Bataysk

Bataysk

Батайск
Bataysk Батайск
City
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	Bataysk Location of Bataysk Bataysk Bataysk (Rostov Oblast)
	Coordinates: 47°10′N 39°44′E / 47.167°N 39.733°E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Rostov Oblast
Founded	1769
City status since	1938
Government
• Mayor	Valery Putilin
Elevation	5 m (16 ft)
Population (2010 Census)
• Total	111,843
• Estimate (1 January 2024)	124,987 (+11.8%)
• Rank	141st in 2010
Administrative status
• Subordinated to	Bataysk Urban Okrug
• Capital of	Bataysk Urban Okrug
Municipal status
• Urban okrug	Bataysk Urban Okrug
• Capital of	Bataysk Urban Okrug
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK )
Postal codes	346880-346884, 346886-346889, 346892-349894
Dialing code	+7 86354
OKTMO ID	60707000001
Website	www.батайск-официальный.рф

Bataysk (Russian: Бата́йск) is a city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) southwest of Rostov-on-Don. Population: 126,988 (2021 census); 111,843 (2010 census); 107,438 (2002 census); 91,930 (1989 Soviet census).

History

It was founded in 1769, and was granted town status in 1938.^{[citation needed]} The reconstructed Church of the Ascension was built between 1990 and 2006. The Church of the Life-Giving Trinity (Bataysk), destroyed in 1937, was reconstructed in 2013. The former Bataysk air base is located nearby.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as Bataysk Urban Okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, this administrative unit also has urban okrug status.

Trivia

Bataysk has gained international attention since unveiling a "monument that shows a man's hand gripping a nubile female breast", which officials say "will bring family happiness to men who touch it".

Arts and culture

Libraries

Maxim Gorky Central State Library
Nadezhda Krupskaya Central State *Children's Library
Mayakovsky Library
Chekhov Library
Pushkin Library
Leo Tolstoy Library
Lermontov Library
Esenin Library
Nekrasov Library
Turgenev Library

Places of culture

MBUC "City center of culture and leisure"
MBUC "Bataysk History Museum"
Cinema "Illuzion"

Monuments

There is a statue of Lenin on the central square
Train memorial - "to commemorate revolutionary, military and labour glory of Bataysk railway workers"
Memorial
Memorial
There is a stela with MiG-15 in the Aviators park.
Breast statue
Monument of the A.Pushkin and his wife N.Goncharova - placed on the Kirov street in 2013.
First World War memorial - placed on the Privokzalnaya sq. in 2014.
Sculpture "Bears" - opened in 2019 in the city park
Monument to Andrew the Apostle

The Bataysk City day is celebrated on the last Sunday of September.

Notable people

Alexey Petrovich Maresyev

Sister city

Sremski Karlovci, Serbia

References

Notes

1 2 3 4 5 Law #340-ZS
1 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.
1 2 3 Law #235-ZS
↑ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service. Всероссийская перепись населения 2020 года. Том 1 [2020 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1] (XLS) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
↑ 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).
↑ 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.
↑ "Благочиния и приходы -Батайское благочиние -Приходы -Вознесенский храм г. Батайска -История прихода". rostoveparhia.ru. Archived from the original on July 15, 2018. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
↑ "Батайск, Церковь Троицы Живоначальной". Соборы.ру (in Russian). Retrieved June 28, 2026.
↑ "ABC News Australia". "Russian town puts breasts on a pedestal.". Archived from the original on July 14, 2008. Retrieved July 14, 2008.

Sources

Законодательное Собрание Ростовской области. Закон №340-ЗС от 25 июля 2005 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Ростовской области», в ред. Закона №270-ЗС от 27 ноября 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в областной Закон "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Ростовской области"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Наше время", №187–190, 28 июля 2005 г. (Legislative Assembly of Rostov Oblast. Law #340-ZS of July 28, 2005 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Rostov Oblast, as amended by the Law #270-ZS of November 27, 2014 On Amending the Oblast Law "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Rostov Oblast". Effective as of the official publication date.).
Законодательное Собрание Ростовской области. Закон №235-ЗС от 27 декабря 2004 г. «Об установлении границы и наделении статусом городского округа муниципального образования "Город Батайск"». Вступил в силу 1 января 2005 г. Опубликован: "Наше время", №339, 29 декабря 2004 г. (Legislative Assembly of Rostov Oblast. Law #235-ZS of December 27, 2004 On Establishing the Border and Granting Urban Okrug Status to the Municipal Formation of the "City of Bataysk". Effective as of January 1, 2005.).

