Dubovka, Volgograd Oblast
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Dubovka is a town and the administrative center of Dubovsky District
Dubovsky District, Volgograd Oblast
Dubovsky District, Volgograd Oblast is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 33 in Volgograd Oblast, Russia....

 of Volgograd Oblast
Volgograd Oblast
Volgograd Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Volgograd. Population: -Geography:*Area: 113,900 km²;*Borders length: 2221,9 km²....

, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

, located on the right bank of the Volga River
Volga River
The Volga is the largest river in Europe in terms of length, discharge, and watershed. It flows through central Russia, and is widely viewed as the national river of Russia. Out of the twenty largest cities of Russia, eleven, including the capital Moscow, are situated in the Volga's drainage...

 52 kilometres (32.3 mi) northeast of Volgograd
Volgograd
Volgograd , formerly called Tsaritsyn and Stalingrad is an important industrial city and the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. It is long, north to south, situated on the western bank of the Volga River...

. Population:

Dubovka was founded in 1732 as a fort of the same name. It had been home to the Volga Cossacks
Volga Cossacks
The Volga Cossacks were free Cossack communities, formed from among the runaway peasants along the Volga River in the 16th century in Russia.The Volga Cossacks participated in Yermak's conquest of Siberia...

since 1734. It was granted town status in 1803.
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