Kotovskoye Explained

Kotovskoye (ru|Котовское) is a rural locality (selo) in the Rasskazovsky District of Tambov Oblast, Russia.

Name

Before the name was changed to Kotovskoye, it was named the Russian Ganchesty.^[1]

In the 1950s, the village was given its present name in honor of Grigory Kotovsky, a prominent Soviet military leader and communist activist.

History

The village was founded in 1744 as Kobylenka (Russian: Кобыленка).^[2] According to the Second Audit of 1744, the village was settled by the migrants from nearby Koptevo and Zderevaya. According to the Audit, the village population was 152.

Kotovskoye developed when multiple Jews immigrated to Bessarabia (see History of the Jews in Bessarabia).

Demographics

Jew population

In 1925, 203 Jews were merchants, 94 were artisans, and 21 were farmers.^[3]

During the Holocaust, the Jew population was killed when Nazi German forces went through the area.

Population by year

Amount of Jews living in Kotovskoye by year!1847!1897!1930

2,228

372

1,521

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hancesti. 2020-08-29. Museum of the Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot. Tel Aviv, Israel.
2. Н. В. Муравьёв. Избранные краеведческие труды. Том 1. "Из истории возникновения населённых пунктов Тамбовской области". Центрально-Чернозёмное книжное издательство. Воронеж, 1989.
3. Web site: Kotovskoye. 2020-08-29. Encyclopedia.com.