Kotovsk

(until 1935, Birzula) a city and the center of Kotovsk Raion, Odessa Oblast, Ukrainian SSR; a railroad station on the Zhmerinka-Odessa line. Population, 36,000 (1970). Named in honor of G. I. Kotovskii, who is buried there.

Kotovsk has a sugar refinery, a winery, a creamery, an automobile repair shop, a wooden-box combine, a poultry combine, a furniture factory, and enterprises associated with the maintenance of railroad transport. It has a medical school, an agricultural school, and a vocational and technical school. The city is also the site of the G. I. Kotovskii Museum of History and Local Lore. Kotovsk was founded at the beginning of the 19th century.

(until 1940, part of the city of Tambov) a city in Tambov Oblast, RSFSR. Located on the right bank of the Tsna River, 18 km south of Tambov, with which it is connected by a railroad branch and by bus service. Population 33,000 (1970). Industries include plants producing plastics, varnishes and paints, building materials, and reinforced-concrete items, aswell as the Almaz Plant and factories for artificial leather and macaroni. Kotovsk is the site of a steam power plant. An industrial technicum is located there. The city is named in honor of G. I. Kotovskii.

a city (since 1965); the administrative center of Kotovsk Raion, Moldavian SSR. Located on the KogiPnik River 36 km from Kishinev, with which it is connected by highway. Population, 14,300 (1970). Industries include wine (in a plant belonging to the Viktoriia Sovkhoz-Factory), butter and cheese, asphalt and concrete, bricks, and clothing. A construction technicum is located in Kotovsk. The city is the cite of the house museum of G. I. Kotovskii.