Population of Tambov - its size and composition

Where is Tambov located?

Tambov is the administrative and economic center of the Tambov region and Tambov district.
It is an administrative-territorial unit and a city of regional significance. The city of Tambov is located in the central part of the Oka-Don Plain, on the canal of the Tsna River. The approximate population of the city is 293 thousand people, the total area of ​​the territory is 96 square kilometers. The climate in Tambov is temperate continental: winters are moderately cold, summers are long and warm. The average annual air humidity is 75%, the annual precipitation rate is 520 mm.

Tambov is located in the same time zone as Moscow, the offset relative to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is +3.

See location on the map

The center of the region and district of the same name - Tambov on the map of Russia is located almost equidistant from the regional borders, not far from which are located the economically important regions of the Volga region, the Center, and the North Caucasus. Located in the Oka River basin, the city of Tambov, Tambov region, is distant from the nearest large settlements along roads at a distance of:

• 131 km from Lipetsk, located a little to the west.
• 220 km from Voronezh, located in the southwest.
• 258 km from Ryazan and 460 km from Moscow in the north-west direction.

Train Station

Railway station "Tambov-I" is a station in the Michurinsky region of the South-Eastern Railway. The station is located in the Sovetsky district at Privokzalnaya Square, 1A.

Popular long-distance train destinations: Astrakhan, Moscow, Saratov, Novosibirsk, Belgorod, Balakovo, Balashov, Kamyshin, St. Petersburg. In the summer season there are routes to Adler, Anapa and Novorossiysk. Also at the Tambov-I railway station there is service for commuter trains that go to Michurinsk, Kirsanov, Tamala and Oblovka.

Tambov bus stations

Tambov bus station is located in the Soviet district at the address: st. Kikvidze, 77, next to the Toyota Tambov car showroom. The bus station's operating hours are from 6:00 to 19:30, every day. Popular routes of regular buses: Nikiforovka, Tula, Michurinsk, Znamenka, Orel, Lipetsk, Zherdevka, Staroyuryevo, Mordovo, Sosnovka, Volgograd, Saratov, Voronezh, Pervomaisky, Penza, Kursk.

The bus station building houses a spacious waiting room, a buffet, a storage room for luggage and personal belongings, and a medical center.

Population of Tambov: dynamics of growth and decline

Perhaps no city has a clear indicator of an ever-increasing population. Especially today, when residents from small towns are moving en masse to big cities in search of better jobs.

At the beginning of 2021, according to statistical data, Tambov was in 70th place among the cities of the Russian Federation (there are 1112 in total) in terms of population. By the way, it is 280 thousand people.

A noticeable increase in this indicator has occurred since 1931, when from 83 thousand people it increased to 106 thousand, and gradually, by 1987, the figure approached 305 thousand people.

Then every year the population of Tambov increased by 1000 people, but since 1998 the figure began to fall, and over 10 years the number of city residents decreased by 30 thousand people. This demographic situation is associated not only with relocation, but also with the excess of mortality over the birth rate. By the way, the highest rate was recorded in 2009, when mortality exceeded the birth rate by 1.5 times.

Automobile highways

Federal highways pass through Tambov:

• P22 "Caspian" is a federal highway "Caspian", with a total length of 1,381 km. It is part of the European routes E119, E40 and the Asian route AH8. The P-22 highway passes through the following regions of Russia: Kalmykia, Moscow region, Ryazan region, Astrakhan region, Voronezh region, Volgograd region. Road surface - concrete and asphalt.
• P119 is a federal highway with a total length of 395 km. The route originates in the city of Orel and passes through Lipetsk, Yelets, Livny. The end of route P-119 is the M6 ​​Caspian highway in the Tambov region. The road surface of the route is asphalt.
• P208 is a highway that has the status of an object of federal significance. The total length of the route is 280 km. The road starts in Tambov and passes through Kamenka, Rasskazovo, Kirsanov, Belinsky. The final point of the route is Penza. The road surface of the P-208 highway is asphalt.
• E119 is a European route that connects Iran, Russia and Azerbaijan. The total length of the highway is 1,730 km. The beginning of the route is the city of Moscow, the final point of the route is the city in the north-west of Iran, Astara.

