since 1961, gasification of residential and industrial facilities began in Tambov, thanks to the construction of a main line from the Saratov gas field.

In 1965, the city was divided into 3 districts (which remain today): Oktyabrsky, Leninsky and Sovetsky.

The well-developed construction industry of the city, represented by such enterprises as the Tambovkhimpromstroy, Tambovstroy, Tambov DSK trusts, continued to form a new image of the city in the 70s. During this period, the renovation of the central quarters of Tambov began. In the early 80s, one of the main streets of the city, Internatsionalnaya, changed beyond recognition, and Kommunalnaya Street was reconstructed. On the once swampy meadow expanses of the right bank of the river. Tsna arose a green array of garden plots.

In the 70-80s, new modern cultural facilities appeared in Tambov: the Yubileiny cultural center, the Yunost and Aurora cinemas, the Antey and Kristall sports palaces. In the city, old city parks and squares were updated and reconstructed. New residential microdistricts were built in Tambov - the fourteenth and sixteenth blocks, the residential groups “Molodezhny”, “Polimemash”, “TIHM” and others.

By the beginning of the 90s, there were 3 universities and 3 higher military schools, several research and design organizations in Tambov.

Tambov today is no longer a hub or strategically significant city for the Russian Federation, largely due to its geographical location. In the age of fast transport and instant decisions, it seemed to be on the border between metropolitan satellite cities and an independent, but strong outback. Almost 450 kilometers separate it from Moscow, and that is why the road race to Tambov is so difficult and the airport, which receives one plane a day, is so unimportant.

However, not a single guest or passer-by who happens to be here can deny Tambov’s appeal. Narrow streets, numerous squares, parks and fountains - all these attributes of a wealthy “outback” literally fascinate a resident of a metropolis. And historical monuments, of which there are plenty in Tambov, are not so important - the style and pace of life itself is important and attractive.

Sources: Tambov community https://www.tambovchanin.ru/ Your Tambov https://tvoy-tambov.ru/

The granary of the Russian Empire

With the beginning of the nineteenth century, Tambov changed significantly: the settlement began to look more like a city, and the Kazan and Tenth Fairs made it a center of trade: a wide variety of goods were brought here, and the squares turned into a continuous market for several days. The Tambov province, in addition, became the main breadbasket of the Russian Empire. Some of the grain grown on the lands of the Wild Field even went abroad.

The first official data on the number of city residents dates back to the year before the Patriotic War of 1812. At that time, the population of Tambov was 16,800 people. Most of them either worked in the fields or were engaged in trade. A small part of the townspeople made their living from handicrafts.

In 1812, with the outbreak of war, a people's militia numbering twelve thousand people was formed in the provincial center. Some of the soldiers were from the local population, others were sent from settlements in the area. As the French approached the capital, people from towns near Moscow began to arrive in Tambov. Captured soldiers and officers were also sent here.

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Statistics 1840

By the end of the first half of the nineteenth century, there were forty-five streets in Tambov, including two embankments of the Studenets and Tsna rivers, as well as eight alleys. There were more than two thousand private houses, but only sixty-nine of them were made of stone. Visitors could use the services of three hotels. The population of Tambov rested in seven taverns, five taverns, twenty drinking houses, and eight damask shops. There were seven clothing and dry goods stores, and twenty-five inns. Eight wells were installed to ensure water supply.

The population of Tambov was the same 16,800 people. Young people could study in gymnasiums and colleges. The Alexandrinsky Institute of Noble Maidens and a cadet corps were built - all this made the city of Tambov quite large and wealthy at that time. Social protection of the population was represented exclusively by hospitals, where locals could get doctor's advice. The Ascension Convent and the Kazan Monastery were also erected in the city.

All this data is provided by Staff Captain Kuzmin. In addition, statistical information was contained in the Military Statistical Review of the Russian Empire, in the section concerning the Tambov province.

19th century in the history of Tambov

Fertile soils and a favorable climate quickly turned the Tambov province into the main breadbasket of the country. From the beginning of the 19th century, grain was exported from the province for the entire country. A significant amount of grain was sold abroad. Merchants from all over the country came to the fairs held in Tambov (especially the Tenth and Kazan). They brought a wide variety of goods. The central square and adjacent streets of Tambov temporarily turned into one continuous market row.

