Uryupinsk, Russia
Урюпинск
Uryupinsk is a town of 41,644 people in Volgograd Oblast, Russia, founded in 1618.
Why visit Uryupinsk
Townapedia lists 22 museums and landmarks, 10 parks and trails, 23 places to eat, 4 places to stay and 1 attraction in and around town.
Weather in Uryupinsk
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About Uryupinsk
Uryupinsk (Russian: Урю́пинск) is a town in Volgograd Oblast, Russia, located 340 kilometers (210 mi) northwest of Volgograd on the Khopyor River. Population: 41,590 (2010 census); 41,960 (2002 census); 42,954 (1989 Soviet census).
From the Wikipedia article Uryupinsk (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Things to do1
МАУК "Урюпинский городской центр культуры"
Cinema and theater · 1.6 km
29 улица Гагарина
Museums and landmarks22
10 more on the map.
Parks, trails and playgrounds10
Restaurants and cafes23
Веранда
Restaurant · Regional · 1.7 km
4 Красноармейская улица, Урюпинск
11:00-22:00
Метелица
Bar and pub · 1.8 km
32 переулок Попова
Mo-Su 09:00-21:00; Fr,Sa 09:00-23:00
11 more on the map.
History
Founded in the late 14th–early 15th century as Uryupin, it was a border outpost of the Principality of Ryazan, populated by Don Cossacks. Since 1857, it is the stanitsa Uryupinskaya and home of Pokrovskaya Fair, a center for trade on the southeastern side of the East European Plain. It was renamed Uryupinsk and granted town status in 1929.
According to the alphabetical list of settlements of the Donskoy Army region in 1915: 5,782 men and 6,316 women lived in the village, the land allotment of the village amounted to 25,354 tithes of land, the office of the district ataman, the district zemsky council, the district leader of the nobility, the postal and telegraph office, a real school, a women's gymnasium, a city school, a women's 4th grade a school, two two-class schools, two parish schools, a military craft school, a district hospital, a committee of the Russian Red Cross Society, a fire brigade, a commercial and industrial mutual credit society, the Ust-Medveditsky District Court, investigators of three sites, a notary, a prison and other officials and institutions
In 1921, the village was incorporated into the Tsaritsyn province. Since 1928, it has been the administrative center of the Uryupinsky district of the Khopersky district (abolished in 1930) The Lower Volga Region
From the History section of Uryupinsk on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where to stay4
Churches and places of worship7
Вознесенская часовня
Church · Russian Orthodox · 1.6 km
40 улица Гагарина, Урюпинск
Сергиевская церковь
Church · Russian Orthodox · 1.9 km
7 Красноармейская улица, Урюпинск
Shopping26
Gas and EV charging6
Schools, colleges and libraries32
Кадесткая Урюпинская школа имени Генерал-лейтенанта С.И.Горшкова
School · 2.0 km
5 улица 50 лет Победы, Урюпинск
МАОУ "Лицей" городского округа город Урюпинск
School · 0.8 km
61 Советская улица, Урюпинск
Healthcare13
Противотуберкулезное отделение
Clinic and pharmacy · 0.9 km
11 улица Лизы Чайкиной
Map of Uryupinsk
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Getting there and nearby towns
- Novonikolayevskiy 31 km northeast, about 31 min by car
- Novokhopërsk 42 km northwest, about 42 min by car
- Povorino 47 km north, about 47 min by car
- Nekhayevskaya 48 km southwest, about 48 min by car
- Novoanninskiy 56 km southeast, about 56 min by car
- Alekseyevskaya 59 km south, about 59 min by car
- Borisoglebsk 63 km north, about 1 h by car
- Yelan’-Koleno 67 km northwest, about 1 h by car
- Gribanovskiy 72 km north, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Yelan’-Kolenovskiy 72 km northwest, about 1 h 15 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
- Intercession Church Uryupinsk, Алексей Мыцыков, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Uryupinsk 004, nordprod, Public domain
- Uryupinsk 039, nordprod, Public domain
- Uryupinsk 032, nordprod, Public domain
- 50 Let Pobedy street 7, Uryupinsk, Комитет государственной охраны объектов культурного наследия Волгоградской области, CC BY 4.0
- Uryupino station 01, Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
- ISS053-E-402340 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS053-E-418361 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS053-E-402341 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS053-E-418362 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- Памятник Козе в Урюпинске - panoramio, Anton Nossik, CC BY 3.0
- Площадь Ленина в Урюпинске - panoramio, Anton Nossik, CC BY 3.0
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