Ethnic composition and religion

The population of Tambov is mainly represented by Russians, who make up about 90% of all its residents. Ukrainians, Gypsies, Tatars, and Azerbaijanis also live in the city, but their total number does not exceed 5%.

In terms of religion, most of the local residents are Orthodox, although there are also a small percentage of Catholics and Muslims. There are also people here who belong to various religious groups, whose religion is not officially recognized throughout the world (Baptists, Jehovah's Witnesses, etc.).

What is Tambov famous for?

• Tambov is home to the Aseev Estate, a mansion that was built at the beginning of the 20th century for the industrialist M.V. Aseev. Today the estate is a museum complex, which includes a house, a fountain and a park.
• In the central part of the city there is Communal Street with a pedestrian zone. The street is also known as “Tambov Arbat”. Along the walking alley there are buildings of the 19th and 20th centuries, decorative flower beds, benches, and forged lanterns.
• In the 18th century, the Tambov Drama Theater was opened in Tambov. The stage was founded by the famous poet and public figure G.R. Derzhavin, at that time he was the governor of the city.
• In 1987, the House-Museum of G. V. Chicherin was opened in the city. To date, the museum has collected more than 3 thousand of Chicherin’s personal belongings, furniture, interior items of that time, letters, books.
• On the Tambov embankment there is a sculpture “Tambov Man”, installed in 2007. The monument shows a poor Tambov peasant of the 20th century, looking towards the Intercession Cathedral, leaning on a plow and clutching a pectoral cross in his hand.

Tambov (Tambov region)

a brief description of

Located in the central part of the Oka-Don (Tambov) plain, on the left bank of the river. Tsna (Volga basin), at the confluence of the river. Studenets, in the southern zone of the Central Russian forest-steppe, 480 km southeast of Moscow. Railway junction lines and highways.

The climate is moderate continental. Winter is moderately cold, with stable snow cover. The average January temperature is -11. Summer is warm, the average temperature in July is +20. Precipitation is about 500 mm per year. Droughts are common.

Territory (sq. km): 91

Historical sketch

In 1636 (considered the year of the founding of Tambov), steward Roman Boborykin was instructed to build a fortress near the crossing on the river. Tsna opposite the mouth of the river. Tambov (now Lesnoy Tambov), on the ancient Ordabazarnaya road that connected Moscow with the Lower Volga region. The charter of Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich prescribed: “... in the field on the Tsna River at the mouth of the Lipovitsa River, establish the city of Tonbov, and arrange all sorts of service people in it.”

However, this place turned out to be inconvenient and the city was built 20 versts down the Tsna, but retaining the name according to the original landmark of the Tambov River. The name of the river is pre-Russian, it is explained from the Mordovian tombaks “swampy” or the ancient Finnish tamb “oak”.

In 1647, a system of complex fortifications was built - the Tambov Wall, which became part of the Simbirsk abatis line. Tambov successfully repelled many attacks by steppe nomads: Nogai Tatars and Kalmyks in 1656 and 1660, an attack by the troops of S.T. Razin in 1670, the siege of L. Khokhlach (ataman of the troops of K.A. Bulavin) in 1706. In the mid-18th century. Tambov is losing its significance as a military fortress and is developing as the center of an agricultural region.

In 1667, Elder Joseph founded the Kazan Monastery in Tambov. In 1685, near Tambov, Bishop Pitirim of the Tambov diocese founded the Tregulyaev Predtechensky Monastery, and in 1690, the Ascension Convent.

In 1708 it was assigned to the Azov province (since 1725 - Voronezh province), since 1719 the center of the Tambov province. Since 1779 - the center of the Tambov governorship (since 1796 Tambov province).

In the 18th century Tambov was a major cultural center. In 1786-88. the head of the Tambov governorship was the poet G.R. Derzhavin. He founded a theater, a printing house, a public school, and laid the foundation for the improvement of the city. A theological seminary was opened in 1787, a gymnasium in 1825, and a public library in 1830. In 1900, a music school was founded.