The Patriotic War with the French in 1812 prompted local residents to voluntarily raise money. They donated as much as they could. For example, retired admiral Fyodor Fedorovich Ushakov donated a huge amount of 500 rubles to a good cause. With the proceeds, a militia detachment was formed, consisting of 12,000 fully armed people. The closer Napoleon's army approached Moscow, the more refugees appeared in the city. Tambov sheltered everyone, the population increased sharply. Enemy soldiers and officers captured by Russian troops also arrived in the city.

The city was growing. In the 40s of the 19th century in Tambov there were 45 streets, 2 embankments (along the banks of the Tsna and Studenets rivers), 8 alleys. In addition to these data, the statistical description of the Tambov province provides a list of buildings. 2,332 private houses, mostly wooden, were built in the city. There were only 69 stone houses. There were 20 drinking houses, 7 taverns, 8 damask shops, 5 taverns and 7 cellars. 3 hotels and 25 inns offered rooms for city guests. You could buy fashionable clothes and haberdashery in 7 stores. In 1824, the first gymnasium was opened in the city. Since 1825, pavements began to appear in Tambov. The first public library appeared in 1833. In 1839, city authorities organized water supply for citizens by building 8 wells. Peasants from surrounding villages flock to Tambov; by 1897, the city's population was 48,000 people.

Industrial growth

Since the beginning of the twentieth century, Tambov has experienced active industrial growth. There is not only quantitative, but also qualitative growth of enterprises. The city ranked first in the empire in shag production. At the same time, joint stock companies and industrial companies began to be created.

In 1919, with the establishment of Soviet power, which took place in Tambov with great intensity, it opened, whose task was to repair and manufacture military equipment. The enterprise operated on the basis of former artillery workshops. Thus, the population of Tambov and the Tambov region was provided with jobs with good salaries.

Michurinsk

The city of Michurinsk in the Tambov region is the second most populous city in the region. It received its modern name in 1932. Previously it was called Kozlov. It was founded in 1635. The modern city occupies an area of ​​78 square meters. km. Awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor. At the beginning of the 21st century, the population was more than 120 thousand people. However, after 15 years, you can see a significant decrease in the number of residents by almost 25,000. According to the 2016 census, only 94,741 people now live permanently in the city. The city of Michurinsk, Tambov region, is an industrial and cultural center, an important railway junction. For achievements in the agro-industrial complex, it was awarded the status of a science city of the Russian Federation.

Peasant revolts

After the revolutionary events in Petrograd, the population of the center of the province expected a fair solution to the land issue. However, the lack of reforms became the reason for the unauthorized seizure of landowners' lands by peasants. In the summer of 1917, more than three hundred peasant encroachments on the property and land holdings of local landowners were recorded.

Major revolts on Tambov soil continued from 1917 to 1921. The anti-Soviet movement died out when the government adopted a decree “On the temporary distribution of land,” which was what the peasants demanded from the very beginning.

Tambov under Soviet rule

The Soviet government made every effort to develop industry and culture in Tambov and improve the city. Almost immediately after the end of the uprisings, the theater began operating under the leadership of Stanislavsky’s student. In 1928, the work of the Tambov Carriage Plant was launched, in 1932 Avtotractorodetal was founded, and in 1933 it was opened. Almost all production facilities of the enterprises were based on the former workshops of local entrepreneurs.

Work was actively carried out to eliminate illiteracy. A pedagogical institute opened in 1930, a Puppet Theater appeared in the city in 1934, and a philharmonic society in 1937. At the same time, the settlement became the largest book depository in the Tambov region.

In 1936, the question was raised about renaming the city to Tukhachevsk, in honor of M. N. Tukhachevsky, a Soviet military leader. After being trumped up on charges of organizing a conspiracy to violently seize power, Tukhachevsky was repressed. The question of renaming was dropped.

The city's prosperity peaked in the seventies and eighties of the twentieth century. Over the course of fifteen years, more than two dozen social facilities were built, and residential areas of typical Soviet construction were actively built. What population in Tambov was recorded by statisticians in the “best times”? The number of citizens as of 1987 was 305 thousand people.

