Arsk

city Arsk Арск ( Russian ) Арча ( Tatar ) coat of arms Federal district Volga republic Tatarstan Rajon Arsk head Almas Nazirov City since 2008 population 18,114 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 100  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 84366 Post Code 422000-422002 License Plate 16, 116 OKATO 92 212 501 Website www.arsk.info Geographical location Coordinates 56 ° 6 '  N , 49 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 56 ° 5 '30 "  N , 49 ° 52' 30"  E

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Location in Tatarstan

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Arsk ( Russian Арск , Tatar Арча Arça ) is a city in the Republic of Tatarstan ( Russia ) with 18,114 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located in the Volga region about 60 kilometers (as the crow flies) northeast of the republic capital Kazan on the Kazanka River (Tatar Qazansu), which flows into the Volga in Kazan .

Arsk is the administrative center of the Arsk Raion of the same name .

In 2002, 85% of the population were Tatars , 13% Russians , the rest mainly Mordvins , Mari , Udmurten and Chuvashes .

history

Arsk was founded in the 13th, possibly in the 10th century at the latest, and was an important fortress of the Volga-Bulgarian Empire and later of the Kazan Khanate with earthen walls and stone walls. During the Moscow-Kazan Wars , the city was burned down by Russian troops in 1552.

After the defeat of Kazan and the annexation to Tsarist Russia , Arsk became a fortress again in 1606. In 1781 the town charter was granted as the administrative center of a Ujesds of the Kazan Governorate . However, the Ujesd was soon dissolved and divided between the neighboring Ujesden Kazan and Mamadysch . Arsk sank into insignificance as an "administration-free city" ("saschtatny gorod").

In 1926 Arsk lost its town charter and was henceforth a village. Thanks to the continuous opening of the Moscow – Kazan – Yekaterinburg railway line through Arsk in 1924, however, economic importance and population grew again in the following period.

In 1938 the status of an urban-type settlement was given, and on June 27, 2008 it was given town charter again.

Historical city arms (1781)

Population development

year	Residents
1897	1,237
1939	5,220
1959	7,519
1989	9,329
1989	11,376
1989	13,938
2002	17,211
2010	18,114

Note: census data

Culture and sights

There has been an art and literature museum in Arsk since 1995 .

Economy and Infrastructure

The city is located in the middle of an agricultural area. There are companies in the food and textile industries as well as in the construction industry.

Arsk is located on the Moscow – Kazan – Yekaterinburg railway (route km 854). This is where most of the suburban trains from Kazan to Yekaterinburg end. The regional road Kazan leads through the city to Malmysch an der Vjatka in the south of the neighboring Oblast Kirov .

Personalities

• Ğabdulla Tuqay (also Russianized Gabdulla Muchammedgafirowitsch Tukajew or Tukai , 1886–1913), poet, literary critic and publicist, is considered the founder of the modern Tatar literary language; born in the village of Koschlautsch (Quşlawıç) in today's Arsk district

Web links

Commons : Arsk  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Information website of the city and Arsk Raion (Russian, photos )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)
2. ↑ Order no. 3900-III GS  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   of the State Council (Government) of the Republic of Tatarstan, published in Respublika Tatarstan , June 28, 2008 (Russian)
3. ↑ Entry of the museum on the website museum.ru (Russian)