Yelabuga

Yelabuga
Елабуга
Town[1]
Other transcription(s)
 • TatarАлабуга
Aerial view of Yelabuga
Aerial view of Yelabuga
Coat of arms of Yelabuga
Coat of arms
Location of Yelabuga
Map
Yelabuga is located in Russia
Yelabuga
Yelabuga
Location of Yelabuga
Yelabuga is located in Tatarstan
Yelabuga
Yelabuga
Yelabuga (Tatarstan)
Coordinates: 55°46′N 52°05′E / 55.767°N 52.083°E / 55.767; 52.083
CountryRussia
Federal subjectTatarstan[1]
Founded1051
Elevation
70 m (230 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[2]
 • Total
70,728
 • Estimate 
(2021)[3]
73,630
 • Rank222nd in 2010
 • Subordinated totown of republic significance of Yelabuga[1]
 • Capital oftown of republic significance of Yelabuga,[1] Yelabuzhsky District[1]
 • Municipal districtYelabuzhsky Municipal District[4]
 • Urban settlementYelabuga Urban Settlement[4]
 • Capital ofYelabuzhsky Municipal District,[4] Yelabuga Urban Settlement[4]
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[5])
Postal code(s)[6]
423600
Dialing code(s)+7 85557
OKTMO ID92626101001
The Devil's Tower, a unique architectural monument surviving from Volga Bulgaria
Spasskaya Street
Gassara Street

Yelabuga (also spelled Elabuga;[7] Russian: Елабуга; Tatar: Алабуга) is a town in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located on the right bank of the Kama River and 200 kilometers (120 mi) east from Kazan. Population: 70,728 (2010 Census);[2] 68,663 (2002 Census);[8] 53,537 (1989 Soviet census).[9]

The evolution of name

The name of the city of Yelabuga comes from the Turkic personal name Alabuga (literally — "mottled bull", where buga — "bull" symbolizes the strength and power of the bearer of the name). According to another version, the name comes from the Tatar name of the nearby lake Alabuga (translated as "perch").[10]

At the end of the XVI century, in official documents, in addition to the main name — Yelabuga, the church name Tresvyatskoye or Tresvyatskoye also began to be added. This name should not be confused with the village of Trekhsvyatskoye, which was founded near Yelabuga in 1851. The last mention of Yelabuga with the addition of the church name "Tresvyatskoye" in official documents dates back to 1701. After that, and before Yelabuga was given the status of a county town, this settlement was called exclusively the palace village of Yelabuga.[11]

In the local history literature of the XIX century, the past of Elabuga was associated with the ancient cities of Gelon and Bryakhimov.[12] However, these claims have been refuted by modern science. [13]

Geography

It is located on the high right bank of the Kama River at the confluence of the Toyma River, 215 km east of the capital of the republic, Kazan. The area of the city is 41.1 km2. Begishevo International Airport is 40 km from Yelabuga.[14]

Climate

Climate data for Yelabuga
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 5.4
(41.7) 		5.6
(42.1) 		13.5
(56.3) 		29.0
(84.2) 		32.4
(90.3) 		36.8
(98.2) 		38.1
(100.6) 		39.2
(102.6) 		31.6
(88.9) 		24.2
(75.6) 		14.4
(57.9) 		13.0
(55.4) 		39.2
(102.6)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) −8.1
(17.4) 		−7.1
(19.2) 		−0.2
(31.6) 		10.3
(50.5) 		19.4
(66.9) 		24.0
(75.2) 		25.9
(78.6) 		22.9
(73.2) 		16.4
(61.5) 		7.9
(46.2) 		−0.9
(30.4) 		−6.1
(21.0) 		8.7
(47.7)
Daily mean °C (°F) −11.6
(11.1) 		−10.8
(12.6) 		−4.3
(24.3) 		5.5
(41.9) 		13.5
(56.3) 		18.4
(65.1) 		20.4
(68.7) 		17.8
(64.0) 		11.9
(53.4) 		4.8
(40.6) 		−3.5
(25.7) 		−9.2
(15.4) 		4.4
(39.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −15.0
(5.0) 		−14.5
(5.9) 		−8.4
(16.9) 		0.7
(33.3) 		7.5
(45.5) 		12.8
(55.0) 		14.8
(58.6) 		12.6
(54.7) 		7.4
(45.3) 		1.6
(34.9) 		−6.0
(21.2) 		−12.3
(9.9) 		0.1
(32.2)
Record low °C (°F) −37.3
(−35.1) 		−34.3
(−29.7) 		−29.8
(−21.6) 		−19.2
(−2.6) 		−4.1
(24.6) 		−0.6
(30.9) 		1.6
(34.9) 		1.0
(33.8) 		−3.5
(25.7) 		−12.5
(9.5) 		−28.7
(−19.7) 		−37.7
(−35.9) 		−37.7
(−35.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 37.8
(1.49) 		27.2
(1.07) 		28.2
(1.11) 		29.8
(1.17) 		46.9
(1.85) 		55.1
(2.17) 		57.8
(2.28) 		67.6
(2.66) 		58.5
(2.30) 		49.9
(1.96) 		45.1
(1.78) 		45.2
(1.78) 		549.1
(21.62)
Source: Weather and climate in Yelabuga[15]

