Kurmysh

Kurmysh
Курмыш
Selo
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Location of Kurmysh
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Kurmysh is located in Russia
Kurmysh
Kurmysh
Location of Kurmysh
Kurmysh is located in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Kurmysh
Kurmysh
Kurmysh (Nizhny Novgorod Oblast)
Coordinates: 55°49′49″N 46°04′45″E / 55.830399°N 46.079239°E / 55.830399; 46.079239
CountryRussia
Federal subjectNizhny Novgorod Oblast
Administrative districtPilninsky District
Founded1372
Elevation
83 m (272 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[1]
 • Total
1,037
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[2])
Postal code(s)[3]
607467Edit this on Wikidata
OKTMO ID22545000286

Kurmysh (Russian: Курмыш) is a rural locality (a selo) in Pilninsky District of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia.[4] It is located over 100 kilometres (62 mi) east of Nizhny Novgorod.[5] Population: 1,037 (2010 Census);[1] 1,291 (2002 Census).[6]

History

Kurmysh was founded in 1372 when Prince Boris Konstantinovich of Nizhny Novgorod-Suzdal ordered its establishment on the Sura River ("постави город на Суре Курмыш нарече").[5] It was the easternmost Russian settlement for almost two centuries and it helped to consolidate Russian influence in the Volga region.[5] As a result, it bore the brunt of attacks from the east.[5]

In 1406–1407, Grand Prince Vasily I of Moscow, bequeathed "Kurmysh with everything that came with it" to his son.[5] In 1445, Vasily II was released from Kurmysh after being captured by Ulugh Muhammad of the Kazan Khanate and forced to pay a ransom.[5]

Following the capture of Kazan in 1552 by Ivan the Terrible, Kurmysh's position declined as the Russian fortress of Alatyr was established to the south.[5] From the 1560s, it served as the administrative center of Kurmyshsky Uyezd within the Russian tsardom until 1708.[4] In the second half of the 16th century and in the 17th century, it was mainly made up of service class people.[4]

Kurmysh further lost its significance when the majority of the service class people were transferred to the border near Simbirsk.[4] The lower categories of service class people, including Cossacks and streltsy, became state peasants in the early 18th century.[4] By 1804, it had a population of 695.[4] According to the 1897 census, about 3,200 people lived there.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  3. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Чибис, А.А. (2006). "КУРМЫШ". In Григорьев, В. С. (ed.). Чувашская энциклопедия: Том 2 : Ж — Л. Справочно-энциклопедическое издание. ISBN 978-5-7670-1471-2.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Кирьянов, Игорь Александрович (1961). Старинные крепости Нижегородского Поволжья: очерк о старинных русских дерево-крепостях в Н. Новгороде (Горьком): Городце, селе Городищи (Борского района), Лыскове, Курмыше, Василосурске, Балахне, Б. Мурашкине, Арзамасе (in Russian). Горьковское книжное изд-во. pp. 71–72.
  6. ^ Federal State Statistics Service (21 May 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).