Since the 1860s There was street lighting and, since 1885, water supply.

In 1856, in the provincial city of Tambov, Tambov province, there were 13 churches, 2553 houses, 143 shops.

In 1870, the Ryazan-Ural Railway passed through Tambov. The city becomes a major center of grain trade, enterprises for processing agricultural products, as well as small metalworking factories, appear. In 1913, about 2.4 thousand workers were employed at industrial enterprises in Tambov.

In 1920-21 in the city there was a headquarters for suppressing the uprising of peasants of the Tambov province under the leadership of A.S. Antonov.

Since 1928, Tambov has been part of the Central Chernozem Region, since 1934 - the Voronezh Region, since 1937 - the center of the Tambov Region.

In 1938, 3 districts were formed: Leninsky, Industrial and Central. 04/16/1940 The industrial district of Tambov was transformed into the independent city of Kotovsk. In 1953, the Industrial District was again formed - from parts of the Central and Leninsky districts. In 1959, the Central District of Tambov was abolished. In 1963, the Sovetsky district of Tambov was created.

In the 1960s Intensive industrial development of Tambov began.

Some numbers

Data sources:

Regions of Russia. Main characteristics of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation: statistical collection. Goskomstat of Russia. – M:, 2003. Regions of Russia. Basic socio-economic indicators of cities. Statistical collection. Rosstat. – M:, 2005. p. 78 Transport in Russia: Statistical collection. Goskomstat. – M:, 2003. pp. 112, 122 Transport in Russia: Statistical collection. Rosstat. – M:, 2005. pp. 119, 129 Regions of Russia. Basic socio-economic indicators of cities. 2006. Statistical collection. Rosstat. – M:, 2006. p. 78

Culture, science, education

Research Institute of Chemicals for Polymer Materials, Research Institute of Organic Intermediates and Dyes, All-Russian Research Institute of Rubber Engineering.

Institutes: chemical engineering, pedagogical, culture.

Theatres: drama, puppet theaters. Philharmonic.

Museum of Local Lore. Art Gallery. Museum-Estate of the Chicherins.

Museums, galleries, exhibition halls

House-Museum of G.V. Chicherina 392000, Tambov, st. Sovetskaya, 63 Phone(s): (4752) 72-4400, 72-6008 Tambov Regional Museum of Local Lore 392000, Tambov, st. Derzhavinskaya, 3 Telephone(s): (4752) 72-6313, 72-0669 fax: (4752) 72-0655 Tambov Regional Museum of the History of Medicine 392023, Tambov, st. Gogol, 6 Telephone(s): (4752) 75-1695 Tambov regional state cultural institution “Tambov Regional Art Gallery” 392000, Tambov, st. Sovetskaya, 97 Phone(s), 72-46-27

Architecture, sights

The city is located on the banks of the Tsna. Its historical center was formed on the left bank of the river. The right bank has almost no urban development and is occupied by forest parks, meadows and garden plots.

In 1781, a general plan with a radial street system was approved.

Church of the Intercession (1763-69), Kazan Church (1791), former Bishop's House (1791), Summer Church (1818), Transfiguration Cathedral (founded in 1694, rebuilt in 1797, expanded in 1839-40), main post office ( 1786), former theological seminary (1785-1805) with a new building (1825, now the Institute of Chemical Engineering), gymnasium (2 buildings, the first - 1825), Gostiny Dvor (1836-37), public library (1842), Alexander Institute of Nobles maidens (1843, in 1878 a new building was added; now the Pedagogical Institute), an orphanage (first half of the 19th century), a real school (second half of the 19th century, now a secondary school), a women's gymnasium (now the Institute for Advanced Medical Studies), a stable ( mid-19th century, in the courtyard there is a round arena), the Assembly of the Nobility (1897), the Naryshkin Reading Room (1892, now the Art Gallery), etc.

City Garden (founded in 1870, now the Park of Culture and Leisure).