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Kanash Канаш | |
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Other transcription(s) | |
• Chuvash | Канаш |
Coordinates: 55°30′25″N47°29′29″E / 55.50694°N 47.49139°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Chuvashia [1] |
Founded | 1891 |
Town status since | 1925 |
Government | |
• Head | Lyudmila Ivanova |
Elevation | 190 m (620 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 45,607 |
• Subordinated to | Town of Kanash [1] |
• Capital of | Town of Kanash, [1] Kanashsky District [1] |
• Urban okrug | Kanash Urban Okrug [3] |
• Capital of | Kanash Urban Okrug, [3] Kanashsky Municipal District [3] |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [4] ) |
Postal code(s) [5] | 429330, 429332–429337, 429340, 429349 |
OKTMO ID | 97707000001 |
Website | gov |
Kanash (Russian : Кана́ш; Chuvash : Канаш, Kanaş, lit. soviet ) is a town in the Chuvash Republic, Russia, located at a major railway junction 76 kilometers (47 mi) from Cheboksary, the capital of the republic. Population: 45,607 (2010 Census); [2] 50,593 (2002 Census); [6] 54,585 (1989 Soviet census). [7]
It was founded in 1891.[ citation needed ] Between 1891 and 1925 it was called Shikhrany (Шихраны).[ citation needed ]
The town's history is closely linked to the development of the railway. The Moscow–Kazan line was completed, except for the Imperatorsky Romanovsky railway bridge across Volga, in December 1884 by private Moscow Ryazan Railway Company which was renamed to Moscow Kazan Railway Company on July 11, 1891, which provided all train service in the area up to 1918, when all the remaining private railways were nationalized by the Bolsheviks.
The opening of the station, which was then surrounded by woodland, provided a convenient production point for the timber industry, and windmills were built in the area. In 1911, there were more than forty trading firms in Shikhrany. In 1912, a primary school was opened, and in 1914—a middle school. In 1919, Shikhrany station became a railway junction, when the Arzamas–Shikhrany line, which had been under construction from 1914, when the last section was completed from the Tsarkli River bridge to Shihrany, and opened to full traffic. The line had been in restricted use with limited car loads since summer 1917.
By 1925, when Kanash was granted town status, its population was approximately 2,200. [8]
Another station was built in 1926 for goods transit. The first power station, which supplied electricity to the railway station, portions of the town, and thirteen nearby villages, was constructed in 1929.
Construction of the Kanash–Cheboksary line began in 1939, bringing the number of lines connecting Kanash up to four.
During World War II, railway production facilities and transit capacity were substantially increased.
From the 1950s to the 1970s, local industry was diversified. Factories producing furniture, tools, polymers, and plastics, and car repair factories were built.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kanash serves as the administrative center of Kanashsky District, even though it is not a part of it. [1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the town of republic significance of Kanash—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. [1] As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Kanash is incorporated as Kanash Urban Okrug. [3]
Tsivilsk, also rendered Tzivilsk or Civilsk, is a town and the administrative center of Tsivilsky District of the Chuvash Republic, Russia, located 37 kilometers (23 mi) from the republic's capital city of Cheboksary, at the crossroads of the highways from Nizhny Novgorod to Kazan and from Tsivilsk to Ulyanovsk. Population: 13,479 (2010 Census); 12,967 (2002 Census); 10,053 (1989 Soviet census).
Alatyr is a town in the Chuvash Republic, Russia, located on the Sura River at its confluence with the Alatyr River. Population: 38,203 (2010 Census); 43,161 ; 46,593 (1989 Soviet census); 43,000 (1968).
Shumerlya is a town in the Chuvash Republic, Russia, located on the right bank of the Sura River on the Nizhny Novgorod–Ulyanovsk highway. Population: 31,722 (2010 Census); 36,239 (2002 Census); 41,986 (1989 Soviet census); 35,000 (1974).
Morgaushsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is located in the north of the republic and borders with the Mari El Republic in the north, Cheboksarsky District in the east, Alikovsky District in the south, and with Yadrinsky District in the west. The area of the district is 845.3 square kilometers (326.4 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality of Morgaushi. Population: 34,884 (2010 Census); 37,127 (2002 Census); 38,465 (1989 Soviet census).
Yadrinsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the republic and borders with the Mari El Republic in the north, Morgaushsky District in the east, Alikovsky and Krasnochetaysky Districts in the south, and with Nizhny Novgorod Oblast in the west. The area of the district is 897.5 square kilometers (346.5 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Yadrin. Population: 29,965 (2010 Census); 34,456 (2002 Census); 36,745 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Yadrin accounts for 32.1% of the district's total population.
Shumerlinsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is located in the west of the republic and borders with Alikovsky and Krasnochetaysky Districts in the north, Vurnarsky District in the east, Ibresinsky and Poretsky Districts in the south, and with Nizhny Novgorod Oblast on the Sura River in the west. The area of the district is 1,047.6 square kilometers (404.5 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Shumerlya. Population: 10,765 (2010 Census); 13,298 ; 16,187 (1989 Soviet census).
Kanashsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is located in the eastern central part of the republic and borders with Tsivilsky and Krasnarmeysky Districts in the north, Urmarsky and Yantikovsky Districts in the east, Komsomolsky and Ibresinsky Districts in the south, and with Vurnarsky District in the west. The area of the district is 981.4 square kilometers (378.9 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Kanash. Population: 39,708 (2010 Census); 42,623 ; 46,236 (1989 Soviet census).
Kozlovsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the republic and borders with the Republic of Tatarstan in the east and southeast, Urmarsky District in the west and southwest, Tsivilsky District in the west, and with Mariinsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 516.8 square kilometers (199.5 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Kozlovka Population: 21,649 (2010 Census); 26,388 (2002 Census); 27,141 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Kozlovka accounts for 47.8% of the district's total population.
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Komsomolsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the republic and borders with Kanashsky District in the north, Yalchiksky District and the Republic of Tatarstan in the east, Batyrevsky District in the south, and with Ibresinsky District in the west. The area of the district is 630.3 square kilometers (243.4 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality of Komsomolskoye. Population: 26,951 (2010 Census); 27,273 (2002 Census); 28,627 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Komsomolskoye accounts for 18.2% of the district's total population.
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Alatyrsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is located in the south of the republic. The area of the district is 1,940 square kilometers (750 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Alatyr. Population: 17,244 (2010 Census); 21,630 ; 26,007 (1989 Soviet census).
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Poretsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the republic. The area of the district is 1,116.9 square kilometers (431.2 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality of Poretskoye. Population: 13,992 (2010 Census); 17,311 ; 19,486 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Poretskoye accounts for 41.6% of the district's total population.
Shemurshinsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is located in the south and southwest of the republic. The area of the district is 799.1 square kilometers (308.5 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality of Shemursha. Population: 14,759 (2010 Census); 16,588 ; 18,186 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Shemursha accounts for 25.5% of the district's total population.
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