Seener (;
[Spelling is per the Law of the Chuvash Republic #37 of November 24, 2004 ''On Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations of the Chuvash Republic and on Conferring on Them the Status of Urban, Rural Settlement, Municipal District, and Urban Okrug'', as amended by the Law of the Chuvash Republic #75 of December 28, 2007. Appendix 103 ''List of Inhabited Localities Comprising Alikovskoye Rural Settlement''] ) is a
rural locality
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(a
village
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) in
Alikovsky District
Alikovsky District (; , ''Elĕk rayonĕ'') is an administrativeLaw #28 and municipalLaw #37 district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of the Chuvash Republic, twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is located in the northwestern ...
of the
Chuvash Republic
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,
Russia
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, located near the district's
administrative center
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In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...
of
Alikovo and near the
Cheboksary
Cheboksary is the capital city of Chuvashia, Russia. It is a port on the Volga River.
Geography
The city is located in the Volga Upland region and stands on the shore of the Cheboksary Reservoir. Its area is .Resolution #2083 The satellite city ...
–Alikovo–
Krasnye Chetai and Cheboksary–Alikovo–
Yadrin
Yadrin (; , ''Yetĕrne'') is a town and the administrative center of Yadrinsky District of the Chuvash Republic, Russia. Yadrin is located on the left bank of the Sura River, southwest of Cheboksary, the capital of the republic. Population:
...
auto routes. The population is 135, mostly
Chuvash females; it was 248, 224 and 156 in 1926, 1907 and 1859, respectively.
Two small rivers — the Abashyrma and Khelkassy — flow in the vicinity of the village. The village only has one street (Kooperativnaya).
The climate is moderately continental, with long cold winters and warm summers. Average January temperature is , average July temperature—. Absolute recorded minimum temperature is , while the absolute recorded maximum is . Annual average
precipitation
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is .
Etymology and history
Until 1927, Siner was a part of
Alikovskaya Volost of
Yadrinsky Uyezd Yadrinsky Uyezd (; ) was one of the subdivisions of the Kazan Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the western part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Yadrin.
Demographics
At the time of the Russian Empire Census o ...
. On November 1, 1927, the village became a part of Alikovsky District. It was transferred to
Vurnarsky District on December 20, 1962, but was returned to Alikovsky District on March 14, 1965.
Notable people
*
Zolotov's dynasty
Further reading
*L. I. Yefimov, "Alikovsky District" (""), Alikovo, 1994.
*"Аликовская энциклопедия", (Encyklopaedia of Alikovo) editors: Efimov L.A., Efimov E.L., Ananjev A. A., Terentjev G. K., Cheboksary, 2009, .
References
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Rural localities in Chuvashia
Alikovsky District
Yadrinsky Uyezd