TAMBOV

TAMBOV, city in Russia, adm. center of Tambov region Us. 288.9 thousand people (2015). Located on the river. Price and its channel. Junction of railways and roads. Airport (Donskoye village).

Photo by D.V. Solovyov Tambov. House of M.V. Aseev. 1903–06. Architect L. N. Kekushev.

Founded on April 17 (27), 1636 as a fortified city by governor R. F. Boborykin by decree of Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich on the ancient Ordobazaar road during the construction of the defense. lines in the south Rus. state The fortress was erected by October 1 (10). Since 1636 the center of the county. In 1647, the Tambov Wall was built near Tashkent (length approximately 50 km; the longest earthen structure in the south of the Russian state). According to the description of 1659, the fortifications of T. were divided into a “city” and a fort, and had 24 towers (including 5 road towers). In the 17th century was formed as a regional trade center. Constantly subjected to raids by the Crimean Tatars and Nogais. In 1670 it was besieged twice by rebels during the Razin uprising of 1670–71. In 1695 T. was one of the centers for collecting Russians. troops before the 1st Azov campaign. In April 1708 withstood the siege of the detachment of Ataman L. M. Khokhlach during the Bulavin uprising of 1707–09.

A district town (from 1708), in fact the center of the province (1711–15) and the center of the province (from 1719) of the Azov (from 1725 Voronezh) province (1708–79). In 1724 the tree burned down. fortress. Center of the Tambov province (1779–1928; until 1796 Tambov governorship). From the end 18th century the industry developed, to the beginning. 20th century acted St. 30 enterprises. The largest annual Tithe and Kazan fairs in the province took place in Tashkent. Railway traffic is open. lines Kozlov - Tambov (1869), Tambov - Umet (1870), Tambov - Balashov (1894).

Sov. authority established by 31.1(13.2). 1918. In June 1918, during the mobilization rebellion. peasants and part of the townspeople, the city was captured by the rebels for 2 days. 18–21.8.1919 occupied by white troops during the Mammoth raid of 1919. The headquarters for the suppression of the Tambov uprising of 1920–21 was located in the city. Center of the Tambov-Prigorodny (from 1930 Tambov) district (from 1928), district city (1928–30) of the Central Chernozem Region. (1928–34), Voronezh region. (1934–37). Since 1937 the center of the Tambov region. Since the 1960s developed as a large industrial center.

The old part of the city with a regular layout (according to the general plan of 1781) is located on the left bank of the river canal. Price On the embankment there are preserved: Pokrovskaya Ts. type “octagon on quadrangle” (1763–68), seminary building (1785–1798; rebuilt), Kazan men's monastery. (1667, closed in 1918, reopened in 1992) from the former. Bishop's House (1788–90), summer 5-domed Cathedral of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God (1791–96), winter church. St. John the Baptist (1794–1821) and the bell tower (2009–2011). Ensemble of Cathedral Square. (on the site of the fortress) consists of the 5-domed Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral (1784–93, based on 1693–99; vestibule 1839–1841), a post office (1786, rebuilt) and residential buildings from the 19th–20th centuries. To the north of the city center is the Voznesensky Women's Monastery. (1690, closed in 1918, revived in 1992; Ascension Cathedral, 2007–12, on the site of the 1791–96 temple; church of the icon of the Mother of God “Joy of All Who Sorrow,” 1816–1820). In the style of classicism - the houses of the merchant A. Tolmachev (until 1786), N. Ya. Lukyanenko (early 19th century; now the Museum of the History of Medicine of the Tambov Region); Gostiny Dvor (1836–37; reconstructed in 1956–1959), etc. In the middle. 19 – beginning 20th centuries in decomposition styles were built: Alexandrinsky Institute of Noble Maidens (1839–43, architect A.P. Bryullov; now one of the buildings of the University named after G.R. Derzhavin), K. Gaken’s pharmacy (1870s), building for bunks readings (the so-called Naryshkin reading room, 1891–92, architect A. S. Chetverikov; since 1983 an art gallery), Noble Assembly in the spirit of neo-baroque (1892–97, architect F. A. Svirchevsky; now a drama theater) , neo-Gothic Catholic c. Exaltation of the Cross (1898–1903), provincial zemstvo government in the style of neoclassicism (1913–1914; now Technical University). Among the buildings in the Art Nouveau style: Muz. school (1902–03, architect Svirchevsky; now the Musical Pedagogical Institute named after S. V. Rachmaninov), the P. I. Mikhailov hotel (1906; now the Regional Duma), the Modern cinema (1908 ), buildings of the Noble Land and Peasant Land Banks (1910–11, architect F. O. Livchak; now one of the buildings of the G. R. Derzhavin University), state. bank (1911–13).

