Aktanysh (; ; ), historically known as Lower Aktanyshbash (; ) is a

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(a selo) and the

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Aktanyshsky District Aktanyshsky District (; ) is an territorial administrative unit and municipal district of the Republic of Tatarstan within the Russian Federation. The district is located in the north-east of the republic. The administrative centre of the distri ...

of the

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. The population is less than 10,000, though it has steadily increased in recent decades; The village is situated in the lower reaches of the Belaya (Ağiðel) river, in the easternmost part of Tatarstan, less than from the border with

Bashkortostan Bashkortostan, officially the Republic of Bashkortostan, sometimes also called Bashkiria, is a republic of Russia between the Volga river and the Ural Mountains in Eastern Europe. The republic borders Perm Krai to the north, Sverdlovsk Oblast ...

. Aktanysh lies about east of

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and northwest of Ufa as the crow flies.

History

Aktanysh was settled by

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of the Yabalakovskaya tyuba of the Kyrgyz volost in the period prior to Bashkir integration into the Russian State. The earliest known record of the settlement dates from 1715. Until 1920, the village was the center of Aktanyshsky Volost of the

Menzelinsky Uyezd Menzelinsky Uyezd (''Мензелинский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Ufa Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the northwestern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Menzelinsk. Demographics ...

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. Aktanysh was included in the

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as part of the Menzelinsky canton. Since 1930 it has served as the center of the Aktanyshsky District, excepting the period during 1963 to 11 January 1965 when it was part of the

Menzelinsky District Menzelinsky District (; ) is a territorial administrative unit and municipal district of the Republic of Tatarstan within the Russian Federation. The district is located on the right bank of the Kama River, in the north-eastern part of the Republ ...

. In the period from 1988 to 1991, Aktanysh had the status of an

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Education

The Boarding School of Humanities for Gifted Children (, ) is a gymnasium located in Aktanysh. Unlike other

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s in the Republic of Tatarstan, it is managed by the state rather than the municipal district and is directly subordinate to the Ministry of Education and Science of Tatarstan. The Aktanysh Technical College () is also located within the locality.

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External links

Aktanysh
at Bashkirica.com {{Authority control Rural localities in Aktanyshsky District Menzelinsky Uyezd Former urban-type settlements of Tatarstan