Chyorny Yar (russian: Чёрный Яр, lit. ''black bluff'') is a

rural locality In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are describ ...

(a '' selo'') and the

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Chernoyarsky District Chernoyarsky District (russian: Черноя́рский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #67/2006-OZ and municipalLaw #43/2004-OZ district ( raion), one of the eleven in Astrakhan Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast. T ...

of Astrakhan Oblast,

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, located on the elevated right bank of the

Volga River The Volga (; russian: Во́лга, a=Ru-Волга.ogg, p=ˈvoɫɡə) is the longest river in Europe. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Caspian Sea. The Volga has a length of , and a catchm ...

. Population: 7,642 (1899 est.). It was established as a fort on the left bank of the Volga in 1627. Seven years later, it was moved to the opposite bank. In 1785, it was designated an

uyezd An uezd (also spelled uyezd; rus, уе́зд, p=ʊˈjest), or povit in a Ukrainian context ( uk, повіт), or Kreis in Baltic-German context, was a type of administrative subdivision of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, the Russian Empire, and the ea ...

town. The ''

stanitsa A stanitsa ( rus, станица, p=stɐˈnʲitsə; uk, станиця, stanytsya) is a village inside a Cossack host ( uk, військо, viys’ko; russian: казачье войско, kazach’ye voysko, sometimes translated as "Cossack Ar ...

'' of Chernoyarskaya used to be an important center of the Astrakhan Cossack Host. In 1925, it was demoted in status to that of a rural locality.

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External links

Website of Chyorny Yar
{{Authority control Rural localities in Chernoyarsky District Astrakhan Governorate Former cities in Russia Populated places established in 1627 1627 establishments in Russia