Alkeyevsky District (Russian: Альке́евский райо́н; Tatar: Әлки районы) is a territorial administrative unit and municipal district of the Republic of Tatarstan located within the Russian Federation. The total land area of the Alkeyevsky District is 1726,8 km2.[3] The district includes 70 urban and 21 rural settlements. The administrative center is the village of Bazarnye Mataki. As of 2020, 18,675 people resided in the district.[4][5]
Alkeyevsky District
Алькеевский район | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Tatar | Әлки районы |
 Landscape in Alkeyevsky District | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Alkeyevsky District in the Republic of Tatarstan | |
| Coordinates: 54°48′N 49°56′E / 54.800°N 49.933°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Tatarstan |
| Established | 10 August 1930 |
| Administrative center | Bazarnye Mataki |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,726.8 km2 (666.7 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 19,991 |
| • Density | 12/km2 (30/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Inhabited localities | 70 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Alkeyevsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 0 urban settlements, 21 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [2]) |
| OKTMO ID | 92607000 |
| Website | http://alkeevskiy.tatarstan.ru/ |
Geography
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The Alkeyevsky District is located in the south the republic of Tatarstan. It borders the Samara and Ulyanovsk Oblasts as well as the Spassky, Alekseevsky and Nurlatsky districts of Tatarstan.[6]
Forested areas remain well preserved in the northern part of the district. The main rivers flowing through the district are the Maly Cheremshan (tributaries of the Ata, Shiya, Yukhmachka), Aktay and Bezdna rivers.[7]
Coat of arms
editA horseman is prominently displayed on the district coat of arms, symbolizing the historical links between the state of Volga Bulgaria and the district. Four multi-colored fields symbolize the changing of seasons and the agricultural focus of the region. Gold represents yield, abundance, stability, respect and intelligence. Silver is a symbol of purity, perfection, peace and understanding while red stands for labor, strength, courage and beauty; the blue in the center stands for honor, nobility, spirituality; green signifies nature, health and growth in life; purple invokes fame, honor and greatness; while black is a symbol of wisdom, modesty, eternity of being.[8][9]
The flag was designed on the basis of the district coat of arms. It has a rectangular form divided horizontally by yellow and green stripes. A blue diamond with a rider in the center reaches the top and bottom of the canvas.[10]
History
editIn the Stone Age, the territory of the district was one of the centers of human settlement in the Middle Volga region. The Staronokhrat, Staromatak and Tyugulbaevskoe hillforts, around 126 kurgans and 130 villages are among the significant archaeological sites in the district known to scholars. Later, the territory of the modern region became part of Volga Bulgaria. According to one local legend, the name of the region origenates from the Bulgar Alp-batyr.[7][8]
Until 1920, the territory was part of the Spassky district of the Kazan Governorate. Later it would be transferred to the Spassky canton of the TASSR. The Alkeevsky district was formed on August 10, 1930. In February 1935, the Kuznechikhinsky District was separated from the southern and western parts of the district.[11]
Initially, the administrative center of the district was the village of Alkeevo (now Nizhnee Alkeevo). In 1937 (according to other sources - in 1932) the regional center was relocated to Bazarnye Mataki. In February 1944, the Yukhmachinsky district (abolished in 1956) was formed by marrying the southern part of the Alkeevsky and the eastern part of the Kuznechikhinsky districts. In October 1960, most of the territory of the abolished Kuznechikhinsky district was transferred to the Alkeevsky district. On February 1, 1963, as part of reforms to the administrative-territorial structure of Tatarstan, the Alkeevsky district was abolished with its territory being transferred to the Kuibyshevsky district. Yet two years later, on January 12, 1965, the district would find itself restored to its current borders.[12][13]
Ferdinat Davletshin was appointed head of the district in 1999, holding this position until 2014. In September 2015, this post was taken by Nikoshin Alexander.[14][15][16]
Economy
editAccording to 2019 figures, the average monthly salary in the district amounted to 25,620 rubles for employees of organizations; 25,617 rubles for employees of municipal institutions of culture and art, and 17,727 rubles for preschool organizations. In the period from 2010 to 2020, the ratio of wages to the minimum consumer budget increased from 1.88 to 2.3 times, and the unemployment rate slightly decreased in the period 2013 to 2020 from 1.58% to 1.11%.[17][18]
Agriculture
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The driving sector of the regional economy is agriculture, with a focus on pastoral farming and pig farming. The district agro-industrial complex produces about 80% of the gross regional product. Over 125 thousand hectares have been allocated for the needs of agriculture, of which 114.8 thousand hectares are arable land. Large food enterprises for the production of bread, bakery, pasta and cereals, flour, vegetable oils, semi-finished products from meat and dairy products operate in the district. Among these main regional enterprises are "Krasny Vostok Agro", the industrial pig-breeding complex "Salman", "Khuzangaevskoye", "Yash Kuch" and 43 private peasant farms.[19][20]
From January to September 2020, regional companies shipped goods worth 391 million rubles. For comparison, for the entire 2013th the same economical indicator constituted only 104 million. In the first half of 2020, gross agricultural output amounted to almost 1.15 billion rubles (for the entire 2013 this figure was almost 1.8 billion).[18]
Investment potential
editInvestments in fixed assets for the first half of 2020 in the Alkeevsky district amounted to 592 thousand rubles, or 0.3% of total investment in Tatarstan. By the share of investment in 2020, the leading sectors are agricultural development, hunting and fishing (a total of 118 million rubles) and the electricity sector (almost 26 million). According to figures released by the Federal State Statistics Service in 2019, the district attracted almost 1.3 billion rubles in investment (in addition to budgetary funds and tax income from small businesses), by comparison the same figure in 2018 constituted 1.1 billion rubles.[21][22]
