Ikrjanoje

Village Ikrjanoje Икряное Federal district Southern Russia Oblast Astrakhan Rajon Ikrjaninski head Alexander Sergeev Founded 1807 population 10,036 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 25  m below sea level Time zone UTC + 4 Telephone code (+7) 85144 Post Code 416370 License Plate 30th OKATO 12 220 820 001 Website mo.astrobl.ru/ikrjaninskijselsovet Geographical location Coordinates 46 ° 6 '  N , 47 ° 44'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 5 '45 "  N , 47 ° 44' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Astrakhan Oblast

List of large settlements in Russia

Ikrjanoje ( Russian Икряное ) is a village (selo) in Astrakhan Oblast in Russia with 10,036 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is in the Volga Delta about 40 km as the crow flies southwest of the Astrakhan Oblast Administrative Center . It is located on the right bank of the extreme right (western) of the great estuary arms of the Volga , Bachtemir. At Ikrjanoje this is connected to another flowing arm a few kilometers to the west, the Churdun.

Ikrjanoje is the administrative center Rajons Ikrjaninski and seat of the rural community selsowet (selskoje posselenije) Ikrjaninski, also belongs to the village Borkino (8 km southwest).

history

Settlements in the area of ​​today's village have been known since the middle of the 18th century. The actual place where it is today was created in 1807 after the lands were acquired by the Greek-born nobleman Iwan Varvakis . It got its name after the Ikrjanka watercourse there, whose name is derived from the Russian ikra for caviar , an important product of the region.

Since July 14, 1925, Ikrjanoje has been the administrative seat of a Rajon.

Population development

year	Residents
1877	594
1939	4,786
1959	5.111
1970	6,619
1979	7,957
1989	9,629
2002	9,925
2010	10,036

Note: census data from 1959

traffic

Ikrjanoje is on the R215 highway , which runs from Astrakhan, where the nearest train station is, along the northwestern bank of the Caspian Sea through eastern Kalmykia to the capital of Dagestan Makhachkala .

Web links

• Official website of the local government (Russian)

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)