Sarai (Ryazan)

Urban-type settlement Sarai Сараи coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Ryazan Rajon Sarajevsky head Yuri Shalybin First mention 1640 Urban-type settlement since 1960 population 5802 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 120  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 49148 Post Code 391870 License Plate 62 OKATO 61 240 551 Website admsarai.ru Geographical location Coordinates 53 ° 43 '  N , 41 ° 0'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 43 '15 "  N , 40 ° 59' 30"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Ryazan Oblast

Sarai ( Russian Сара́и ) is an urban-type settlement in Ryazan Oblast in Russia with 5802 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is about 130 km as the crow flies southeast of the Ryazan Oblast Administrative Center on the left bank of the Wjorda, a left tributary of the Para .

Sarai is the administrative center of the Sarajewski Rajons as well as the seat and only locality of the municipality Sarajewskoje gorodskoje posselenije.

history

The place was first mentioned in 1640. In the course of the second half of the 19th century in particular, it gained some economic importance after passing the railway line Ryashsk  - Syzran and in 1905 it became the seat of a Volost of Ujezd Saposhok in the Ryazan governorate .

Since July 12, 1929 Sarai has been the administrative seat of a Rajon named after him. In 1960 the place received the status of an urban-type settlement.

Population development

year	Residents
1905	3225
1939	6479
1959	5160
1970	6513
1979	6929
1989	7996
2002	6604
2010	5802

Note: from 1939 census data

traffic

In Sarai, the station is located at kilometer 377 Wjorda at opened on that section 1867 on the railway line ( Moscow  -) Ryazhsk - Penza  - Syzran.

The settlement is located on the regional road 61K-015 from Saposhok to Shazk , where there is a 50 km north-west connection to the federal trunk road M5 Ural Moscow - Samara  - Chelyabinsk . The 61K-041 branches off to the west in the direction of Ucholowo .

Personalities

• Albert Sjomin (* 1937), agricultural scientist
• Ernst Safonow (1938–1994), writer, journalist and publicist

Web links

• Official website of the municipal administration (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)