Vasilyevo (russian: Васи́льево; tt-Cyrl, Васил) is an urban locality (an

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

) in

Zelenodolsky District Zelenodolsky District (russian: Зеленодо́льский райо́н; tt-Cyrl, Яшел Үзән районы) — is a Administrative divisions of the Republic of Tatarstan, territorial administrative unit and Municipal divisions of Russi ...

of the Republic of Tatarstan,

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, located on the left bank of the

Volga River The Volga (; russian: Во́лга, a=Ru-Волга.ogg, p=ˈvoɫɡə) is the List of rivers of Europe#Rivers of Europe by length, longest river in Europe. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Cas ...

( Kuybyshev Reservoir), east of Zelenodolsk, 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 ...

of the district. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 16,953.

History

It was established in the 17th century and was granted

status in 1928.''Inhabited Localities of the Republic of Tatarstan'', p. 138

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the

of Vasilyevo is subordinated to

.Order #01-02/9 As a municipal division, Vasilyevo is incorporated within Zelenodolsky Municipal District as Vasilyevo Urban Settlement.Law #24-ZRT

Economy and infrastructure

As of 1997, the major industrial enterprises in the settlement were a laboratory glassware and tools plant, a bakery, as well as various construction and timber factories. The settlement serves as a railway station on the

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 ...

–

Kanash Kanash (russian: Кана́ш; cv, Канаш, ''Kanaş'', lit. ''soviet'') is a town in the Chuvash Republic, Russia, located at a major railway junction from Cheboksary, the capital of the republic. Population: History It was founded in 1 ...

line.

Demographics

In 1989, the population was ethnically mostly Russian (69.0%), followed by

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

(26.3%) and Chuvash (1.8%).

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* * * {{Use mdy dates, date=November 2012 Urban-type settlements in the Republic of Tatarstan Populated places established in the 17th century Kazansky Uyezd