Yavas

Yavas (English)
Явас (Russian)
Яваз (Moksha)
-  Urban-type settlement[1]  -
Work settlement[1]

Location of the Republic of Mordovia in Russia
Yavas
Location of Yavas in the Republic of Mordovia
Coordinates: 54°25′N 42°51′E / 54.417°N 42.850°E / 54.417; 42.850Coordinates: 54°25′N 42°51′E / 54.417°N 42.850°E / 54.417; 42.850
Administrative status (as of September 2014)
Country Russia
Federal subject Republic of Mordovia[1]
Administrative district Zubovo-Polyansky District[1]
Work Settlement Yavas Work Settlement[1]
Administrative center of Yavas Work Settlement[1]
Municipal status (as of May 2012)
Municipal district Zubovo-Polyansky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Yavasskoye Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Yavasskoye Urban Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 7,941 inhabitants[3]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
Postal code(s)[5] 431160
Yavas population
2010 Census 7,941[3]
2002 Census 7,964[6]
1989 Census 8,345[7]
1979 Census 4,705[8]

Yavas (Russian: Явас; Moksha: Яваз) is an urban locality (a work settlement) in Zubovo-Polyansky District of the Republic of Mordovia, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 7,941.[3]

History

It was founded as the headquarters of the Temlag Corrective Labor Camp of the Gulag system. In modern Russia, it continues to be a part of the penitentiary system.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the work settlement of Yavas, together with three rural localities, is incorporated within Zubovo-Polyansky District as Yavas Work Settlement (an administrative division of the district).[1] As a municipal division, Yavas Work Settlement is incorporated within Zubovo-Polyansky Municipal District as Yavasskoye Urban Settlement.[2]

Notable people

It is a birthplace of the Soviet/Russian cosmonaut Vladimir Dezhurov (1962).

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Law #7-Z
  2. 1 2 3 4 Law #12-Z
  3. 1 2 3 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. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  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. ↑ "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 г. Национальный состав населения по регионам России. (All Union Population Census of 1979. Ethnic composition of the population by regions of Russia.)". Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 года (All-Union Population Census of 1979) (in Russian). Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. 1979. Retrieved 2008-11-25.

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