Coat of Arms of Fershampenuaz (Chelyabinsk oblast) (1984)

Fershampenuaz (russian: Фершампенуаз, from french:

Fère-Champenoise Fère-Champenoise () is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France. It was the site of the Battle of Fère-Champenoise in March 1814. Population See also *Communes of the Marne department *Fershampenuaz Fershampenuaz (russian: ...

) is a

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(a '' selo'') and the

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Nagaybaksky District Nagaybaksky District (russian: Нагайба́кский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-seven in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia.Resolution #161 It is located in the south of the oblast. The area o ...

Chelyabinsk Oblast Chelyabinsk Oblast (russian: Челя́бинская о́бласть, ''Chelyabinskaya oblast'') is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia in the Ural Mountains region, on the border of Europe and Asia. Its administrative center is the city ...

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, located on the left bank of the Gumbeyka River (a

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of the

Ufa Ufa ( ba, Өфө , Öfö; russian: Уфа́, r=Ufá, p=ʊˈfa) is the largest city and capital of Bashkortostan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Belaya and Ufa rivers, in the centre-north of Bashkortostan, on hills forming the ...

). Population: Postal code: 457650.

History

It was founded in 1842 by

Nağaybäk Nağaybäks (Nağaybäk pronounced in Tatar language ; Tatar plural: Nağaybäklär; plural in ) are an indigenous Turkic people in Russia recognized as a separate people under Russian legislation. The majority of the Nağaybäks live in the N ...

s from

Belebeyevsky Uyezd Belebeyevsky Uyezd (''Белебеевский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Ufa Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the southwestern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Belebey. Demographics At ...

, the

Cossacks The Cossacks , es, cosaco , et, Kasakad, cazacii , fi, Kasakat, cazacii , french: cosaques , hu, kozákok, cazacii , it, cosacchi , orv, коза́ки, pl, Kozacy , pt, cossacos , ro, cazaci , russian: казаки́ or ...

of the Orenburg Host. Like several other Ural villages, among them

Parizh Parizh (russian: Пари́ж, lit. "''Paris''") is the name of several types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural localities in Russia. Modern localities *Parizh, Republic of Bashkortostan, a village#Russia, village in Nizhnekiginsky Selsoviet ...

(''Paris'') and

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, it was named to honor the feats of Cossacks in the war against

Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...

—in this case, the victorious

Battle of Fère-Champenoise The Battle of Fère-Champenoise (25 March 1814) was fought between two Imperial French corps led by Marshals Auguste de Marmont and Édouard Mortier, duc de Trévise and a larger Coalition force composed of cavalry from the Austrian Empire, ...

that took place on March 25, 1814.

Notable persons

* Leonid Smetannikov (b 1943), Soviet opera singer bearing the title of

People's Artist of the USSR People's Artist of the USSR ( rus, Народный артист СССР, Narodny artist SSSR), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union. Nomenclature and significan ...

References

External links

*Encyclopedia of the Urals history.
Entry on Fershampenuaz

МОУ Фершампенуазская СОШ
website of the secondary school #0-1 in Fershampenuaz ;Images
Sports complex "Olymp" in Fershampenuaz

A panoramic winter view of the village
{{Authority control Rural localities in Chelyabinsk Oblast