Menzelinsk ( Russian : Мензели́нск ; Tatar : Минзәлә ) is a town and the administrative center of Menzelinsky District in the Republic of Tatarstan , Russia , located on the Menzelya River near its confluence with the Kama , 292 kilometers (181 mi) from the republic's capital of Kazan . Population: 16,476 ( 2010 Census ) ; 16,730 ( 2002 Census ) ; 15,223 ( 1989 Soviet census ) ; 15,800 (1973).
4-408: It was founded in 1584–1586 and was granted town status in 1781, when it was a part of Ufa Governorate . Menzelinsk Fair was a notable event in the 19th century and in the beginning of the 20th century. The town served as the administrative center of a kanton in 1920–1930 and as the district administrative center since then. Within the framework of administrative divisions , Menzelinsk serves as
8-565: Is Krugloye Pole on the Agryz –Akbash line, 65 kilometers (40 mi) to the northeast. As of 1989, Russians accounted for 49.3% of the town's population, while Tatars comprised 46.8% and Mari —1.6%. Ufa Governorate Ufa Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit ( guberniya ) of the Russian Empire with its capital in the city of Ufa . It was created in 1865 by separation from Orenburg Governorate . On June 14, 1922
12-490: The administrative center of Menzelinsky District , to which it is directly subordinated. As a municipal division , the town of Menzelinsk is incorporated within Menzelinsky Municipal District as Menzelinsk Urban Settlement . As of 1997, industrial enterprises in the town included a bakery, a distillery, and a construction materials factory. There is an airport in the town. The nearest railway station
16-640: The governorate was transformed into the Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic . It occupied an area of 122,005 square kilometres (47,106 sq mi) and the territory of governorate was divided to six uyezds . According to the 1865 data, the population of Ufa Governorate was 1,291,018. According to the 1897 Census it was 2,220,497; urban population was 48.9%. Bashkir people constituted 41% of total population; Russian people: 38%; Tatar people : 8.4%; Mari people : 3.7%; Chuvash people : 2.8%; Mordvins : 1.7%. Arable lands
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