History

The former name of the city was Alabuga. Its history dates back to the 10th century, when a Volga Bulgar border castle, the so-called Alamir-Sultan castle was built by Bulgar Khan Ibrahim in 985 CE. The castle was built on the place of the legendary tomb of Alamir-Sultan (Alexander the Great "Macedonian")[vague]. The name 'Alabuga' originally referred to the tower of the castle, later the whole city was named Alabuga. The castle was later abandoned, and its remains are now known as Shaytan kalasy (Shaytan's castle). In the second half of the 16th century, a Russian village was founded on the same spot.[citation needed]

In April 2024 it was reported that drone strikes, claimed to be from Ukraine, had injured 12 people in the town where drones are produced.[16]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Yelabuga serves as the administrative center of Yelabuzhsky District, even though it is not a part of it.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with the selo of Tarlovka, incorporated separately as the town of republic significance of Yelabuga—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Yelabuga is incorporated within Yelabuzhsky Municipal District as Yelabuga Urban Settlement.[4]

Economy

Oil industry is present in the town.[citation needed] In the 1990s, a Ford assembly plant operated in the town. In 2008, Sollers JSC built a new factory to produce the Fiat Ducato, and from 2021, started to assemble a luxury vehicle called the Aurus Senat, for the Central Scientific Research Automobile and Automotive Engines Institute in Moscow (NAMI).[17][18][19] There is also a factory for the production of household appliances: domestic oil electric heaters, electric meat grinders Italian group De'Longhi.

Public transportation needs are served by a bus and taxi networks. Plans for a trolleybus route are being discussed.[citation needed]

Drone manufactory

Main article: Yelabuga drone factory

After the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, shortcomings in the equipment of the Russian forces with drones became apparent, and a factory for the production of different drone types was built in Yelabuga. Based on satellite imagery, the facilities covered the size of ten football fields in late 2023. Some 6000 drones per year, including the Geran 2, are supposed to be built in Yelabuga for the Russian Army.[20]

Notable people

The town is the birthplace of painter Ivan Shishkin. Nadezhda Durova, who, disguised as a man, was a highly decorated cavalry officer during the Napoleonic Wars died there in 1866. It is also where the Russian poet Marina Tsvetayeva committed suicide in 1941. The poet is buried at the municipal cemetery.

Miscellaneous

Near Yelabuga is the Nizhnyaya Kama National Park.

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Russia

Twin towns and sister cities

Yelabuga is twinned with:

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Order #01-02/9
  2. ^ a b 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.
  3. ^ https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/tab-5_VPN-2020.xlsx
  4. ^ a b c d e Law #22-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. ^ [1], [2], Search Google for "Elabuga"
  8. ^ 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).
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ "Елабужский муниципальный район | История города". xn--80aacgcdh2cyaav6b.xn--p1ai. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
  11. ^ Ревизские сказки 1795 года по уездному городу Елабуге: Публикация текстов / сост. Л. Р. Мифтахныкы, О. О. Владимиров, Дж. Л. Мифтахныкы; автор предисл., коммент. и приложений Л. Р. Мифтахныкы. — Казань: Институт истории им. Ш. Марджани АН РТ, 2023. — С. 312—313, 289. Revision tales of 1795 in the county town of Yelabuga: Publication of texts
  12. ^ Шишкин И. История города Елабуги. — М.:, 1871. С. 3. The history of the city of Yelabuga
  13. ^ Нигамаев А. З. Ранняя история Елабуги. Исторический очерк. — Елабуга, 2007. С. 103—104. The early history of Elabuga. A historical sketch. — Yelabuga
  14. ^ "Елабужский муниципальный район | Елабужский район". xn--80aacgcdh2cyaav6b.xn--p1ai. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
  15. ^ "28506: Elabuga (Russia)". ogimet.com. OGIMET. August 20, 2021. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
  16. ^ Gozzi, Laura. "BBC News".
  17. ^ "Russia's Aurus Senat Luxury Limousine Officially Enters Production". June 1, 2021.
  18. ^ "Sollers". RusAutoNews.Com.
  19. ^ "Russia begins production of high-end sedan promoted by Putin". Reuters. May 31, 2021.
  20. ^ Artur Lebedew und Thomas Stölzel: "Hier baut Russland seine Drohnenproduktion aus – mit iranischer Hilfe " WiWo.de, 16. December 2023

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