Kotovskoye
Introduction Grigory Kotovsky, after whom the village is named'''Kotovskoye''' () is a rural locality (''selo'') in the Rasskazovsky District of Tambov Oblast, Russia.
Name Before the name was changed to Kotovskoye, it was named the Russian Ganchesty.In the 1950s, the village was given its present name in honor of Grigory Kotovsky, a prominent Soviet military leader and communist activist.
History The village was founded in 1744 as '''Kobylenka''' (). According to the Second Audit of 1744, the village was settled by the migrants from nearby Koptevo and Zderevaya. According to the Audit, the village population was 152.Kotovskoye developed when multiple Jews immigrated to Bessarabia (see ''History of the Jews in Bessarabia'').
Demographics === Jew population ===In 1925, 203 Jews were merchants, 94 were artisans, and 21 were farmers.During the Holocaust, the Jew population was killed when Nazi German forces went through the area.==== Population by year ====+Amount of Jews living in Kotovskoye by year1847189719302,2283721,521
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