In the style of owls. of neoclassicism were erected: the cinema "Rodina" (1938–41), the House of Political Education (1954, architect V. G. Samorodov; now the Museum of Local History), Trinity Church. (2008–10). Monuments: M. Yu. Lermontov (1941, sculptor M. D. Ryndzyunskaya), Z. A. Kosmodemyanskaya (1947, sculptor M. G. Manizer), V. S. Petrov (1953, sculptor L. E. Kerbel), S. N. Sergeev-Tsensky (1975), S. V. Rachmaninov (2006), military. musicians I. A. Shatrov and V. I. Agapkin (2015); memorial “Grieving Mother” (1975), etc.

Among scientific institutions of T. - Research Institute of Agriculture (history dates back to 1912, the name and status have changed several times, the current name and status since 1991), the Research Institute of Radio Engineering "Efir" (1955). State universities: Music-pedagogical Institute named after S. V. Rachmaninov (current name and status since 1996), Univ. G. R. Derzhavina (1918–21; re-created in 1994; it included the Museum and Exhibition Complex, 2006, Zoo, 2005), Technical. University (current name and status since 1993). Regional universal scientific. fuck them. A. S. Pushkin [successor of the public (1830) and Naryshkin special (1894) libraries], Centralized Library System (1976; 21 branches). Museums: Regional Local History Museum (1879; current name and status since 1937), among its branches is the Museum of the History of Medicine of the Tambov Region. (1978), House-Museum of G. V. Chicherin (1987), Museum and Exhibition Center of the Tambov Region. (2010); Museum of the History of the Tambov Diocese (2004); Room-museum of A. N. Lodygin. Regional CG (1918; modern name and status since 1961). Historical and cultural museum complex “The Aseev Estate” (2014; in the former house of the manufacturer M. V. Aseev, 1903–06, architect L. N. Kekushev). Planetarium (2001).

Theatres: puppet theater (1934) and drama. (1937; since 2006 both are part of the Tambov regional state autonomous cultural institution “Tambovtheater”), Molodezhny (2009). State establishment of the Tambov Concert (2000) - the successor of the Tambov Regional Philharmonic (1938), with a Concert Hall (opened in 1967, architect V. G. Samorodov; since 2012 under reconstruction). As part of the “Tambov Concert”: Tambov Symphony. orchestra (1997), Russian orchestra. adv. instruments "Russians" (founded in 1991, part of the Philharmonic since 1999), etc. State. academician song and dance ensemble “Ivushka” (1968). Tambov Chamber Choir (1993, since 1996 named after S.V. Rachmaninov). Intl. festivals: music festivals named after S. V. Rachmaninov (since 1982, annually), in memory of V. K. Merzhanov (a native of T.; since 2013), “Days of Germany in Tambov” (since 2005); puppet theaters “Legends of Deep Antiquity” (since 2014). All-Russian theater festival named after N. Kh. Rybakova (since 2007, annually). Interregional choral festival “Songs over Tsnoi” (since 2013, annually).

Among the many sports facilities - football stadium "Spartak" (8 thousand seats), ice - Sports Palace "Crystal" (about 1 thousand seats) and arena "In Raduzhny" (over 800 seats), ski stadium in the Druzhba forest park , Sports Palace “Martial Arts Center”, etc.

