Menselinsk

city Menselinsk Мензелинск ( Russian ) Минзәлә ( Tatar ) coat of arms Federal district Volga republic Tatarstan Rajon Menselinsk Founded 1586 City since 1781 surface 10  km² population 16,476 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1648 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 90  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 85555 Post Code 423700-423703 License Plate 16, 116 OKATO 92 240 501 Website www.menzelinsk.ru Geographical location Coordinates 55 ° 43 '  N , 53 ° 6'  E Coordinates: 55 ° 43 '0 "  N , 53 ° 6' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Tatarstan

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Menselinsk ( Russian Мензелинск ; Tatar Минзәлә Minzələ ) is a city in the Republic of Tatarstan ( Russia ) with 16,476 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located about 290 km east of the republic capital Kazan on the left bank of the Menselja not far from its former confluence with the Ik , which here, however, has formed the Nizhnekamsk reservoir together with the Kama since the late 1980s .

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

history

Menselinsk was built in 1652–1656 (according to other sources already 1584–1586) as a fortified settlement on the Menselja river, after which it was named. At the end of the 17th century it was the most important fortress along the Kama Line on the then border of Tsarist Russia . There are indications that there was a settlement here as early as the times of the Volga Bulgarian Empire (before the 12th century).

In 1781 the place received city rights as the administrative center of a district ( Ujesds ) of the Ufa governorate .

Old city coat of arms (1782)

View of Menselinsk across the dammed Menselja river

Population development

year	Residents
1897	7,552
1926	7,545
1939	10,937
1959	11,810
1970	15,868
1979	16,683
1989	15,223
2002	16,730
2010	16,476

Note: census data

Culture and sights

A number of buildings from the 19th century and a mosque from 1910 have been preserved in Menselinsk .

Here you will find a history and local museum as well as a memorial museum established in 1970 for the Tatar poet Musa Cälil , who stayed here in 1941.

economy

The city's economy is determined by the food and timber industries. The city is the center of an agricultural area.

Personalities

• Hâmit Zübeyir Koşay (1897–1984), Turkish archaeologist
• Rustam Tariko (* 1961), Russian "oligarch"

Web links

Commons : Menselinsk  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• City and Rajon Administration website (Russian)
• Menselinsk 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)