Simbirsk, Russian Empire

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Simbirsk, Russian Empire was a provincial city on the Volga River best known as the birthplace of revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative center
city
administrativeDivisionType uyezd center
coordinateLocation 54.3167°N 48.3667°E
country Russian Empire
economicActivity distilling
grain trade
leather industry
river shipping
foundedBy Aleksey Trubetskoy
Bogdan Khitrovo NERFINISHED
Ivan Khovansky
Ivan Repnin NERFINISHED
Prince Ivan Fyodorovich Baryatinsky
Prince Ivan Nikitich Odoevsky
Prince Semyon Prozorovsky
Prince Yuri Baryatinsky
Prince Yuri Dolgorukov
Prince Yuri Trubetskoy
Pyotr Ivanovich Miloslavsky NERFINISHED
Semyon Zmeev
Vasily Sheremetev
Yakov Cherkassky NERFINISHED
grantedTownStatus 1780
hadNotableResident Alexander Kerensky
Nikolai Karamzin
Vladimir Lenin
hadPopulation approximately 26,000 in 1856
approximately 43,000 in 1897
inception 1648
knownFor birthplace of Vladimir Lenin
provincial administrative center on the Volga River
languageOfName Russian
laterRenamed Ulyanovsk NERFINISHED
locatedIn Simbirsk Governorate NERFINISHED
locatedInHistoricalRegion Middle Volga
locatedInTimeZone UTC+3
locatedOnRiver Volga River
namedAfter Simbirsk fortress
nativeName Симбирск
partOf European Russia
Volga region
religion Russian Orthodoxy (majority)
renamedAfter Vladimir Lenin (Ulyanov)
significantEvent Pugachev's Rebellion
Russian Civil War
transport Volga River shipping routes
wasCapitalOf Simbirsk Governorate NERFINISHED

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Vladimir Lenin
birthPlace

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