Mamadysh

city Mamadysch Мамадыш ( Russian ) Мамадыш ( Tatar ) coat of arms Federal district Volga republic Tatarstan Rajon Mamadysh mayor Rustam Kalimullin Founded 14th Century City since 1781 surface 15  km² population 14,435 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 962 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 60  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 85563 Post Code 422190-422192 License Plate 16, 116 OKATO 92 238 501 Website www.mamadysh.ru Geographical location Coordinates 55 ° 42 ′  N , 51 ° 24 ′  E Coordinates: 55 ° 42 ′ 0 ″  N , 51 ° 24 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Tatarstan

List of cities in Russia

Mamadysch ( Russian Мамадыш ; Tatar Мамадыш Mamadış ) is a city in the Republic of Tatarstan ( Russia ) with 14,435 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located about 170 km east of the republic capital Kazan on the right bank of the Vyatka not far from its confluence with the Kama .

Mamadysh is the administrative center of the raion of the same name .

history

Mamadysh originated as a Tatar village named after the first settler. Russians began to settle here in the 17th century , and the village was given the additional name of Troitskoye after the Trinity Church was built (in Russian, Troitskaya zerkow ) .

In 1781 town charter was granted as the administrative center of a district ( Ujesds ).

Population development

year	Residents
1897	4,195
1939	7,696
1959	9,023
1970	9,663
1979	10,326
1989	11,835
2002	13,509
2010	14,435

Note: census data

View of Mamadysh

Culture and sights

The city has a local museum. In the Rajon there is another local museum in Takanysh village . In the village of Tulbajewo there is a memorial museum and library for the Tatar poet and writer Şäixi Mannur (1905–1980), who was born there, and a museum for the Tatar composer Farit Jarullin (1914–1943) in the village of Malyje Suni .

In a letter to the folklorist and writer Pavel Golochvastov , Lev Tolstoy wrote in 1876 about the picturesque city of Mamadysh, situated on the Vyatka : “ You will not believe it! I would rather live in Mamadysch than in Naples, Rome, Venice ... "

economy

Mamadysch is the center of the shoe and textile industry (e.g. cotton fabrics).

Web links

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

• Official City and Rajon Portal (Russian)
• Mamadysch on mojgorod.ru (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)