Menzelinsk (russian: Мензели́нск; tt-Cyrl, Минзәлә, ''Minzälä'') is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

and the

administrative center An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...

Menzelinsky District Menzelinsky District (russian: Мензели́нский райо́н; tt-Cyrl, Минзәлә районы, ''Minzälä rayonı'') is a territorial administrative unit and municipal district of the Republic of Tatarstan within the Russian Fede ...

in the

Republic of Tatarstan The Republic of Tatarstan (russian: Республика Татарстан, Respublika Tatarstan, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə tətɐrˈstan; tt-Cyrl, Татарстан Республикасы), or simply Tatarstan (russian: Татарстан, tt ...

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, located on the Menzelya River near its

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with the

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, from the republic's

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Kazan Kazan ( ; rus, Казань, p=kɐˈzanʲ; tt-Cyrl, Казан, ''Qazan'', IPA: ɑzan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering a ...

. Population: 15,800 (1973).

History

It was founded in 1584–1586 and was granted town status in 1781, when it was a part of

Ufa Governorate Ufa Governorate (russian: Уфи́мская губе́рния, ba, Өфө губернаһы, ''Öfö gubernahı'') was a governorate of the Russian Empire with its capital in the city Ufa. It was created in 1865 by separation from Orenburg Go ...

.''Inhabited Localities of the Republic of Tatarstan'', p. 193 Menzelinsk Fair was a notable event in the 19th century and in the beginning of the 20th century. The town served as the

of a '' kanton'' in 1920–1930 and as the district administrative center since then.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Menzelinsk serves as the

, to which it is directly subordinated.Order #01-02/9 As a municipal division, the

of Menzelinsk is incorporated within Menzelinsky Municipal District as Menzelinsk Urban Settlement.Law #50-ZRT

Economy

As of 1997, industrial enterprises in the town included a bakery, a distillery, and a construction materials factory. There is an

airport An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface ...

in the town. The nearest railway station is

Krugloye Pole Krugloye (russian: Круглое) is a rural locality (a selo) in Vasilyevsky Selsoviet of Belogorsky District, Amur Oblast, Russia. The population was 69 as of 2018. There are 6 streets. Geography Krugloye is located on the left bank of the ...

on the

Agryz Agryz (russian: Агры́з; tt-Cyrl, Әгерҗе, ''Ägerce'') is a town and the administrative center of Agryzsky District in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located on the Izh River (Volga's basin), east of Kazan. As of the 2010 Census ...

–Akbash line, to the northeast.

Demographics

As of 1989,

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accounted for 49.3% of the town's population, while

Tatars The Tatars ()Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different

comprised 46.8% and Mari—1.6%.

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* * * {{Authority control Cities and towns in Tatarstan Menzelinsky Uyezd Populated places established in the 1580s