Laishevo (russian: Лаи́шево; tt-Cyrl, Лаеш, ''Layış'') 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 is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...

of Laishevsky District 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 ...

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...

, located on the right bank of the

Kama River The Kama (russian: Ка́ма, ; tt-Cyrl, Чулман, ''Çulman''; udm, Кам) is a long«Река � ...

on the shore of the

Kuybyshev Reservoir Kuybyshev Reservoir or Kuybyshevskoye Reservoir (russian: Ку́йбышевское водохрани́лище, Kuybyshevskoye Vodokhranilishche), sometimes called Samara Reservoir and informally called Kuybyshev Sea, is a reservoir of ...

, southeast of the republic's capital of

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 an ...

. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 7,735.

History

Known as Laishev () since the times of the

Khanate of Kazan The Khanate of Kazan ( tt, Казан ханлыгы, Kazan xanlıgı; russian: Казанское ханство, Kazanskoye khanstvo) was a medieval Tatar Turkic state that occupied the territory of former Volga Bulgaria between 1438 and 1552 ...

, it was granted town status in 1781.''Inhabited Localities of the Republic of Tatarstan'', p. 167 In 1920–1927, it served as the

of a '' kanton''. In 1926, it was demoted in status to a '' selo'' and given its present name. In 1950, it was granted

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 ...

status. It served as the administrative center of a district in 1930–1963 and then again since 1965. Town status was granted to it again in 2004. Map Corded Ware culture-en

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Laishevo serves as the

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

of Laishevo, together with the

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...

of Staraya Pristan, is incorporated within Laishevsky Municipal District as Laishevo Urban Settlement.Law #28-ZRT

Economy

As of 1997, economic activity revolved around the starch and fish-processing plants, a garment factory, and a forestry farm.

Demographics

As of 1989, the population was ethnically mostly

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

(74.9%),

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

(21.8%), and Chuvash (1.4%).

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External links

Unofficial website of Laishevo
{{Authority control Cities and towns in Tatarstan Laishevsky Uyezd