Millerovo Миллерово | |
|---|---|
_6.jpg) | |
.gif) Coat of arms | |
 Interactive map of Millerovo | |
  Millerovo Location of Millerovo Show map of Rostov Oblast.svg) Millerovo Millerovo (European Russia) Show map of European Russia Millerovo Millerovo (Russia) Show map of Russia | |
| Coordinates:48°55′N40°23′E / 48.917°N 40.383°E /48.917; 40.383 | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Rostov Oblast[1] |
| Administrative district | Millerovsky District[1] |
| Urban settlementSelsoviet | Millerovskoye[1] |
| Founded | 1786 |
| Town status since | 1926 |
| Elevation | 130 m (430 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 36,499 |
| • Capital of | Millerovsky District,[1] Millerovskoye Urban Settlement[1] |
| • Municipal district | Millerovsky Municipal District[3] |
| • Urban settlement | Millerovskoye Urban Settlement[3] |
| • Capital of | Millerovsky Municipal District,[3] Millerovskoye Urban Settlement[3] |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK  [4]) |
| Postal codes[5] | 346130–346132, 346134, 346139 |
| OKTMO ID | 60632101001 |
| Website | www |
Millerovo (Russian:Ми́ллерово,Ukrainian:Міллерово) is atown and theadministrative center ofMillerovsky District inRostov Oblast,Russia, close to the border with Ukraine. Population36,499 (2010 census);[2]38,498 (2002 census);[6]37,346 (1989 Soviet census).[7]
It was founded in 1786 and named after its founder, the army officer Ivan Abramovich Müller, who set up a farm estate after he received vacant land by the river deep in the Decree of theEmpressCatherine the Great on February 14, 1786.[8] At the end of the 19th century, it became an important railway hub.
Facilities were built to process a large part of agricultural products coming from the areas of theupper Don andUkraine to send to the central provinces of Russia. It was granted town status in 1926.[9]
DuringWorld War II, in July 1942, an encirclement of Soviet troops byWehrmacht forces occurred around the town as part of the GermanCase Blue, resulting in around 50,000 Soviet soldiers being captured.[10] Conversely, in December 1942 the Soviets encircled retreating German and Italian units under the command of GeneralHans Kreysing in the city. Millerovo was liberated on January 16, 1943, after the remaining Axis troops broke through the encirclement towards the west.
On 25 February 2022, during theRussian invasion of Ukraine, theMillerovo air base was reportedly hit by a UkrainianTochka-U missile. Neither the Ukrainian nor Russian authorities commented on the report.[11]
.jpg)
Within theframework of administrative divisions, Millerovo serves as theadministrative center ofMillerovsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Millerovsky District asMillerovskoyeUrban Settlement.[1] As amunicipal division, this administrative unit also has urban settlement status and is a part of Millerovsky Municipal District.[3]
The basis of the town's economy isfood grain.
TheMillerovo military airfield is located 5 kilometers (3.1 mi) northwest of the town. At the airfield was stationed the headquarters of the16th Guards Fighter Aviation Division after its withdrawal from Germany in 1993 until 1998. Also until 2009, the19th Nikopol Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (19 Gv IAP)—a part of the 51st Air Defense Corps of the4th Army of Air Force and Air Defense—was stationed there. The regiment was reorganized in 2009 as the 6969th Air Base, a part of the 7th Brigade of Military-Space Defense.MiG-29 fighters of both the former 19th GvIAP and the 31st Fighter Air Regiment, previously disbanded inZernograd, are located at the airfield.
