Mamadysh
Encyclopedia
Mamadysh is a town and the administrative center of Mamadyshsky District
of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia
, located on the right bank of the Vyatka River
(Kama
's tributary
), 167 kilometres (103.8 mi) east of Kazan
. Population:
Originally a Tatar
village, it had some Russian settlers by the 17th century. Town status was granted to it in 1781.
Mamadyshsky District
Mamadyshsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the forty-three in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. Its administrative center is the town of Mamadysh. District's population: 48,075 ; Population of Mamadysh accounts for 32.1% of the district's population....
of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, located on the right bank of the Vyatka River
Vyatka River
The Vyatka River is a river in Kirov Oblast and the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia, right tributary of the Kama River. It is 1,314 km in length. The area of its basin is 129,000 km²....
(Kama
Kama River
Kama is a major river in Russia, the longest left tributary of the Volga and the largest one in discharge; in fact, it is larger than the Volga before junction....
's tributary
Tributary
A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean...
), 167 kilometres (103.8 mi) east of Kazan
Kazan
Kazan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. With a population of 1,143,546 , it is the eighth most populous city in Russia. Kazan lies at the confluence of the Volga and Kazanka Rivers in European Russia. In April 2009, the Russian Patent Office granted Kazan the...
. Population:
Originally a Tatar
Tatars
Tatars are a Turkic speaking ethnic group , numbering roughly 7 million.The majority of Tatars live in the Russian Federation, with a population of around 5.5 million, about 2 million of which in the republic of Tatarstan.Significant minority populations are found in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan,...
village, it had some Russian settlers by the 17th century. Town status was granted to it in 1781.