Ardatov (russian: Арда́тов; myv, Орданьбуе, ''Ordańbuje'') is a

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and the

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of Ardatovsky District of the

Republic of Mordovia The Republic of Mordovia (russian: Респу́блика Мордо́вия, r=Respublika Mordoviya, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə mɐrˈdovʲɪjə; mdf, Мордовия Республиксь, ''Mordovija Respublikś''; myv, Мордовия Рес ...

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, located on the

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northeast of Saransk, the

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of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 9,400.

History

It was first mentioned in 1671 as the village of Ardatovo () and was granted town status in 1780.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Ardatov serves as the

of Ardatovsky District.Law #7-Z As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Ardatovsky District as the

town of district significance Town of district significance is an administrative division of a district in a federal subject of Russia. It is equal in status to a selsoviet or an urban-type settlement of district significance, but is organized around a town (as opposed to a ...

of Ardatov. As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Ardatov is incorporated within Ardatovsky Municipal District as Ardatov Urban Settlement.Law #115-Z

Notable people

Iya Arepina Iya Alexeyevna Arepina (russian: И́я Алексе́евна Аре́пина; July 2, 1930 in Ardatov – July 24, 2003 in Moscow) was a Soviet/Russian actress. She was named Best Actress at the 1955 Cannes Film Festival for her performance ...

(1930–2003), Soviet/Russian actress *

Mikhail Nikolaevich Gernet Mikhail Nikolaevich Gernet (Russian: Михаил Николаевич Гернет; 24 July Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates">O._S._12_July.html" ;"title="Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates.html" ;"title="nowiki/>O._S._12_July">Old_Style_and_New_Style_ ...

(1874–1953), Soviet criminologist and legal historian *

Ivan Pozharsky Ivan Pozharsky (russian: Иван Алексеевич Пожарский; 27 August 1905 – 7 August 1938) was a Soviet military commissar and posthumous Hero of Soviet Union. He was born in 1905 in Ardatov, in the Ardatovsky Uyezd of the Simb ...

(1905–1938), Soviet military commissar and posthumous

Hero of the Soviet Union The title Hero of the Soviet Union (russian: Герой Советского Союза, translit=Geroy Sovietskogo Soyuza) was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded together with the Order of Lenin personally or collectively for ...

References

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External links

Official website of Ardatov

Directory of organizations in Ardatov
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