Bolgar, Spassky District, Republic of Tatarstan

Bolgar (in English)
Болгар (Russian)
Болгар (Tatar)
-  Town[1]  -

Location of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia
Bolgar
Location of Bolgar in the Republic of Tatarstan
Coordinates: 54°58′27″N 49°01′51″E / 54.97417°N 49.03083°E / 54.97417; 49.03083Coordinates: 54°58′27″N 49°01′51″E / 54.97417°N 49.03083°E / 54.97417; 49.03083
Coat of arms
Administrative status (as of March 2015)
Country Russia
Federal subject Republic of Tatarstan[1]
Administrative district Spassky District[1]
Administrative center of Spassky District[1]
Municipal status (as of November 2014)
Municipal district Spassky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Bolgar Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Spassky Municipal District,[2] Bolgar Urban Settlement[2]
Statistics
Area (~1997) 8.0 km2 (3.1 sq mi)[3]
Population (2010 Census) 8,650 inhabitants[4]
Density 1,081/km2 (2,800/sq mi)[5]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[6]
Founded 1781[7]
Previous names Spassk (until 1926),[7]
Spassk-Tatarsky (until 1935),[7]
Kuybyshev (until 1991)[7]
Postal code(s)[8] 422840, 422869
Dialing code(s) +7 84347
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Bolgar (Russian: Болгар; Tatar: Cyrillic Болгар, Latin Bolğar) is a town and the administrative center of Spassky District in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located on the left bank of the Volga River, 140 kilometers (87 mi) from Kazan. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 8,650.[4]

History

View of the Bolghar hill fort

The excavated monuments of the medieval capital of Volga Bulgaria, Bolghar, are within easy reach from the town. The modern town of Spassk (Спасск) was formed from the village of Spassk (Chertykovo) on the bank of Bezdna River in 1781.[7] It was renamed Spassk-Tatarsky (Спасск-Татарский) in 1926, then Kuybyshev Куйбышев), in honor of Valerian Kuybyshev, in 1935, before getting its present name in 1991.[7] It served as a district administrative center since 1930.[3]

In 1953, due the construction of Kuybyshev Reservoir and flooding of the original Spassk, the town was moved from the place of its foundation[3] closer to historical Bolghar.

Administrative and municipal status

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

Economy

As of 1997, the town's industrial enterprises included a meat factory, a bakery, a brewery, a clothing factory, and a forestry farm.[3] The nearest railway station is Cherdakly on the Ulyanovsk–Ufa line, 71 kilometers (44 mi) south of Bolgar.[3]

Demographics

Bolgar population
2010 Census 8,650[4]
2002 Census 8,655[9]
1989 Census 8,397[10]
1979 Census 8,383[11]

As of 1989, the population was ethnically mostly Russian (83.4%), Tatar (12.9%), and Chuvash (2.1%).[3]

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Order #01-02/9
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #40-ZRT
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Inhabited Localities of the Republic of Tatarstan, p. 246
  4. 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.
  5. ↑ The value of density was calculated automatically by dividing the 2010 Census population by the area specified in the infobox. Please note that this value may not be accurate as the area specified in the infobox does not necessarily correspond to the area of the entity proper or is reported for the same year as the population.
  6. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 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 #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Энциклопедия Города России. Moscow: Большая Российская Энциклопедия. 2003. p. 61. ISBN 5-7107-7399-9.
  8. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in 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. ↑ "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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