Aktuk (
Russian: Актуково, aka Yañapar) is a
Mishar Tatar village in
Krasnooktyabrsky District
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Districts of the federal subjects
*Krasnooktyabrsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, an administrative and municipal district of Nizhny Novgorod ...
,
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
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. Most ancestors of
Finnish Tatars were from Aktuk or neighboring villages.
[Сенюткин С. Б. Актуково (Новая Пара, Янотарь) // История исламских общин Нижегородской области. — Н. Новгород: Изд-во Нижегородского гос. университета, 1998. — С. 51−59.]
History
The village is believed to be founded in 1600s when a man named Aktuk and four of his brothers, Uraz, Antar, Kızım and Kadım moved to the area. They settled near each other and formed villages and named them after themselves. The names are close to original to this day; Aktuk/Yañapar, Urazawıl, Atarawıl, Kızımawıl ja Kadımawıl. Some sources claim that only Aktuk, Uraz and Antar were brothers and the others were related some other way.
The alternative name to Aktuk, ''Yañapar'', means "New Par". It is believed that the predecessor to Aktuk might have been a
Mordvin
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village named Par.
Population
According to 2002 census, 94% of the village's inhabitants were Tatars. In 2010, the number of inhabitants was 253.
Sources
External links
Aktukon
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Rural localities in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Finnish Tatars
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