Semikarakorsk (russian: Семикарако́рск) is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

and the

administrative center An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...

of Semikarakorsky District in Rostov Oblast,

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, located on the left bank of the

Don River The Don ( rus, Дон, p=don) is the fifth-longest river in Europe. Flowing from Central Russia to the Sea of Azov in Southern Russia, it is one of Russia's largest rivers and played an important role for traders from the Byzantine Empire. Its ...

, northeast of Rostov-on-Don, the administrative center of the

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. Population:

History

The ''

stanitsa A stanitsa ( rus, станица, p=stɐˈnʲitsə; uk, станиця, stanytsya) is a village inside a Cossack host ( uk, військо, viys’ko; russian: казачье войско, kazach’ye voysko, sometimes translated as "Cossack Ar ...

'' of Semikarakorskaya (), which was founded by the Don Cossacks, was known since 1672. The ''stanitsa'' changed its location frequently due to Don's flooding and finally was moved to its present location in 1845. It was granted

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

status in 1958 and town status in 1972.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Semikarakorsk serves as the

of Semikarakorsky District.Law #340-ZS As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Semikarakorsky District as Semikarakorskoye

Urban Settlement An Urban settlement is a concentrated settlement that is part of an urban area. It is an area with high density of human-created structures. *Municipal urban settlement, a type of subdivision such as Cape town in Western Cape *Urban settlement, ...

. As a municipal division, this administrative unit also has urban settlement status and is a part of Semikarakorsky Municipal District.Law #227-ZS

Notable residents

* Alibek Bashkayev (born 1989), judoka * Aleksandr Podbeltsev (born 1993), football player

References

Notes

Sources

* * {{Use mdy dates, date=September 2012 Cities and towns in Rostov Oblast Don Host Oblast