External links

Official website of Bataysk (in Russian)
Directory of organizations in Bataysk (in Russian)

[Ref133-1] 1 2 3 4 5 Law #340-ZS

[2010Census-2] 1 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.

[Ref865-3] 1 2 3 Law #235-ZS

[vremeni-4] "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.

[PostalCode-5] Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)

[2021Census-6] Russian Federal State Statistics Service. Всероссийская перепись населения 2020 года. Том 1 [2020 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1] (XLS) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.

[PopCensus-7] 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).

[Census1989-8] 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.

[9] "Благочиния и приходы -Батайское благочиние -Приходы -Вознесенский храм г. Батайска -История прихода". rostoveparhia.ru. Archived from the original on July 15, 2018. Retrieved August 24, 2017.

[10] "Батайск, Церковь Троицы Живоначальной". Соборы.ру (in Russian). Retrieved June 28, 2026.

[11] "ABC News Australia". "Russian town puts breasts on a pedestal.". Archived from the original on July 14, 2008. Retrieved July 14, 2008.

v t e Administrative divisions of Rostov Oblast
Administrative center: Rostov-on-Don • Rural localities
Districts	Aksaysky Azovsky Bagayevsky Belokalitvinsky Bokovsky Chertkovsky Dubovsky Kagalnitsky Kamensky Kasharsky Konstantinovsky Krasnosulinsky Kuybyshevsky Martynovsky Matveyevo-Kurgansky Millerovsky Milyutinsky Morozovsky Myasnikovsky Neklinovsky Oblivsky Oktyabrsky Orlovsky Peschanokopsky Proletarsky Remontnensky Rodionovo-Nesvetaysky Salsky Semikarakorsky Sholokhovsky Sovetsky Tarasovsky Tatsinsky Tselinsky Tsimlyansky Ust-Donetsky Verkhnedonskoy Vesyolovsky Volgodonskoy Yegorlyksky Zavetinsky Zernogradsky Zimovnikovsky
Cities and towns	Aksay Azov Bataysk Belaya Kalitva Donetsk Gukovo Kamensk-Shakhtinsky Konstantinovsk Krasny Sulin Millerovo Morozovsk Novocherkassk Novoshakhtinsk Proletarsk Rostov-on-Don Salsk Semikarakorsk Shakhty Taganrog Tsimlyansk Volgodonsk Zernograd Zverevo
Urban-type settlements	Gluboky Gorny Kamenolomni Sholokhovsky Uglerodovsky Ust-Donetsky

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National	United States
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Bataysk Батайск
City
View of Bataysk
Flag Coat of arms
Interactive map of Bataysk
Bataysk Location of Bataysk Show map of Russia Bataysk Bataysk (Rostov Oblast) Show map of Rostov Oblast
Coordinates: 47°10′N 39°44′E / 47.167°N 39.733°E / 47.167; 39.733
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Rostov Oblast
Founded	1769
City status since	1938
Government
• Mayor	Valery Putilin
Elevation	5 m (16 ft)
Population (2010 Census)
• Total	111,843
• Estimate (1 January 2024)	124,987 (+11.8%)
• Rank	141st in 2010
Administrative status
• Subordinated to	Bataysk Urban Okrug
• Capital of	Bataysk Urban Okrug
Municipal status
• Urban okrug	Bataysk Urban Okrug
• Capital of	Bataysk Urban Okrug
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK )
Postal codes	346880-346884, 346886-346889, 346892-349894
Dialing code	+7 86354
OKTMO ID	60707000001
Website	www.батайск-официальный.рф