Myla (russian: Мыла; bua, Мэлэ, ''Mele'') or Mele 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) in

Zakamensky District Zakamensky District (russian: Зака́менский райо́н; bua, Захааминай аймаг, ''Zakhaaminai aimag'') is an administrativeResolution #431 and municipalLaw #985-III district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Repub ...

Republic of Buryatia Buryatia, officially the Republic of Buryatia (russian: Республика Бурятия, r=Respublika Buryatiya, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə bʊˈrʲætʲɪjə; bua, Буряад Улас, Buryaad Ulas, , mn, Буриад Улс, Buriad Uls), is ...

, Russia. The population was 664 as of 2010. There are 14 streets. There are several speculations about the origin of the name “Mele”: on behalf of one of its first settlers, a certain Melahei, or from Evenki Malu - ‘an honorable place in the plague’, or from mu ‘water’ and ala ‘fish’. In 1924, a school was built in the settlement (

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). In 1929, an agricultural

artel An artel (russian: арте́ль) was any of several types of cooperative associations and (later) corporate enterprises in the Tsardom of Russia, the Russian Empire, and the Soviet Union. They began centuries ago but were especially prevalent ...

was formed, later becoming the Red Star

collective farm Collective farming and communal farming are various types of, "agricultural production in which multiple farmers run their holdings as a joint enterprise". There are two broad types of communal farms: agricultural cooperatives, in which member ...

. In 1957, the collective farm received a new name, translated as "40 years of October". In 1992, the collective farm broke up into individual peasant farms. Mele is the only settlement in the south of

Buryatia Buryatia, officially the Republic of Buryatia (russian: Республика Бурятия, r=Respublika Buryatiya, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə bʊˈrʲætʲɪjə; bua, Буряад Улас, Buryaad Ulas, , mn, Буриад Улс, Buriad Uls), is ...

where

hamnigan The Khamnigan, Hamnigan Mongols, or the Tungus Evenki, are a Tungusic- Mongolic ethnic (sub)group of Mongolized Evenks. Khamnigan is the Buriat- Mongolian term for all Ewenkis. In the early 16th century, the Evenks of Transbaikalia or Khamnigan ...

s live in high density. Even in Tsarist times, the Zakamensky (Armak) Hamnigans served

Cossack 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 ...

service on the southern border with

Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of , with a population of just 3.3 million, ...

. They believe that they came to Zakamna because of

Lake Baikal Lake Baikal (, russian: Oзеро Байкал, Ozero Baykal ); mn, Байгал нуур, Baigal nuur) is a rift lake in Russia. It is situated in southern Siberia, between the federal subjects of Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Repu ...

and gave rise to a new small Buryat-Hamnigan group, which currently includes about 400 people, making up more than half of the population of Myla.

Geography

Myla is located 65 km north of

Zakamensk Zakamensk (russian: Зака́менск; bua, Захаамин, ''Zahaamin''; before 1959 – Gorodok) is a city of a regional significance in Russia, administration center of Zakamensky District of the Republic of Buryatia. Since 2015 the city ...

(the district's administrative centre) by road. Bayangol is the nearest rural locality.Расстояние от Закаменска до Мылы
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References

Rural localities in Zakamensky District {{Buryatia-geo-stub