Surovikino, Russia
Суровикино
Surovikino is a town of 20,677 people in Volgograd Oblast, Russia, founded in 1744.
Why visit Surovikino
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About Surovikino
Surovikino (Russian: Сурови́кино) is a town and the administrative center of Surovikinsky District in Volgograd Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Chir and Don Rivers (Tsimlyansk Reservoir), 154 kilometers (96 mi) west of Volgograd, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 20,533 (2010 census); 20,338 (2002 census); 18,336 (1989 Soviet census).
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Where to stay3
Гостиница, стоянка, душ
Motel and hotel · 2.8 km
Волгоград - Каменск-Шахтинский
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Shopping1
Gas and EV charging3
History
It was founded as a settlement around the Surovikino railway station, which opened in 1900. It was granted town status in 1966.
On August 23, 2024, Islamic State militants detained at a penal colony in the town seized control of the prison where they were being held, killing four guards and taking others hostage before being shot by responding FSB forces.
From the History section of Surovikino on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Map of Surovikino
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Getting there and nearby towns
Volgograd International Airport (VOG) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 111 km away.
- Oblivskaya 27 km west, about 27 min by car
- Nizhniy Chir 33 km southeast, about 33 min by car
- Kalach-na-Donu 50 km east, about 50 min by car
- Chernyshkovskiy 51 km southwest, about 51 min by car
- Oktyabr’skiy 70 km east, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Sovetskaya 70 km northwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Morozovsk 81 km west, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Kletskaya 80 km north, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Bereslavka 87 km east, about 1 h 30 min by car
- Novyy Rogachik 89 km east, about 1 h 30 min by car
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Surovikino 2019, Redboston, CC BY-SA 4.0
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