Privolnoye
Привольное | |
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 Privolnoye church | |
Location of Privolnoye | |
  Privolnoye Location of Privolnoye  Privolnoye Privolnoye (Stavropol Krai) | |
| Coordinates: 45°55′10″N 41°18′20″E / 45.91944°N 41.30556°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Stavropol Krai[1] |
| Administrative district | Krasnogvardeysky District[1] |
| Founded | 1848 |
| Population | |
| • Total | 3,350 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [2]) |
| Postal code(s)[3] | 356050, 356051 |
| OKTMO ID | 07630425101 |
Privolnoye (Russian: Приво́льное, tr. Privólʹnoye, IPA: [prʲɪˈvolʲnəjə]) is a rural locality (a selo) in Krasnogvardeysky District of Stavropol Krai, Russia, located on the Yegorlyk River. Population: 3,350 (2010 Census);[1] 3,491 (2002 Census).[4]
History
A paternal family house in Privolnoye was the birthplace of former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev.
Notable people
- Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1985–1991), President of the Soviet Union (1990–1991) was born on 2 March 1931 in Privolnoye. As a child, Gorbachev (1931-2022) grew up in the aftermath of the Soviet famine of 1932–1933. He recalled in a memoir that "In that terrible year [in 1933] nearly half the population of my native village, Privolnoye, starved to death, including two sisters and one brother of my father."[5]
Notable places
At Krasnogvardeiskoye, a village 15 kilometers from Privolnoye, in the modest three-story building displays a metal plaque commemorates Gorbachev's former high school.[6]
In popular culture
- Vitaly Mansky's 2001 documentary Gorbachev: After Empire[6]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 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.
- ↑ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
- ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
- ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
- ↑ Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev (2006). "Manifesto for the Earth: action now for peace, global justice and a sustainable future". CLAIRVIEW BOOKS. p.10. ISBN 1-905570-02-3
- 1 2 "In Gorbachev's Hometown, Clues To The Enduring Power Of Soviet Nostalgia". www.rferl.org. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
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