Sarapul ( Udmurt and russian: Сара́пул) is a

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and a river port in the Udmurt Republic,

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, located on the right bank of the Kama River, southeast of

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, the capital of the republic. Population:

History

Sarapul is one of the oldest cities of the Kama region. It was first mentioned in a 1596 population audit book as the village ('' selo'') of Voznesenskoye (), later known as Sarapul: ''in Kazansky Uyezd in the upper Kama River ... in Sarapul and Siva people fish''. Apparently, here "Sarapul" is the name of a section of the river, as well as the entire area along its shores. It is believed that the name of this area comes from the word "сарапуль" (''sarapul'') which in Chuvash means "yellow fish", or sturgeon, which was in abundance here. Later, however, other versions of the origin of the name were considered. In particular, one of them says that the word "sarapul" formed by the merger of two words: "sarah", which in one of the Siberian dialects means "money", and "pul", a small copper coin, thus meaning "place of money". It was chartered in 1780"Sarapul" in ''

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, 15th edn., 1992, Vol. 10, p. 447. and by the end of the 18th century had grown into a merchant town with developed

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manufacturing industry. The city of Sarapul was one of the residence centers of the Udmurt Jews,Altyntsev A.V., "The Concept of Love in Ashkenazim of Udmurtia and Tatarstan", Nauka Udmurtii. 2013. № 4 (66), p. 131. (Алтынцев А.В.
"Чувство любви в понимании евреев-ашкенази Удмуртии и Татарстана".
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''. In the lexicon of this dialect there was a noticeable number of Udmurt and

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Geography

Climate

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the city of republic significance of Sarapul—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the

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.Law #46-RZ As a municipal division, the city of republic significance of Sarapul is incorporated as Sarapul Urban Okrug.Law #76-RZ

Economy

Currently, Sarapul is the second most important industrial town in the republic after

Honors

The

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26851 Sarapul was named by astronomer Eric Elst in the city's honor on June 1, 2007.NASA
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Notable people from Sarapul

Ruslan Avleev Ruslan Avleev (born June 4, 1976 in Sarapul, Udmurtia) is a former Russian professional basketball 6'6" power forward of Tatar ethnicity. Started his career as a pro in 1995 with BK EVRAZ. Avleev had played in Russia (EVRAZ, CSKA, UNICS Kazan, ...

, basketball player *

Zulya Kamalova Zulya Nazipovna Kamalova (russian: link=no, Зуля (Зульфия) Назиповна Камалова; tt-Cyrl, Зөлфия Нәсип кызы Камалова; born in Sarapul, Udmurt ASSR) is an Australian singer. She currently resides ...

, singer * Yevgeny Kychanov, historian *

Peter Palchinsky Peter Akimovich Palchinsky (russian: Пётр Иоаки́мович (Аки́мович) Пальчи́нский; –22 May 1929) was a Russian engineer who played a significant role in the introduction of scientific method into Russian indust ...

, engineer *

Vladimir Sarayev Vladimir Zosimovich Sarayev (russian: Владимир Зосимович Сараев; 28 April 1936 – 18 April 2010) was a Soviet football player. Honours * Soviet Top League winner: 1965. International career Sarayev made his debut for US ...

, football player *

Oleg Zhakov Oleg Petrovich Zhakov (russian: Олег Петрович Жаков; 1 April 1905 in Sarapul, Vyatka Governorate – 4 May 1988 in Pyatigorsk, Stavropol Krai) was a Soviet and Russian film actor. He performed in more than sixty films between ...

, actor

References

Notes

Sources

* * *This article incorporates material from the Russian Wikipedia

External links

Website of Sarapul

Website Sarapul production of metal products
{{Authority control Cities and towns in Udmurtia Sarapulsky Uyezd Populated places on the Kama River