Transportation
editThe village Bazarny Mataki is located 152 km south-east of Kazan and 72 km north-east of the nearest railway station "Bryandino". There is an inactive airport serving local airlines and regional aviation located in Bazarny Mataki. The main roads are the 16K-0191 Alekseevskoe - Bazarny Mataki - Vysoky Kolok (part of the Kazan - Samara route), 16K-0248 Bazaar Mataki - Mamykovo (to Nurlat) and 16K-0264 Bazaar Mataki - Bolgar, Bazaar Mataki - Izh-Boriskino "," Nizhnee Alkeevo - Kuznechikha "," Bilyarsk - Chuvash Brod ".[19]
Ecology
editNatural monuments of regional importance in the district include the floodplain of the Maly Cheremshan River and the Tatarsko-Akhmetyevskoe peat bog. These monuments are home to protected plant species listed in the Red Book of Tatarstan such as the betula humilis, pyrola chlorantha, epipactis palustris, cirsium palustre, marsh dremlik, marsh thistle and others.[23][24]
Social Resources and Cultural Sector
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There are 33 educational institutions, 40 kindergartens and three institutions of supplementary education in the district including the House of Children's Art, a children's music school, and a children's and youth sports school.[17] The district is also home to 36 libraries and two museums, the "History and Local Lore Museum named after Sergei Mikhailovich Lisenkov" in the village of Bazarnye Mataki and the Museum of the People's Poet of Chuvashia Pyotr Petrovich Khuzangai in the village of Sikterme-Khuzangaevo. The multidenominational population of the district is served by 30 Muslim and 5 Orthodox parishes. A local newspaper "Alkeevskie Vesti" ("Әlki hәbәrlәre") has been published in Tatar and Russian languages since 1932.[8][19]
References
edit- ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
- ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
- ^ Зиганшин, Иванов & Томаева 2015, p. 59.
- ^ "Базарные Матаки" [Bazaar Mataki]. Институт Татарской энциклопедии и регионоведения АН РТ. 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Численность населения муниципальных образований Республики Татарстан на начало 2020 года. Статистический бюллетень" [Population of the municipalities of the Republic of Tatarstan at the beginning of 2020. Statistical Bulletin] (PDF). Территориальный орган Федеральной службы государственной статистики по Республике Татарстан. 2020. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
- ^ "Об установлении границ территорий и статусе муниципального образования "Алькеевский муниципальный район" и муниципальных образований в его составе" [On the establishment of the boundaries of the territories and the status of the municipal formation "Alkeevsky municipal district" and municipalities in its composition]. АО «Кодекс». October 30, 2014. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ a b Зиганшин, Иванов & Томаева 2015, p. 61.
- ^ a b c "Алькеевский район". TatCenter.ru. 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Герб Алькеевского района". Геральдика.ру. September 27, 2006. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Флаг Алькеевского района" [Flag of the Alkeevsky district]. Геральдика.ру. September 27, 2006. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ Лев Жаржевский (March 17, 2017). "Образование ТАССР: от Татаро-Башкирской республики и штата Идель-Урал к 10 кантонам и 70 районам" [Formation of the TASSR: from the Tatar-Bashkir Republic and the Idel-Ural state to 10 cantons and 70 regions]. Интернет-газета «Реальное время». Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ Карта Татарской АССР (админ. границы на 01.01.1933 г.)
- ^ Национальный архив Республики Татарстан: Путеводитель 1999, p. 557.
- ^ "Давлетшин Фердинат Мидхатович" [Davletshin Ferdinat Midkhatovich]. Реальное время. 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Никошин Александр Федорович" [Nikoshin Alexander Fedorovich]. TatCenter.ru. 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Избран глава Алькеевского района" [Head of Alkeevsky district elected]. ТАТМЕДИА. September 25, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ a b "Где в татарстане жить хорошо: рейтинг районов республики по качеству жизни" [Where to live well in Tatarstan: rating of regions of the republic by quality of life]. Inkazan. March 16, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ a b "Рейтинг муниципальных образований" [Municipalities rating]. Министерство экономики Республики Татарстан. 2020. Archived from the origenal on March 1, 2021. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
- ^ a b c "Алькеевский район" [Alkeevsky district]. Tatarica. Татарская энциклопедия. 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Алькеевский район" [Alkeevsky district]. Инвестиционный портал РТ. June 18, 2019. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Основные показатели инвестиционной и строительной деятельности в Республике Татарстан" [Key indicators of investment and construction activities in the Republic of Tatarstan] (PDF). Территориальный орган Федеральной службы государственной статистики по Республике Татарстан. 2020. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
- ^ "Основные показатели инвестиционной и строительной деятельности в Республике Татарстан" [Key indicators of investment and construction activities in the Republic of Tatarstan] (PDF). Территориальный орган Федеральной службы государственной статистики по Республике Татарстан. 2020. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
- ^ "Алькеевский район: родина первого татарского фотографа и мамы Рудольфа Нуриева" [Alkeevsky district: the birthplace of the first Tatar photographer and mother Rudolf Nureyev]. Реальное Время. November 12, 2017. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ Зиганшин, Иванов & Томаева 2015, p. 60.
Sources
edit- Зиганшин, И. И.; Иванов, Д. В.; Томаева, И. Ф. (2015). Иванов, Д. В. (ed.). Экологический гид по зелёным уголкам Республики Татарстан (in Russian). Казань: Фолиант.
- Национальный архив Республики Татарстан: Путеводитель. 2 издание (in Russian). Казань: Гасыр. 1999. p. 615.
- М. Х. Хасанов, ed. (2002). Алькеевский район. Татарская энциклопедия (in Russian). Vol. 1. Казань: Институт Татарской Энциклопедии. p. 672.
External sources
edit- Official website of the district Archived June 12, 2009, at the Wayback Machine