Chapayevsk

Chapayevsk
Чапаевск
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Chapayevsk
Location of Chapayevsk
Chapayevsk
Chapayevsk (Samara Oblast)
Coordinates: 52°59′N 49°43′E / 52.983°N 49.717°E / 52.983; 49.717
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSamara Oblast
Founded1908
Elevation
50 m (160 ft)
Population
 • Total
72,689
 • Estimate 
(2021)
70,228 (−3.4%)
 • Rank217th in 2010
 • Subordinated totown of oblast significance of Chapayevsk
 • Capital oftown of oblast significance of Chapayevsk
 • Urban okrugChapayevsk Urban Okrug
 • Capital ofChapayevsk Urban Okrug
Time zoneUTC+4 (MSK+1 )
Postal code
446100–446116
OKTMO ID36750000001

Chapayevsk (Russian: Чапа́евск) is a town in Samara Oblast, Russia, located 40 kilometers (25 mi) from the city of Samara, on the right bank of the Chapayevka River (a tributary of the Volga River). Population: 72,692 (2010 census); 73,912 (2002 census); 97,984 (1989 Soviet census).

It was previously known as Ivashchenkovo (until 1927), Trotsk (after Leon Trotsky until 1929).