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Simbirsk

54°19N 48°22E, pop (2000e) 665 000. River-port in WC European Russia; founded as a fortress, 1648; airfield; railway; machinery, metalworking, leatherwork, footwear, vodka; birthplace of Lenin; renamed after his family name, Ulyanov; Palace of Books (1847).

Ulyanovsk
Federal subject Ulyanovsk Oblast
Mayor Sergey Yermakov, since 2004
Coordinates 54°19′N 48°22′E
Area 316.9 km²
Population 635,947; 19th largest city in Russia
Founded 1648
City since 1796
Time zone UTC +3
Calling Code 7 8422
Ethnic structure Russians (70%), Tatars, Chuvash, Mordva
Climate Moderately continental; snow on the ground from late October to mid-April
Average temperature of June +19°C
Average temperature of January −12°C
Annual precipitation 400 mm
City Day June 12
Sister city Krefeld, Germany
For the Soviet aircraft carrier, see Soviet aircraft carrier Ulyanovsk. The Kuybyshev hydroelectric plant was built 200 km south of Ulyanovsk in 1955–1957, flooding significant territories north and south of Ulyanovsk and increasing the width of Volga by up to 25–35 km in some places, 3–6 km near Ulyanovsk.

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