Ardatov (; , ''Ordańbuje'') is a

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and the

administrative center An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune, is located. In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...

of Ardatovsky District of the

Republic of Mordovia Mordovia ( ),; Moksha and officially the Republic of Mordovia,; ; is a republic of Russia, situated in Eastern Europe. Its capital is the city of Saransk. As of the 2010 Census, the population of the republic was 834,755. Ethnic Russians ( ...

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, located on the

Alatyr River The Alatyr ( rus, Алатырь, p=ɐˈɫatɨrʲ) is a river in Mordovia, Russia, and it is the left tributary of the river Sura. It is long, and has a drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water con ...

northeast of

Saransk Saransk (, ); ; is the capital city of Mordovia, Russia, as well as its financial and economic centre. It is located in the Volga River, Volga drainage basin, basin at the confluence of the Saranka and Insar Rivers, about east of Moscow. Sar ...

, 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 (; 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 in '' Bolshaya Semya'', directed by Iosif Kheifits. ...

(1930–2003), Soviet/Russian actress * Mikhail Nikolaevich Gernet (1874–1953), Soviet criminologist and legal historian * Ivan Pozharsky (1905–1938), Soviet military commissar and posthumous

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External links

Official website of Ardatov

Directory of organizations in Ardatov
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