Agryz

Agryz Агрыз
Town[1]
Other transcription(s)
• Tatar	Әгерҗе
Agryz railway station
Coat of arms
Location of Agryz
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Coordinates: 56°31′19″N 52°59′51″E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Tatarstan[1]
Administrative district	Agryzsky District[1]
Founded	1915[2]
Town status since	August 28,^[citation needed] 1938[2]
Elevation	90 m (300 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	19,300
Administrative status
• Capital of	Agryzsky District[1]
Municipal status
• Municipal district	Agryzsky Municipal District[4]
• Urban settlement	Agryz Urban Settlement[4]
• Capital of	Agryzsky Municipal District,[4] Agryz Urban Settlement[4]
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [5])
Postal code(s)[6]	422230, 422231, 422233, 422239
Dialing code(s)	+7 85551
OKTMO ID	92601101001

Agryz population

2010 Census	19,300[3]
2002 Census	18,620[7]
1989 Census	19,732[8]
1979 Census	20,137[9]

Agryz (Russian: Агры́з; Tatar: Әгерҗе, romanized: Ägerce) is a town and the administrative center of Agryzsky District in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located on the Izh River (Volga's basin), 304 kilometers (189 mi) east of Kazan. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 19,300.[3]

History

It was founded as a settlement serving the construction of the Kazan–Yekaterinburg railway.[2] It was granted town status on August 28,^[citation needed] 1938.[2]

Agryz was one of the residence centers of the Udmurt Jews, who spoke the Udmurt idiom of Yiddish (Udmurtish).[10]

Agryzhan Tatars

The Agryzhan spelled out Agrizhan Tatar or Agryjan (Indian form), were the Muslim descendants of 51 Indian Hindu Punjabi Khatri Merchant and one Indian Muslim trader from North India mostly from Khatri caste, primarily from the Punjab, but also from Indian Merchants of Sindh and Rajasthan from the Marwari people, who settled in Astrakhan between 1636 and 1725, and called Astrakhan Indians this Men married with Buddhist Kalmyks, with local Muslim Tatar and Orthodox Christian Russian women.[11] The families moved and lived then in the Agryz suburb and the descendants of these Indo-Turkic marriages were named after this suburb. The Agrizhan eventually assimilated with the Muslim Astrakhan Tatars. They speak Tatar and Russian, using Tatar natively and Russian as a secondary language. They know about their Indian Heritage. [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Agryz serves as the administrative center of Agryzsky District, to which it is directly subordinated.[1] As a municipal division, the town of Agryz is incorporated within Agryzsky Municipal District as Agryz Urban Settlement.[4]

Notable people

• Asaf Abdrakhmanov (1918–2000), naval figure, Hero of the Soviet Union

References

Notes

1. Order #01-02/9
2. Энциклопедия Города России. Moscow: Большая Российская Энциклопедия. 2003. p. 13. ISBN 5-7107-7399-9.
3. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
4. Law #14-ZRT
5. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
6. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
7. Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
8. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
9. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 г. Национальный состав населения по регионам России [All Union Population Census of 1979. Ethnic composition of the population by regions of Russia] (XLS). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 года [All-Union Population Census of 1979] (in Russian). 1979 – via Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics.
10. А.В. Алтынцев (A.V. Altyntsev). "Чувство любви в понимании евреев-ашкенази Удмуртии и Татарстана Archived March 21, 2017, at the Wayback Machine" (The Concept of Love as Understood by Ashkenazi Jews in Udmurtia and Tatarstan). "Наука Удмуртии", №4 (66), 2013 (in Russian)
11. Wanner, Michal (2012). "Indian Trading Community in Astrakhan in Context of Russian-Indian Relationship (1636–1725)" (PDF).
12. Dale, Stephen Frederic (August 10, 1994). Indian Merchants and Eurasian Trade, 1600-1750. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521525978.
13. Swami, Praveen (September 18, 2022). "Forgotten story of great Hindu merchants in Central Asia shows enterprise can defeat China".
14. Levi, Scott C. (May 10, 2002). "The Social Organization of the Indian Merchant Diaspora Beyond the Hindu Kush". The Indian Diaspora in Central Asia and Its Trade, 1550-1900. Brill. pp. 121–179. doi:10.1163/9789047401209_009. ISBN 9789047401209. S2CID 240712660 – via brill.com.
15. Ray, Rajat Kanta (1993). "Book Reviews : SUGATA BosE, ed., South Asia and World Capitalism, Oxford University Press, Delhi, 1990, xii + 405 pp., Rs. 325". The Indian Economic & Social History Review. 30: 116–118. doi:10.1177/001946469303000106. S2CID 143120153.
16. Kamalakaran, Ajay (September 12, 2014). "Early traces of Indian life in Russia". Russia Beyond.
17. Templates, Johny. "PUNJABI COLONY IN ASTRAKHAN (RUSSIA)".

Sources

• Министерство юстиции Республики Татарстан. Приказ №01-02/9 от 4 февраля 2014 г. «Об утверждении реестра административно-территориальных единиц и населённых пунктов в Республике Татарстан», в ред. Приказа №01-02/160 от 11 марта 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в Приказ Министерства юстиции Республики Татарстан от 04.02.2014 №01-02/9 "Об утверждении реестра административно-территориальных единиц и населённых пунктов в Республике Татарстан"». Опубликован: Официальный сайт правовой информации Министерства юстиции Республики Татарстан (http://pravo.tatarstan.ru), 27 февраля 2014 г. (Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Tatarstan. Order #01-02/9 of February 4, 2014 On the Adoption of the Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and Inhabited Localities in the Republic of Tatarstan, as amended by the Order #01-02/160 of March 11, 2015 On Amending the Order of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Tatarstan #01-02/9 of February 4, 2014 "On the Adoption of the Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and Inhabited Localities in the Republic of Tatarstan". ).
• Государственный Совет Республики Татарстан. Закон №14-ЗРТ от 31 января 2005 г. «Об установлении границ территорий и статусе муниципального образования "Агрызский муниципальный район" и муниципальных образований в его составе», в ред. Закона №104-ЗРТ от 22 ноября 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Республики Татарстан "Об установлении границ территорий и статусе муниципального образования "Агрызский муниципальный район" и муниципальных образований в его составе"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Республика Татарстан", №№18–19, 1 февраля 2005 г. (State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan. Law #14-ZRT of January 31, 2005 On Establishing the Borders of the Territories and the Status of the Municipal Formation of "Agryzsky Municipal District" and of the Municipal Formations It Comprises, as amended by the Law #104-ZRT of November 22, 2014 On Amending the Law of the Republic of Tatarstan "On Establishing the Borders of the Territories and the Status of the Municipal Formation of "Agryzsky Municipal District" and of the Municipal Formations It Comprises". Effective as of the official publication date.).

External links

• Official website of Agryz (in Russian)
• Directory of organizations in Agryz (in Russian)