Sengiley
Sengiley (Russian: Сенгиле́й) is a town and the administrative center of Sengileyevsky District of Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of Kuybyshev Reservoir 72 kilometers (45 mi) south of Ulyanovsk. Population: 6,959 (2010 Census preliminary results);[1] 8,396 (2002 Census);[2] 10,366 (1989 Census).[3]
It was founded in 1666 as a defensive military outpost against nomadic raids. Several slobodas later formed around the outpost, and in the beginning of the 18th century the slobodas of Stanichnaya, Butyrskaya, and Vybornaya merged into the village of Pokrovskoye (Покро́вское), named for a Church of the Intercession (Russian: Це́рковь Покрова́). In 1780, it was reorganized into the town of Sengiley, named for its position on the river then of the same name (now Sengileyka, a tributary of the Volga), which comes from Erzya syang 'tributary' and lei 'river.'[4]
In 1925, Sengiley was demoted in status to a rural locality, but it was granted urban-type settlement status in 1925. Town status was granted again in 1943.
References
- ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2011). "Предварительные итоги Всероссийской переписи населения 2010 года (Preliminary results of the 2010 All-Russian Population Census)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis-2010.ru/results_of_the_census/results-inform.php. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
- ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). "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)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/1_TOM_01_04.xls. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
- ^ "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.)" (in Russian). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года (All-Union Population Census of 1989). Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. 1989. http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus89_reg.php. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
- ^ Е. М. Поспелов. "Географические названия мира" (Москва, 1998), p. 379.
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