Apastovo
Encyclopedia
Apastovo is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement
) and the administrative center of Apastovsky District
of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia
. Population: 4,566 (2002 Census
);
In 1992, the majority of the population was Tatar
.
-Ulyanovsk
auto route, 109 kilometres (67.7 mi) southwest of Kazan in the Sviyaga River
valley, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from the main channel, on a small stream named Tabarka, which is a tributary
of the Ulema River. Apastovo lies 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) from Karatun, the nearest train station.
It has been known since 1647 as Yenaleyevo .
Apastovo served as the administrative center of Apastovsky District in 1930–1963, and again since March 4, 1964. Urban-type settlement status was granted to Apastovo on September 9, 2004.
The industrial facilities in Apastovo include an industrial bakery
and a brick
factory.
The museum contains archaeological and paleontological finds in the area, including ancient tools, bone needles, stone hammers, a skull of a rhinoceros
, mammoth
teeth, and more. It also has a notable nostalgia collection of the district, just as documents and photographs from the 19th and 20th century and an insight into the ethnography and every day living of the Kazan Tatars. It has a collection of embroidered and homespun towels and the reassemblement of a peasant hut.
The Tatar educator, scholar, and compiler of the first Tatar Thesaurus, Validi Zamana (1887–1932) is mentioned in the museum. The museum also a fragments of weapons from the Civil War and exhibits of the Great Patriotic War, documenting the trenches that were built from October 1941 to February 1942 in the Apastovsky area by hand in the event of a breakthrough of the German army.
Urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union...
) and the administrative center of Apastovsky District
Apastovsky District
Apastovsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the forty-three in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. Its administrative center is the urban locality of Apastovo. District's population: 23,105 ; Population of Apastovo accounts for 23.8% of the district's population....
of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. Population: 4,566 (2002 Census
Russian Census (2002)
Russian Census of 2002 was the first census of the Russian Federation carried out on October 9 through October 16, 2002. It was carried out by the Russian Federal Service of State Statistics .-Resident population:...
);
In 1992, the majority of the population was Tatar
Tatars
Tatars are a Turkic speaking ethnic group , numbering roughly 7 million.The majority of Tatars live in the Russian Federation, with a population of around 5.5 million, about 2 million of which in the republic of Tatarstan.Significant minority populations are found in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan,...
.
Geography
Apastovo lies on the KazanKazan
Kazan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. With a population of 1,143,546 , it is the eighth most populous city in Russia. Kazan lies at the confluence of the Volga and Kazanka Rivers in European Russia. In April 2009, the Russian Patent Office granted Kazan the...
-Ulyanovsk
Ulyanovsk
Ulyanovsk The city is the birthplace of Vladimir Lenin , for whom it is named.-History:Simbirsk was founded in 1648 by the boyar Bogdan Khitrovo. The fort of "Simbirsk" was strategically placed on a hill on the Western bank of the Volga River...
auto route, 109 kilometres (67.7 mi) southwest of Kazan in the Sviyaga River
Sviyaga River
The Sviyaga is a river in the Ulyanovsk Oblast and Tatarstan, a right tributary of the Volga River. It has a length of 375 km. The area of the basin is 16,700 km². The Sviyaga River flows into the Sviyaga Cove of the Kuybyshev Reservoir, west of Kazan. It freezes up in November-December and stays...
valley, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from the main channel, on a small stream named Tabarka, which is a tributary
Tributary
A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean...
of the Ulema River. Apastovo lies 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) from Karatun, the nearest train station.
It has been known since 1647 as Yenaleyevo .
Apastovo served as the administrative center of Apastovsky District in 1930–1963, and again since March 4, 1964. Urban-type settlement status was granted to Apastovo on September 9, 2004.
The industrial facilities in Apastovo include an industrial bakery
Bakery
A bakery is an establishment which produces and sells flour-based food baked in an oven such as bread, cakes, pastries and pies. Some retail bakeries are also cafés, serving coffee and tea to customers who wish to consume the baked goods on the premises.-See also:*Baker*Cake...
and a brick
Brick
A brick is a block of ceramic material used in masonry construction, usually laid using various kinds of mortar. It has been regarded as one of the longest lasting and strongest building materials used throughout history.-History:...
factory.
Apastovsky Museum
The settlement contains the Apastovsky Museum, which was established on December 31, 1991 and opened on November 1, 1993.The museum contains archaeological and paleontological finds in the area, including ancient tools, bone needles, stone hammers, a skull of a rhinoceros
Rhinoceros
Rhinoceros , also known as rhino, is a group of five extant species of odd-toed ungulates in the family Rhinocerotidae. Two of these species are native to Africa and three to southern Asia....
, mammoth
Mammoth
A mammoth is any species of the extinct genus Mammuthus. These proboscideans are members of Elephantidae, the family of elephants and mammoths, and close relatives of modern elephants. They were often equipped with long curved tusks and, in northern species, a covering of long hair...
teeth, and more. It also has a notable nostalgia collection of the district, just as documents and photographs from the 19th and 20th century and an insight into the ethnography and every day living of the Kazan Tatars. It has a collection of embroidered and homespun towels and the reassemblement of a peasant hut.
The Tatar educator, scholar, and compiler of the first Tatar Thesaurus, Validi Zamana (1887–1932) is mentioned in the museum. The museum also a fragments of weapons from the Civil War and exhibits of the Great Patriotic War, documenting the trenches that were built from October 1941 to February 1942 in the Apastovsky area by hand in the event of a breakthrough of the German army.