Place:Engels, Saratov, Russia

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NameEngels
Alt namesEngel'ssource: Rand McNally Atlas (Reprinted 1994) I-53
Pokrovsksource: Times Atlas of World History (1993) p 94
Pokrovskaya Slobodasource: Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 274
Энгельсsource: Wikipedia
TypeCity or town
Coordinates51.483°N 46.117°E
Located inSaratov, Russia     (1700 - )
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Engels, formerly known as Pokrovsk and Kosakenstadt, is a city in Saratov Oblast, Russia. It is a port located on the Volga River across from Saratov, the administrative center of the oblast, and is connected to it with a bridge. It is the second-largest city in Saratov Oblast with a population of . Historically an important center for Volga Germans, the city was known jointly as Pokrovsk in Russian and as Kosakenstadt in German, until it was renamed after Friedrich Engels in 1931. Engels served as the capital of the Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic from 1918 to 1941.

It was previously known as Pokrovskaya sloboda (until 1914), Pokrovsk (until 1931).

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