Apastovo

Apastovo (English)
Апастово (Russian)
Апас (Tatar)
-  Urban-type settlement[1]  -
Work settlement[2]

Location of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia
Apastovo
Location of Apastovo in the Republic of Tatarstan
Coordinates: 55°12′15″N 48°30′16″E / 55.20417°N 48.50444°ECoordinates: 55°12′15″N 48°30′16″E / 55.20417°N 48.50444°E
Administrative status (as of 2009)
Country Russia
Federal subject Republic of Tatarstan[2]
Administrative district Apastovsky District[2]
Administrative center of Apastovsky District[2]
Municipal status (as of November 2008)
Municipal district Apastovsky Municipal District[3]
Urban settlement Apastovo Urban Settlement[3]
Administrative center of Apastovsky Municipal District[4]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 5,145 inhabitants[5]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[6]
[7] 17th century
Urban-type settlement status since September 9, 2004[1]
Postal code(s)[8] 422350
Dialing code(s) +7 84376

Apastovo (Russian: Апастово; Tatar Cyrillic: Апас, Latin: Apas) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Apastovsky District of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. Population: 5,145 (2010 Census);[5] 4,566 (2002 Census);[9] 3,903 (1989 Census).[10]

In 1992, the majority of the population was Tatar.[7]

Geography

Apastovo lies on the Kazan-Ulyanovsk auto route, 109 kilometers (68 mi) southwest of Kazan[7] in the Sviyaga River valley,[11] 5 kilometers (3.1 mi) from the main channel, on a small stream named Tabarka, which is a tributary of the Ulema River. Apastovo lies 11 kilometers (6.8 mi) from Karatun, the nearest train station.[7]

It has been known since 1647 as Yenaleyevo (Еналеево).

Apastovo served as the administrative center of Apastovsky District in 1930–1963, and again since March 4, 1964.[7] Urban-type settlement status was granted to Apastovo on September 9, 2004.[1]

The industrial facilities in Apastovo include an industrial bakery and a brick factory.[7]

Apastovsky Museum

The settlement contains the Apastovsky Museum, which was established on December 31, 1991 and opened on November 1, 1993.

The museum contains archaeological and paleontological finds in the area, including ancient tools, bone needles, stone hammers, a skull of a rhinoceros, mammoth teeth, and more.[12] It also has a notable nostalgia collection of the district, just as documents and photographs from the 19th and 20th century and an insight into the ethnography and every day living of the Kazan Tatars.[12] It has a collection of embroidered and homespun towels and the reassemblement of a peasant hut.[12]

The Tatar educator, scholar, and compiler of the first Tatar Thesaurus, Validi Zamana (1887–1932) is mentioned in the museum.[12] The museum also a fragments of weapons from the Civil War and exhibits of the Great Patriotic War, documenting the trenches that were built from October 1941 to February 1942 in the Apastovsky area by hand in the event of a breakthrough of the German army.[12]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Государственный Совет Республики Татарстан. Постановление №320-III ГС от 9 сентября 2004 г. «Об отнесении села Апастово Апастовского района Республики Татарстан к категории посёлка городского типа». Опубликован: "Ведомости Государственного Совета Татарстана", №8-9, ст. 531, 2004. (State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan. Resolution #320-III GS of September 9, 2004 On Granting the Selo of Apastovo of Apastovsky District of the Republic of Tatarstan the Status of the Urban-Type Settlement. ).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Государственный комитет Российской Федерации по статистике. Комитет Российской Федерации по стандартизации, метрологии и сертификации. №ОК 019-95 1 января 1997 г. «Общероссийский классификатор объектов административно-территориального деления. Код 92 210 (551)», в ред. изменения №243/2014 от 18 апреля 2014 г.. (State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation. Committee of the Russian Federation on Standardization, Metrology, and Certification. #OK 019-95 January 1, 1997 Russian Classification of Objects of Administrative Division . Code 92 210 (551), as amended by the Amendment #243/2014 of April 18, 2014. ).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Law #8-ZRT, Article 2
  4. ↑ Law #8-ZRT, Article 1
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 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.
  6. ↑ 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.).
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 Академия наук Республики Татарстан. Институт татарской энциклопедии (1997). Населённые пункты Республики Татарстан. Краткий справочник. Казань. p. 56.
  8. ↑ Russian Post. Apastovo (Russian)
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ Апастовский район (in Russian). Infotatcenter. Retrieved 2010-03-05.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 Апастовский краеведческий музей (in Russian). Museums of Russia. Archived from the original on April 12, 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-05.

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