Barabash () is a rural locality (
village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
), the administrative center of the
Barabashsky Rural Settlement, part of the
Khasansky District
Khasansky District () is an administrativeLaw #161-KZ and municipalLaw #187-KZ district (raion), one of the twenty-two in Primorsky Krai, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the krai, wedged between the Tumen River and the Peter the Great ...
in
Primorsky Krai
Primorsky Krai, informally known as Primorye, is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (a krais of Russia, krai) of Russia, part of the Far Eastern Federal District in the Russian Far East. The types of inhabited localities in Russia, ...
in Russia.
History
Barabash was founded in 1884 and was named after infantry general and senator
, then-chairman of a commission on the delineation of the Russo-Chinese border. In 1937, Barabashky District was created with its center in the village, but on 7 May 1947 was replaced by Khasansky District when the district center moved to
Khasan.
From 1955 until 2012,
Barabash was the location of the headquarters of the
17th Guards Rifle Division and its successor formations.
Demographics
According to the
Russian Census of 2010, Barabash had 5,691 inhabitants, including 3,983 men (70%) and 1,708 women (30%).
According to the
Russian Census of 2002
The 2002 Russian census () was the first census of the Russian Federation since the Dissolution of the Soviet Union, dissolution of the Soviet Union, carried out on October 9 through October 16, 2002. It was carried out by the Goskomstat, Russian ...
, it had 3,691 inhabitants, including 2,023 men (54.8%) and 1,668 women (45.2%).
Notable people
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Viktor Suvorov
Vladimir Bogdanovich Rezun (; ; born 20 April 1947), known by his pseudonym of Viktor Suvorov (), is a former Soviet GRU officer who is the author of non-fiction books about World War II, the GRU and the Soviet Army, as well as fictional books ...
(born 1947), writer and Soviet GRU defector
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Oleg Belokonev (born 1965), Belarusian general and military leader
See also
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Barabas (disambiguation)
Barabas, an alternative spelling of Barabbas, may refer to:
;People:
*Miklós Barabás, the Hungarian painter
*Tom Barabas, American-Hungarian pianist/keyboardist
*Sari Barabas, a Hungarian operatic soprano
*A. P. Barabas, a British surgeon, a name ...
*
Barabash Barabash is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Yakiv Barabash (died 1658), Zaporozhian Cossack ataman
* Tatyana Barabash (1950–2001), Soviet/Russian speed skater See also
*Barabas (disambiguation)
Barabas, an alternative spelli ...
(disambiguation), surname
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Barbash (disambiguation), surname
References
Citations
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Rural localities in Primorsky Krai