Menzelinsk also spelled Minzala or Minzele, is a town in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia

Russia

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, located on the Menzelya River

Menzelya River

The Menzelya is a river in Tatarstan, Russian Federation, a former left-bank tributary of the Ik River, now falls into the Nizhnekamsk Reservoir. Its length is 147 km and its drainage basin is 2,120 km². It origins 2 km west of Novy Menzelyabash, Sarmanovsky District, Tatarstan.Major tributaries...

 (Kama

Kama River

Kama is a major river in Russia, the longest left tributary of the Volga and the largest one in discharge; in fact, it is larger than the Volga before junction....

's basin

Drainage basin

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), 292 kilometres (181.4 mi) east of Kazan

Kazan

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...

. Population: 15,800 (1973). Russians account for 49.3% of the town's population, while Tatars

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,...

 comprise 46.8%.

It was founded in 1584–1586 and was granted status of a town of Ufa Province in 1781. It is served by Menzelinsk Airport

Menzelinsk Airport

- Location :Menzelinsk is an airport in Russia located 3 km west of Menzelinsk, in the Kama river valley. It is a civilian airfield with small tarmac.-Menzelinsk dropzone:...

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