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Volsk (Russian: Вольск) is a town in Saratov Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Volga River, opposite the mouth of the Bolshoy Irgiz (a tributary of the Volga), 147 kilometers (91 mi) northeast from Saratov, the administrative center of the oblast. As of the 2021 Census, its population was 55,035.
It was founded in 1699 as the sloboda of Malykovka (Малыковка) and was granted town status and renamed Volgsk (Волгск) in 1780. In the 19th century, the name gradually changed to a more pronounceable "Volsk". After the October Revolution of 1917, Volsk became a major center of cement production.
On the morning of 28 May 2019. 15-year-old seventh-grader Daniil Pulkin threw two Molotov cocktails and hit a 12-year-old girl on the head with an axe, after which he fled the scene of the crime. The attacker was detained the same day.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Volsk serves as the administrative center of Volsky District, even though it is not a part of it. As an administrative division, it is, together with the work settlement of Kleny and three rural localities, incorporated separately as the town of oblast significance of Volsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the town of oblast significance of Volsk is incorporated within Volsky Municipal District as Volsk Urban Settlement.
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