Kalininsk () is a town and the administrative center of Kalininsky District in Saratov Oblast, Russia, located on the Balanda River (Medveditsa's tributary), west of Saratov, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: .
History It was founded in 1680 as the village of Balanda (), named so after the Balanda River, whose name in turn is possibly derived from a dialectal word indicating the river's windiness.Pospelov, p. 30 In 1962, Balanda was granted town status and renamed Kalininsk after Mikhail Kalinin, a Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician.
Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kalininsk serves as the administrative center of Kalininsky District, to which it is directly subordinated.Law #78-ZSO stipulates that the borders of the administrative districts are identical to the borders of the municipal districts. The Law #94-ZSO, which describes the borders and the composition of Kalininsky Municipal District, lists the town of Kalininsk as a part of that municipal district. The Law #21-ZSO does not enumerate any administrative division types below the district level. As a municipal division, the town of Kalininsk is incorporated within Kalininsky Municipal District as Kalininsk Urban Settlement.Law #94-ZSO
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Е. М. Поспелов (Ye. M. Pospelov). "Имена городов: вчера и сегодня (1917–1992). Топонимический словарь." (City Names: Yesterday and Today (1917–1992). Toponymic Dictionary.) Москва, "Русские словари", 1993.
External links Official website of Kalininsk Kalininsk Business Directory