The largest industrial center of the region. The most developed are mechanical engineering (instrument making, production of industrial equipment, etc.), chemical engineering. and food industry. Basic instrument maker. enterprises (all within the concerns of the state corporation Rostec): the Revtrud plants (special communication equipment), Tambovapparat (short-wave transmitting radio stations and other communication equipment), Oktyabr (stationary and mobile communication equipment) , Radio Engineering Research Institute "Efir" (R&D in the field of radio transmitting devices, control and switching systems, etc.), Elektropribor plant (various devices for aviation equipment, etc.). Among the leading enterprises are also the following factories: Komsomolets named after. N. S. Artyomova (capacitive, heat exchange, column equipment for the food, oil and gas, chemical industries), Tambovpolimermash (industrial equipment, including oilfield equipment, for tire factories), Agrotekhmash - T ( assembly production of TERRION wheeled tractors, agricultural equipment), car repair, sliding bearings; "Tambovgalvanotekhnika" named after S.I. Livshits (as part of the ARTI group of companies; automatic and mechanized lines and other equipment for applying galvanic, chemical, anodization coatings); experimental design technological bureau (fire-fighting equipment, installations for disinfection of drinking water, etc.); a number of enterprises producing respiratory protection equipment (Tambovmash, ARTI-Zavod, Roskhimzashchita Corporation, etc.). A large manufacturer of dyes, pigments, paints and varnishes is the Pigment company. Production of rubber products products (“ARTI-Rezinoplast”), building materials, furniture. Light industry enterprises. In the food industry, the production of confectionery products (including the confectionery company TAKF), meat and dairy products is of greatest importance. Thermal power plant (235 MW).

Current position of the city

Now Tambov is a large populated area. It is distinguished by its favorable geographical location, relative proximity to the capital, and large highways connecting the city with the south and center of Russia. In the last decade, the amount of garbage here has increased, but this fact has little effect on the environmental situation: Tambov remains one of the fairly clean and green cities in Russia.

The Tambov Employment Center provides citizens with a sufficient number of vacancies due to the need to find workers for the construction of new microdistricts, supermarkets and other facilities. Trade employees are also required.

The population of Tambov is provided with everything necessary for a comfortable life, but there are also certain problems. The latter include insufficient water and heat supply, which is especially important for residents of the Oktyabrsky district, inflated tariffs for housing and communal services, and inappropriate maintenance of stairwells and basements. In terms of crime, the situation is good.

Today's demographic situation

What is the population of the city of Tambov now? At the moment, the demographic picture is unfavorable. Almost 285 thousand people live in the city. Natural population decline and migration of city residents to other regions are the reason that Tambov ranks third in terms of the highest rates of decline. The population is declining, and the process is stable and has practically not stopped since the nineties.

Of course, the Tambov Department of Social Protection of the Population is striving in every possible way to stimulate a change in the situation for the better. But the birth rate exceeded the death rate, which caused an increase in the population, not for long: since 2010, the number of residents has gradually increased, but in 2016 a negative figure was again recorded. Then the population of Tambov decreased by about four hundred thousand people. Now, as already mentioned, the number of citizens is almost 285 thousand.

What is the population of the city of Tambov? By ethnic composition, the majority of townspeople are Russians (almost 95%). The following ethnic groups follow:

• Ukrainians (0.67%);
• Armenians (042%);
• gypsies (0.38%);
• Tatars (0.21%)
• Azerbaijanis (0.18%);
• Yezidis - an ethnic group professing Yezidism (0.17%);
• Belarusians (0.14%) and others.

The majority of Tambov residents (about eighty percent of the population) profess Orthodoxy, there are also Old Believers, Catholics, Baptists and representatives of other religious communities and beliefs.

Population of Tambov

Over the past decades, a difficult demographic situation has developed in Tambov. In the first ten years of the 21st century, the city experienced a steady decline in the number of residents and a decrease in the birth rate. Today, experts predict an improvement in the situation in the demographic sense, but there are no more city dwellers and the population is still declining.

This state of affairs is typical for most Russian cities. Tambov is no exception. Population numbers in 2021 again showed a decrease in growth. Sociologists predict Russia will fall into a demographic hole. The natural decline in population growth is unlikely to stop in the next decade. In the city, there are about 60 percent of able-bodied citizens, 15 percent are young people under this age; 24 percent are people of retirement age. In recent years, Tambov authorities have been taking measures to increase the birth rate: supporting families with three or more children, increasing the value of family, and so on. The developed plan allows us to hope for an increase in the birth rate until 2025. The population of Tambov as of 2021 is almost three hundred people. This is the result of a small number of favorable years when the population increased. It lasted from 2010 to 2015.

