Veshkayma (russian: Вешка́йма) 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
Veshkaymsky District of
Ulyanovsk Oblast
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,
Russia
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. Population:
History
The village of Veshkaima, as the Veshkaima railway station on the Inza-Simbirsk branch of the Moscow-Kazan railway, appeared in 1898. It was named after the river or the village of the same name about seven kilometers to the northwest. The original village was established in the second half of the 17th century as a fortified settlement along the Karsun-Simbirsk fortification line.
Until the beginning of the 20th century, there were no more than 20 people who served the station.
In 1913, 20 people lived in 4 courtyards at the Veshkayma station.
Veshkayma revived when timber, and later agricultural products, were transported through the station. This became especially noticeable during the Civil War.
In 1921, a first-stage school was opened in a new building, built at the expense of railway workers
In 2022, resident Ruslan Akhtymov committed a
mass shooting
There is a lack of consensus on how to define a mass shooting. Most terms define a minimum of three or four victims of gun violence (not including the shooter or in an inner city) in a short period of time, although an Australian study from 200 ...
at a kindergarten in the town. Three people were killed.
References
Urban-type settlements in Ulyanovsk Oblast
Karsunsky Uyezd
Populated places established in 1898
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