Tatarsk, Novosibirsk Oblast

Tatarsk (Тата́рск; Татарка, Tatarka) is a town in Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia, located 457 km west of Novosibirsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:   31,000 (1974).

History
It was founded in 1911 by merging the settlements of Staraya Tatarka (Старая Татарка) and Stantsionny (Станционный). It was granted town status in 1925.

Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Tatarsk serves as the administrative center of Tatarsky District, even though it is not a part of it. As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the Town of Tatarsk —an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, Tatarsk is incorporated within Tatarsky Municipal District as Tatarsk Urban Settlement.