Dimitrovgrad

Dimitrovgrad is a city in Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia. It is the authoritative focus of Melekessky District, in spite of the fact that it isn't inside the region and is an autonomous city. The city is situated in the Volga Region, at the intersection of the Melekesska River and the Bolshoy Cheremshan River, a tributary of the Volga River. Dimitrovgrad has a populace of 122,580 2010 Census, the second-biggest city in Ulyanovsk Oblast, after Ulyanovsk.

The city was established in 1714 as a town for laborers of the neighborhood distillery. By 1897 its populace had developed to 8,500, and in 1919 it was conceded town status. Until 1972, the city's name was Melekess, after the nearby Melekesska River which goes through the town. On July 15, 1972, Melekess was renamed to Dimitrovgrad, praising the after death 90th birthday celebration of Georgi Dimitrov, the main pioneer of the socialist People's Republic of Bulgaria.

The city's driving undertaking, found 6 km toward the south-west, is the nation's Federal Nuclear Research Institute. One of the foundation's eight nuclear reactors gives Dimitrovgrad locale warming. Close-by atomic research offices have been pinpointed by climate specialists as conceivable in charge of the baffling atomic cover over Europe. Dimitrovgrad's industry additionally incorporates a vehicle parts maker, a cover producing plant Kovrotex, and a compound preparing gear producer.