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Grigory Kotovsky, after whom the village is named

Kotovskoye (Russian: Котовское) is a rural locality (selo) in the Rasskazovsky District of Tambov Oblast, Russia.

Name

Before the name was changed to Kotovskoye, it was named the Russian Ganchesty.[1]

In the 1950s, the village was given its present name in honor of Grigory Kotovsky,[2] a prominent Soviet military leader and communist activist.

History

The village was founded in 1744 as Kobylenka (Кобыленка).[2] According to the Second Audit of 1744, the village was settled by the migrants from nearby Koptevo and Zderevaya.[2] According to the Audit, the village population was 152.[2]

Kotovskoye developed when multiple Jews immigrated to Bessarabia (see History of the Jews in Bessarabia).[1]

Demographics

Jew population

In 1925, 203 Jews were merchants, 94 were artisans, and 21 were farmers.[3]

During the Holocaust, the Jew population was killed when Nazi German forces went through the area.[1]

Population by year

Amount of Jews living in Kotovskoye by year[3]
1847 1897 1930
2,228 372 1,521

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Hancesti". Museum of the Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot. Tel Aviv, Israel. Retrieved 2020-08-29.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Н. В. Муравьёв. Избранные краеведческие труды. Том 1. "Из истории возникновения населённых пунктов Тамбовской области". Центрально-Чернозёмное книжное издательство. Воронеж, 1989.
  3. 1 2 "Kotovskoye". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2020-08-29.

Sources

Тамбовская областная Дума. Закон №72-З от 21 июня 1996 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Тамбовской области», в ред. Закона №544-З от 11 июня 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в статью 7 Закона Тамбовской области "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Тамбовской области"». Опубликован: "Тамбовская жизнь", №131, 1996 г. (Tambov Oblast Duma. Law #72-Z of June 21, 1996 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Tambov Oblast, as amended by the Law #544-Z of June 11, 2015 On Amending Article 7 of the Law of Tambov Oblast "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Tambov Oblast". ).

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