Volsk

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title: "Volsk" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cities-and-towns-in-saratov-oblast", "volsky-uyezd", "populated-places-established-in-1699", "populated-places-on-the-volga", "1699-establishments-in-russia"] description: "Town in Saratov Oblast, Russia" topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volsk" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Town in Saratov Oblast, Russia ::

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Field	Value
en_name	Volsk
ru_name	Вольск
image_skyline	Троицкий_собор_в_городе_Вольске,_Саратовская_область.jpg
image_caption	Trinity Church in Volsk
coordinates
map_label_position	top
image_coa	Coat of Arms of Volsk (Saratov oblast).png
federal_subject	Saratov Oblast
federal_subject_ref
adm_city_jur	town of oblast significance of Volsk
adm_city_jur_ref
adm_ctr_of1	Volsky District
adm_ctr_of1_ref
adm_ctr_of2	town of oblast significance of Volsk
adm_ctr_of2_ref
inhabloc_cat	Town
inhabloc_cat_ref
mun_district_jur	Volsky Municipal District
mun_district_jur_ref
urban_settlement_jur	Volsk Urban Settlement
urban_settlement_jur_ref
mun_admctr_of1	Volsky Municipal District
mun_admctr_of1_ref
mun_admctr_of2	Volsk Urban Settlement
mun_admctr_of2_ref
pop_2010census	66508
pop_2010census_rank	234th
pop_2010census_ref
established_date	1699
established_date_ref
current_cat_date	1780
current_cat_date_ref
postal_codes	412900–412906, 412909, 412911, 412913, 412916, 412918, 412919, 412921
dialing_codes	84593
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Volsk () is a town in Saratov Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Volga River, opposite the mouth of the Bolshoy Irgiz (a tributary of the Volga), 147 km northeast from Saratov, the administrative center of the oblast. As of the 2021 Census, its population was 55,035.

History

It was founded in 1699 as the sloboda of Malykovka (Малыковка) and was granted town status and renamed Volgsk (Волгск) in 1780. In the 19th century, the name gradually changed to a more pronounceable "Volsk". After the October Revolution of 1917, Volsk became a major center of cement production.

2019 Volsk school attack

Main article: 2019 Volsk school attack

On the morning of 28 May 2019. 15-year-old seventh-grader Daniil Pulkin threw two Molotov cocktails and hit a 12-year-old girl on the head with an axe, after which he fled the scene of the crime. The attacker was detained the same day.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Volsk serves as the administrative center of Volsky District, even though it is not a part of it. As an administrative division, it is, together with the work settlement of Kleny and three rural localities, incorporated separately as the town of oblast significance of Volsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the town of oblast significance of Volsk is incorporated within Volsky Municipal District as Volsk Urban Settlement.

References

Notes

Sources

References

1. Charter of Saratov Oblast
2. Law #78-ZSO
3. {{ru-pop-ref. 2010Census
4. {{ru-pop-ref. 2002Census
5. {{ru-pop-ref. 1989Census
6. {{ru-pop-ref. 1979Census
7. "численность населения россии, федеральных округов, субъектов российской федерации, городских округов, муниципальных районов, муниципальных округов, городских и сельских поселений, городских населенных пунктов, сельских населенных пунктов с населением 3000 человек и более".
8. (2003). "Энциклопедия Города России". Большая Российская Энциклопедия.
9. (25 May 2019). "7th grader who attacked school attempts to commit suicide". Crime Russia.
10. (28 May 2019). "Russian Teenager Attacks Classmate With Axe, Cites Past School Shootings – Reports". The Moscow Times.
11. {{OKATO reference. 63 211
12. {{OKATO reference. 63 413
13. Law #21-ZSO
14. Law #86-ZSO

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