Agryz

Agryz (English)
Агрыз (Russian)
-  Town[1]  -

Location of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia
Agryz
Location of Agryz in the Republic of Tatarstan
Coordinates: 56°31′19″N 52°59′51″E / 56.52194°N 52.99750°E / 56.52194; 52.99750Coordinates: 56°31′19″N 52°59′51″E / 56.52194°N 52.99750°E / 56.52194; 52.99750
Administrative status (as of February 2014)
Country Russia
Federal subject Republic of Tatarstan[1]
Administrative district Agryzsky District[1]
Administrative center of Agryzsky District[1]
Municipal status (as of July 2008)
Municipal district Agryzsky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Agryz Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Agryzsky Municipal District,[2] Agryz Urban Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 19,300 inhabitants[3]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
Founded 1915[5]
Town status since 1938
Dialing code(s) +7 85551

Agryz (Russian: Агрыз; Tatar: Cyrillic Әгерҗе, Latin Ägerce) is a town and the administrative center of Agryzsky District in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located on the Izh River (Volga's basin), 304 kilometers (189 mi) east of Kazan. Population: 19,300 (2010 Census);[3] 18,620 (2002 Census);[6] 19,732 (1989 Census).[7]

History

It was founded as a settlement around Agryz railway station (which opened in 1915)[5] due to the construction of the Kazan–Yekaterinburg railway. It was granted town status in 1938.

Agryz was one of the residence centers of the Udmurt Jews, who spoke the Udmurt Idiom (Udmurtish) of Yiddish.[8]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Agryz serves as the administrative center of Agryzsky District, to which it is directly subordinated.[1] As a municipal division, the town of Agryz is incorporated within Agryzsky Municipal District as Agryz Urban Settlement.[2]

Notable people

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Order #01-02/9
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #14-ZRT
  3. 1 2 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  4. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  5. 1 2 Энциклопедия Города России. Moscow: Большая Российская Энциклопедия. 2003. p. 13. ISBN 5-7107-7399-9.
  6. ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  7. ↑ Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  8. ↑ Altyntsev A.V., "The Concept of Love in Ashkenazim of Udmurtia and Tatarstan", Nauka Udmurtii. 2013. № 4 (66), p. 131. (Алтынцев А.В., "Чувство любви в понимании евреев-ашкенази Удмуртии и Татарстана". Наука Удмуртии. 2013. №4. С. 131: Комментарии.) (Russian)

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