Kamskoye Ustye

Urban-type settlement Kamskoje Ustje Камское Устье ( Russian ) Кама Тамагы ( Tatar ) Federal district Volga republic Tatarstan Rajon Kamskoye Ustye head Nias Kamaliev First mention 1692 Earlier names Bogorodskoye (until 1925) Urban-type settlement since 1939 population 4482 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 84377 Post Code 422820-422821 License Plate 16, 116 OKATO 92 230 551 Geographical location Coordinates 55 ° 12 ′  N , 49 ° 16 ′  E Coordinates: 55 ° 12 ′ 0 ″  N , 49 ° 16 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Tatarstan

Kamskoje Ustje ( Russian Ка́мское У́стье ; Tatar Кама Тамагы / Kama Tamağı ) is an urban-type settlement in the Republic of Tatarstan ( Russia ) with 4482 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The settlement lies some 70 km (distance) south of the Republic capital Kazan on the high right bank of the Volga River opposite the mouth of its largest tributary Kama (Russian kamskoye ustye for Kamamündung ). The Volga, which is dammed up to the Kuibyshev reservoir , reaches a width of 12 km below Kamskoye Ustye, the Kama in front of the mouth - over 20 km. At Kamskoye Ustye, the left bank of the river protrudes like a foothill into the reservoir; the 134 meter high mountain called Lobatsch rises steeply 81 meters above the water level.

Kamskoye Ustye is the administrative center of the Kamskoye Ustye district of the same name . Almost 57% of the town's residents are Tatars , 43% Russians .

history

The place has its origins in the village of Bogorodskoje, which was founded at the beginning of the 17th century below the current settlement on the bank, which is now flooded by Lake Volga. It was first mentioned in 1692 as a property of the Metropolitan of Kazan and Svyashsk .

Because of its favorable location only a few kilometers above the mouth of the Kama, trade, supplying river shipping, ship repair and fishing developed here. From the end of the 18th century the village belonged to the Ujesd Tetjuschi of the Kazan Governorate .

Towards the end of the 19th century, the village was already known by its unofficial second name Kamskoje Ustye . During this time, up to 10,000 people stayed in Bogorodskoje every spring to take on ships or as towers after the ice on the Volga and Kama had melted .

On August 4, 1925, Kamskoje Ustje became the sole place name in place of the religiously “biased” Bogorodskoje (from Russian Bogorodiza for Mother of God ). In 1939 the place received the status of an urban-type settlement. When at the end of the 1950s the old districts located directly on the Volga ridge were flooded as a result of the damming of the Kuibyshev reservoir, the place further above was partially rebuilt.

Since 1994, Kamskoje Ustje has been a partner municipality of the city of Ludwigslust in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania .

Population development

The steep right bank of the Volga opposite the mouth of the Kama not far from Kamskoye Ustye

year	Residents
1897	1500
1939	4230
1959	4853
1970	4236
1979	4122
1989	4367
2002	4451
2010	4482

Note: Census data (1897 rounded)

Culture and sights

The main attraction is the high Volga with the Lobach Mountain and several natural caves in the steep slope (Jurjewskaja, Konnodolskaja). In Kamskoye Ustye there is the Rajon's local museum, opened in 1992.

A “holy spring” has been venerated nearby since the 19th century, with an Orthodox chapel next to it, which is currently being restored. A new mosque was built in 2000 .

Economy and Infrastructure

Kamskoye Ustye is the center of an agricultural area. The largest operation is a dairy. A gypsum quarry has been in operation at the Tenischewo settlement eight kilometers away since 1911 .

There is road access Volga upwards to the car ferry at Werchni Uslon against Kazan, down the Volga to the next town Tetyushi and in the neighboring Rajonzentrum Apastovo in the "hinterland", where with Karatun on the railway line (Kasan-) sviyazhsk - Ulyanovsk - Syzran about 70 kilometers the nearest train station is located. At the end of 2008 a new bus station was opened, from where three “ Marschrutkas ” (“ GAZellen ”) are to handle the local public transport.

The settlement has a pier for the Volga passenger shipping.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kamalijew on the Rajon website (Russian)
2. ↑ ^{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)
3. ↑ Bogorodskoje (3) in Brockhaus-Efron , around 1900
4. ↑ Kamskoje Ustje Local History Museum at museum.ru (Russian)
5. ↑ Announcement on the Rajon website (Russian)

Web links

• Kamskoye Ustye Raion on the official portal of the administrative structures of the Republic of Tatarstan (Russian)