Michurinsk

• En Name — Michurinsk • Ru Name — Мичуринск • Map Label Position — right • Image Coa — Coat of Arms of Michurinsk (Tambov oblast) (2003).png • Image Flag — Flag_of_Michurinsk_(Tambov_oblast).png • Federal Subject — Tambov Oblast • Adm City Jur — town of oblast significance of Michurinsk • Adm Ctr Of1 — Michurinsky District • Adm Ctr Of2 — town of oblast significance of Michurinsk • Inhabloc Cat — Town • Urban Okrug Jur — Michurinsk Urban Okrug • Mun Admctr Of1 — Michurinsk Urban Okrug • Mun Admctr Of2 — Michurinsky Municipal District • Pop 2010census — 98758 • Pop 2010census Rank — 170th • Established Date — 1635 • Current Cat Date — 1779 Michurinsk is the second most populous town in Tambov Oblast, Russia. Population:

Originally known as Kozlov (Козло́в), its origin in a small monastery, founded in the forest in 1627. It became a settlement in 1635 at the northern end of the emerging Belgorod Line, a frontier defense line. A 25 km earthen wall was built eastward across the open steppe effectively blocking the Nogai Trail, a Tatar raiding route. The success of this line led to the building of further lines further south. The settlement was granted town status in 1779. Situated on the highway to Astrakhan and at the head of water communication with the Don, the town soon became a centre of trade. The town was renamed Michurinsk in 1932 after the biologist Ivan Michurin, who had developed a genetic laboratory and agricultural testing fields in the Tambov region, dedicated to pomology (the study of fruit growing) and selection.

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Michurinsk serves as the administrative center of Michurinsky District, even though it is not a part of it. As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the town of oblast significance of Michurinsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the town of oblast significance of Michurinsk is incorporated as Michurinsk Urban Okrug.

The town is home to Michurinsk air base.

• Sergei Sergeevich Brukhonenko (1890–1960), physician, biomedical scientist and technologist

Michurinsk is twinned with: • Munster, Germany • Smolyan, Bulgaria