Voronezh

Not to be confused with Voronizh.
For other uses, see Voronezh (disambiguation).

Voronezh
Воронеж
City[1]
Main building of the South Eastern Railway Administration
Main building of the South Eastern Railway Administration
Flag of Voronezh
Flag
Coat of arms of Voronezh
Coat of arms
Location of Voronezh
Map
Voronezh is located in Russia
Voronezh
Voronezh
Location of Voronezh
Voronezh is located in Voronezh Oblast
Voronezh
Voronezh
Voronezh (Voronezh Oblast)
Voronezh is located in European Russia
Voronezh
Voronezh
Voronezh (European Russia)
Coordinates: 51°40′18″N 39°12′38″E / 51.67167°N 39.21056°E / 51.67167; 39.21056
CountryRussia
Federal subjectVoronezh Oblast[1]
Founded1585[2] or much earlier[3]
City status since1585[4]
Government
 • BodyCity Duma
 • MayorVadim Kstenin
Area
[5]
 • Total
601 km2 (232 sq mi)
Elevation
154 m (505 ft)
Population
 • Estimate 
(2018)[6]
1,047,549
DemonymnoneEdit this on Wikidata
 • Subordinated toVoronezh Urban Okrug[1]
 • Capital ofVoronezh Oblast,[1] Voronezh Urban Okrug[1]
 • Urban okrugVoronezh Urban Okrug[7]
 • Capital ofVoronezh Urban Okrug[7]
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[8])
Postal code(s)[9]
394000–394095
Dialing code(s)+7 473[10]
OKTMO ID20701000001
City DayThird Saturday of September[11]
Websitewww.voronezh-city.ru

Voronezh[a] (/vəˈroʊnɪʃ, -ˈrɒn-/ və-ROH-nish, -⁠RO-; Russian: Воронеж, IPA: [vɐˈronʲɪʂ] ⓘ) is a city and the administrative centre of Voronezh Oblast in southwestern Russia straddling the Voronezh River, located 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) from where it flows into the Don River. The city sits on the Southeastern Railway, which connects western Russia with the Urals and Siberia, the Caucasus and Ukraine, and the M4 highway (Moscow–Voronezh–Rostov-on-Don–Novorossiysk). In recent years the city has experienced rapid population growth, rising in 2021 to 1,057,681,[12] up from 889,680 recorded in the 2010 Census,[14] making it the 14th-most populous city in the country.

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  3. ^ Воронеж может оказаться намного старше (in Russian). Вести. August 19, 2010. Archived from the original on September 13, 2014. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
  4. ^ "История". Voronezh-city.ru. Archived from the original on August 1, 2011. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
  5. ^ "База данных показателей муниципальных образований". Gks.ru. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  6. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
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  8. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  9. ^ "Каталог компаний, справочник компаний России: Желтые страницы России - Евро Адрес". E-adres.ru. Archived from the original on August 30, 2009. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
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  11. ^ "День города Воронеж 2015". Mir36.ru. Archived from the original on July 8, 2015. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  12. ^ a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service. Всероссийская перепись населения 2020 года. Том 1 [2020 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1] (XLS) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  13. ^ "Conférence régionale de la FAO pour l'Europe" (PDF). United Nations. April 2018.
  14. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.


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