Staraya Maina

Urban-type settlement Staraya Maina Старая Майна flag Federal district Volga Oblast Ulyanovsk Rajon Staromainski First mention 1670 Earlier names Bogoyavlenskoye Urban-type settlement since 1967 population 6521 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 60  m Time zone UTC + 4 Telephone code (+7) 84230 Post Code 433460 License Plate 73, 173 OKATO 73 242 551 Geographical location Coordinates 54 ° 36 '  N , 48 ° 56'  E Coordinates: 54 ° 36 '30 "  N , 48 ° 55' 45"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Ulyanovsk Oblast

Staraja Maina ( Russian Ста́рая Ма́йна ) is an urban-type settlement in the Ulyanovsk Oblast in Russia with 6521 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is about 50 km as the crow flies northeast of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Administrative Center on the left bank of the Kuibyshev reservoir of the Volga at the confluence of the Maina .

Staraya Maina is the administrative center of the Rajons Staromainski and seat and only town of the municipality Staromainskoje gorodskoje posselenije.

history

The place was first mentioned in connection with the construction of a 1,670 ostrogs documented, after the river than Mainski ostrog referred. The year is also considered the year of foundation. However, an Orthodox monastery had already been built in the period 1655–1661 , which was called Epiphany Monastery (Russian Bogojawlenski monastyr ), and the place accordingly Bogojawlenskoje. Today's name, which stands for "Old Maina", was established later, as a demarcation from Nowaja Maina ("New Maina") located 75 km south-east near today's Dimitrovgrad (formerly Melekess ). From the end of the 18th century the village belonged to the Ujesd Stavropol (today Tolyatti ) of the Samara Governorate .

In 1928 Staraja Maina was the first administrative seat of a newly created Rajon named after him (the Rajon was dissolved in 1930–1935 and 1963–1965). On April 7, 1967, it received urban-type settlement status.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	4311
1939	4948
1959	4873
1970	4505
1979	5151
1989	6633
2002	6988
2010	6521

Note: census data

traffic

The settlement is located on the regional road 73K-1428, which begins in the neighboring district of Cherdakly , about 30 km away, on the Ulyanovsk - Dimitrovgrad - Samara road and follows the eastern bank of the Kuibyshev reservoir; from Staraja Maina to the border of the Republic of Tatarstan , there in the direction of Bolgar .

The nearest train station is in Tscherdakly on the Insa  - Ulyanovsk - Tschischmy (- Ufa ) line.

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)
2. ↑ Story on an unofficial website of the place (Russian)