Laishevo (; ) is a

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

and the

administrative center An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune, is located. In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...

Laishevsky District Laishevsky District (; ) – is a Administrative divisions of the Republic of Tatarstan, territorial administrative unit and Municipal divisions of Russia, municipal district of the Tatarstan, Republic of Tatarstan within the Russia, Russian Feder ...

in the

Republic of Tatarstan Tatarstan, officially the Republic of Tatarstan, sometimes also called Tataria, is a Republics of Russia, republic of Russia located in Eastern Europe. It is a part of the Volga Federal District; and its capital city, capital and largest city i ...

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, located on the right bank of the

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on the shore of the

Kuybyshev Reservoir Kuybyshev Reservoir or Kuybyshevskoye Reservoir () is a reservoir of the middle Volga and lower Kama in Chuvashia, Mari El Republic, Republic of Tatarstan, Samara Oblast and Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia. It is sometimes called as Samara Reservoir an ...

, southeast of the republic's

capital Capital and its variations may refer to: Common uses * Capital city, a municipality of primary status ** Capital region, a metropolitan region containing the capital ** List of national capitals * Capital letter, an upper-case letter Econom ...

Kazan Kazan; , IPA: Help:IPA/Tatar, ɑzanis the largest city and capital city, capital of Tatarstan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka (river), Kazanka Rivers, covering an area of , with a population of over 1. ...

. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 7,735.

History

Known as Laishev () since the times of the

Khanate of Kazan The Khanate of Kazan was a Tatar state that occupied the territory of the former Volga Bulgaria between 1438 and 1552. The khanate covered contemporary Tatarstan, Mari El, Chuvashia, Mordovia, and parts of Udmurtia and Bashkortostan; ...

, it was granted town status in 1781.''Inhabited Localities of the Republic of Tatarstan'', p. 167 In 1920–1927, it served as the

of a '' kanton''. In 1926, it was demoted in status to a '' selo'' and given its present name. In 1950, it was granted

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlement, abbreviated: ; , abbreviated: ; ; ; ; . is an official designation for lesser urbanized settlements, used in several Central and Eastern Europe, Central and Eastern European countries. The term was primarily used in the So ...

status. It served as the administrative center of a district in 1930–1963 and then again since 1965. Town status was granted to it again in 2004. On August 22nd, 2013, four members of a family were killed by toxic fumes from some rotten potatoes stored in their basement. Map Corded Ware culture-en

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Laishevo serves as the

, to which it is directly subordinated.Order #01-02/9 As a municipal division, the

of Laishevo, together with the

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

of Staraya Pristan, is incorporated within Laishevsky Municipal District as Laishevo Urban Settlement.Law #28-ZRT

Economy

As of 1997, economic activity revolved around the starch and fish-processing plants, a garment factory, and a forestry farm.

Demographics

As of 1989, the population was ethnically mostly

Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

(74.9%),

Tatar Tatar may refer to: Peoples * Tatars, an umbrella term for different Turkic ethnic groups bearing the name "Tatar" * Volga Tatars, a people from the Volga-Ural region of western Russia * Crimean Tatars, a people from the Crimea peninsula by the B ...

(21.8%), and Chuvash (1.4%).

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External links

Unofficial website of Laishevo
{{Authority control Cities and towns in Tatarstan Laishevsky Uyezd Former urban-type settlements of Tatarstan