Kovylkino

Kovylkino (Russian: Ковы́лкино; Moksha: Лашма ош, Lašma oš) is a town in the Republic of Mordovia, Russia, located 116 kilometers (72 mi) southwest of Saransk on the left bank of the Moksha River (a tributary of the Oka). Population: 21,307 (2010 Census);^[2] 21,873 (2002 Census);^[6] 21,615 (1989 Soviet census).^[7]

Kovylkino Ковылкино
Town[1]
Other transcription(s)
• Moksha	Лашма ош
Train station at Kovylkino
Coat of arms
Location of Kovylkino
Kovylkino Location of Kovylkino Show map of Russia Kovylkino Kovylkino (Republic of Mordovia) Show map of Republic of Mordovia
Coordinates: 54°02′25″N 43°55′17″E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Mordovia[1]
Founded	1892
Town status since	1960
Elevation	140 m (460 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	21,307
Administrative status
• Subordinated to	town of republic significance of Kovylkino[1]
• Capital of	Kovylkinsky District,[1] town of republic significance of Kovylkino[1]
Municipal status
• Municipal district	Kovylkinsky Municipal District[3]
• Urban settlement	Kovylkino Urban Settlement[3]
• Capital of	Kovylkinsky Municipal District,[3] Kovylkino Urban Settlement[3]
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [4])
Postal code(s)[5]	431350–431355
OKTMO ID	89629101001

History

Town status was granted to it in 1960.^{[citation needed]}

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kovylkino serves as the administrative center of Kovylkinsky District, even though it is not a part of it.^[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with the settlement of Sosnovy Bor, incorporated separately as the town of republic significance of Kovylkino—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.^[1] As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Kovylkino is incorporated within Kovylkinsky Municipal District as Kovylkino Urban Settlement.^[3]

Infrastructure

The musical school

There are more than 150 enterprises and organisations, 2 churches and an estate of Insar's monastery, 5 secondary schools, a children's summer camp "Ryzhik", a children's sanatorium "Sosnoviy Bor" in Kovylkino today. There also are a creamery, an electromechanical factory, an affiliated society of Mordovian State University, a central district hospital, a House of Culture, a Museum of local lore, as well as special schools: a musical one, an arts one, and a sports one. Kovylkinsky Agraria-building college is a local branch of Mordovian State University.

Trade

• Magnit — 3 points of sale.
• Bristol — 2 points of sale.
• Euroset — 1 point of sale.
• Pyaterochka — 3 points of sale.
• Krasnoe & Beloe — 1 point of sale.
• Gorod'ok — 1 point of sale.

and other small points of sale.

Shopping centres:

• «Kouprey»
• «SpecMarket»
• «Rainbow» (Raduga/Радуга)

Factory

• JSC "Kirpich silikatnyi" (currently bankrupt)
• JSC "KEMF"

Internet and communication

Mobile operators: Rostelecom MTS Beeline MegaFon Tele2

Internet providers: Rostelecom TTK

Notable residents

• Mikhail Markin (born 1993), football player

References

Notes

1. Law #7-Z
2. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
3. Law #13-Z
4. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
5. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
6. Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
7. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.

Sources

• Государственное Собрание Республики Мордовия. Закон №7-З от 23 марта 1998 г. «О порядке решения вопросов административно-территориального устройства Республики Мордовия», в ред. Закона №44-З от 15 июня 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в пункт 25 Приложения к Закону Республики Мордовия "О порядке решения вопросов административно-территориального устройства Республики Мордовия"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Известия Мордовии", №54, 25 марта 1998 г. (State Assembly of the Republic of Mordovia. Law #7-Z of March 23, 1998 On the Procedures of the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Republic of Mordovia, as amended by the Law #44-Z of June 15, 2015 On Amending Item 25 of the Appendix to the Law of the Republic of Mordovia "On the Procedures of the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Republic of Mordovia". Effective as of the official publication date.).
• Государственное Собрание Республики Мордовия. Закон №13-З от 7 февраля 2005 г. «Об установлении границ муниципальных образований Ковылкинского муниципального района, Ковылкинского муниципального района и наделении их статусом сельского поселения, городского поселения и муниципального района», в ред. Закона №22-З от 12 марта 2010 г «О внесении изменений в Закон Республики Мордовия "Об установлении границ муниципальных образований Ковылкинского муниципального района, Ковылкинского муниципального района и наделении их статусом сельского поселения, городского поселения и муниципального района"». Вступил в силу по истечении 10 дней со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Известия Мордовии", №22-2, 16 февраля 2005 г. (State Assembly of the Republic of Mordovia. Law #13-Z of February 7, 2005 On Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations of Kovylkinsky Municipal District, of Kovylkinsky Municipal District, and on Granting Them the Status of a Rural Settlement, Urban Settlement, and Municipal District, as amended by the Law #22-Z of March 12, 2010 On Amending the Law of the Republic of Mordovia "On Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations of Kovylkinsky Municipal District, of Kovylkinsky Municipal District, and on Granting Them the Status of a Rural Settlement, Urban Settlement, and Municipal District". Effective as of the day which is 10 days after the day of the official publication.).