In addition to the birth rate, migration to Tambov allows the number of city residents to increase. Operating universities (there are two of them in the city: Humanitarian named after G.R. Derzhavin and Technical) attract citizens from other countries to Tambov. The largest number of foreign students are from Turkey, Korea and African countries. The population of Tambov in 2021 did not receive less population growth compared to 2015 due to stricter rules for attracting migrants to work in the Russian Federation.

Economic situation

The Tambov Employment Center reports that the average salary in the city is twenty-nine thousand rubles. But in fact, you can only count on ten to twelve thousand. This is the salary that applicants are offered at most jobs. In addition, it is believed that it is almost impossible to get a good position without making contacts. This assumption, unfortunately, is close to the truth.

The labor market is determined by a large number of shopping centers. The Employment Center (Tambov) currently offers vacancies mainly in the field of trade and services. Conditions at such enterprises are not the best:

• irregular working hours;
• work on holidays and weekends;
• no extra pay for night shifts.

There are vacancies at industrial enterprises. For example, a dairy plant provides jobs to a large number of city residents. Hard work in a distribution center pays quite well.

The Tambov Employment Center from time to time offers vacancies from factories. This kind of work is not popular in the city and does not require high qualifications, but allows you to earn a decent salary. The city has a confectionery factory, a bread equipment manufacturer, Pigment, a chemical enterprise, and Revtrud, a supplier of communications equipment, consumer goods, and construction materials.

Vacancies at the employment center (Tambov) are rarely filled with popular positions of managers or administrators, but such advertisements can be found in local newspapers. True, under the beautiful cover of office work, vacancies for sales representatives are often hidden.

Ecology and climate in Tambov

The weather in the city is determined by the peculiarities of the geographical location of the city. Tambov was built on the Russian Plain, 500 km from the capital of the Russian Federation.

The Tambov region borders with the Voronezh, Penza, Ryazan, Saratov, Lipetsk regions.

Tambov is actually located in the very center of the region, which attracts people who decide to move to Tambov for permanent residence.

The city is organically integrated into the economy of the Volga region, southern and central parts of Russia. This contributes to the development of the transport system and business, the establishment of trade relations, and the opening of new enterprises.

Basic weather characteristics:

• the average annual temperature is + 5.3;
• During the year, from 350 to 700 mm of precipitation falls, half of which occurs in spring and summer;
• in July the temperature reaches + 25, although there are also days of extreme heat;
• It's not very cold in winter. In January, temperatures can drop to -10, but there are no severe frosts.

The climate and ecology in the Tambov region and Tambov are also influenced by rivers, of which there are several in the region.

Natural reservoirs are the rivers: Voronezh, Vorona, Tsna, and an artificial structure is the Tsna lock system.

• Factories, production facilities and factories have a significant impact on the environment. The total number of enterprises in Tambov is more than three thousand.
• Chemical plants are considered the main sources of pollution. Many factories discharge waste into water, causing pollution of water bodies.
• Considering that underground rivers are used for drinking and providing household water supply, there is a risk of developing dangerous diseases among Tambov residents.
• Residents of the city also complain in their reviews about the presence of garbage, the amount of which is constantly increasing. Previously, the local waste recycling plant did an excellent job of processing solid waste, but then its activities were suspended.
• Due to traffic jams, which resulted from the presence of a large number of vehicles, the air and atmosphere in the city are deteriorating. The city administration is fighting this by planting trees, creating parks, public gardens and developing green areas.

Read on our website: Top 10 environmentally friendly cities in Russia in 2021.

The city's attractions

The most recognizable symbol of the city is the Tambov wolf, whose image is depicted on souvenirs. There is no artistic representation of the wolf in the city, only a small wooden sculpture stands at the entrance.

In the center, on Lenin Square, there is a monument to Vladimir Ilyich. Nearby is a monument to Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, the first woman to be awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, a native of the Tambov region. And the calling card of Tambov is the embankment. The Tambov Peasant Monument can also be called a colorful attraction, and seekers of new sensations should visit the Museum of Sin, where unusual exhibits are collected - fragments of the human body and internal organs.