Kropotkin (; until 1921 Romanovsky, , ) is a town in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located on the right bank of the Kuban River.
History It was founded as Romanovsky khutor in the late 18th century, and was renamed Kropotkin in honor of the natural scientist, geographer and revolutionary anarchist Prince Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin on 4 February 1921, when it was granted town status. Population: 70,000 (1972); 42,000 (1939); 30,954 (1926) According to the 1926 census, the population was 52.1% Russian, 35.5% Ukrainian, 4.6% Armenian, 2.7% Belarusian, 0.8% Tatar, 0.7% German and 0.6% Polish.
Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the Town of Kropotkin—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.Reference Information #34.01-707/13-03 As a municipal division, the Town of Kropotkin is incorporated within Kavkazsky Municipal District as Kropotkinskoye Urban Settlement.
Transportation The town's railway station is named Kavkazskaya.
Notable people
Marcos Grigorian, art gallery owner Gennady Kovalev, boxer Irina Pershina, swimmer Tatyana Kostyrina, World War II sniper Vladimir Tumanov, legal scholar Yuri Zhuravlyov, football player
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