Tsimlyansk

Tsimlyansk () is a town and the administrative center of Tsimlyansky District in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Don River, on the coast of Tsimlyansk Reservoir, northeast of Rostov-on-Don, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:

Key facts

Russian inhabited locality.en_name: Tsimlyansk
Russian inhabited locality.ru_name: Цимлянск
Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline: Цимлянская ГЭС.JPG
Russian inhabited locality.image_caption: Tsimlyansk Reservoir
Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position: bottom
Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject: Rostov Oblast
Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur: Tsimlyansky District
Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_jur: Tsimlyanskoye
Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_type: Urban settlement
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of1: Tsimlyansky District
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of2: Tsimlyanskoye Urban Settlement

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History
Administrative and municipal status
Geography
Climate
References
Notes
Sources

==History== It was founded in 1672 by the Don Cossacks as Ust-Tsimla (). Until 1950, it was known as the stanitsa of Tsimlyanskaya (). In 1950–1952, the stanitsa was resettled in the new location due to the construction of the Tsimlyansk Reservoir and the . It was granted town status in 1961.