Simbirsk

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Simbirsk is a historic Russian city on the Volga River, best known today as Ulyanovsk, the birthplace of Vladimir Lenin and other notable political figures.

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Surface form Occurrences
city of Simbirsk 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former city name
historical city
associatedWithIdeology Russian revolutionary movement (through Lenin)
birthplaceOf Alexander Kerensky NERFINISHED
Ivan Goncharov NERFINISHED
Nikolai Karamzin NERFINISHED
Vladimir Lenin NERFINISHED
country Russian Empire
countryAtTimeOfFoundation Tsardom of Russia NERFINISHED
economicBaseHistorical agriculture
crafts
trade
ethnicCompositionHistoricalCore Russians NERFINISHED
ethnicCompositionHistoricalMinorities Chuvash NERFINISHED
Tatars NERFINISHED
foundationPurpose fortress on the Volga frontier
foundedBy Bogdan Khitrovo NERFINISHED
foundedUnderRuler Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich NERFINISHED
hadStatus guberniya capital
hasLegacyIn Ulyanovsk historical center NERFINISHED
historicalArchitectureType Orthodox churches
wooden buildings
historicalFunction fortress city
provincial administrative center
languageMajorityHistorical Russian
locatedIn Russia
locatedInAdministrativeRegion Ulyanovsk Oblast NERFINISHED
locatedInHistoricalRegion Volga region NERFINISHED
locatedOn right bank of the Volga River
locatedOnRiver Volga River NERFINISHED
namedAfter Simbirka River NERFINISHED
notableAs birthplace of Alexander Kerensky
birthplace of Vladimir Lenin
birthplace of other Russian political figures
partOfHistoricalEntity Volga trade route NERFINISHED
presentDayName Ulyanovsk NERFINISHED
region European Russia NERFINISHED
religionHistoricallyDominant Russian Orthodoxy NERFINISHED
successorAdministrativeEntity Ulyanovsk NERFINISHED
sufferedEvent major fire in the 19th century
topographicFeature Volga Upland escarpment NERFINISHED
transportRoleHistorical river port on the Volga
wasAdministrativeCenterOf Simbirsk Governorate NERFINISHED
Simbirsk Uyezd NERFINISHED
wasPartOf Kazan Governorate (earlier period) NERFINISHED
Simbirsk Province NERFINISHED
wasRenamedAs Ulyanovsk NERFINISHED

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city of Ulyanovsk named after his family formerName Simbirsk
subject surface form: Ulyanovsk
Ilya Ulyanov residence Simbirsk
Simbirsk fortress locatedIn Simbirsk
Simbirsk fortress coreOf Simbirsk
Simbirsk fortress coreOf Simbirsk
this entity surface form: city of Simbirsk