Sarapul ( Udmurt and russian: Сара́пул) is a

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and a river port in the

Udmurt Republic Udmurtia (russian: Удму́ртия, r=Udmúrtiya, p=ʊˈdmurtʲɪjə; udm, Удмуртия, ''Udmurtija''), or the Udmurt Republic (russian: Удмуртская Республика, udm, Удмурт Республика, Удмурт � ...

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, located on the right bank of the

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, southeast of

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, the capital of the republic. Population:

History

Sarapul is one of the oldest cities of the Kama region. It was first mentioned in a 1596 population audit book as the village ('' selo'') of Voznesenskoye (), later known as Sarapul: ''in Kazansky Uyezd in the upper Kama River ... in Sarapul and Siva people fish''. Apparently, here "Sarapul" is the name of a section of the river, as well as the entire area along its shores. It is believed that the name of this area comes from the word "сарапуль" (''sarapul'') which in Chuvash means "yellow fish", or sturgeon, which was in abundance here. Later, however, other versions of the origin of the name were considered. In particular, one of them says that the word "sarapul" formed by the merger of two words: "sarah", which in one of the Siberian dialects means "money", and "pul", a small copper coin, thus meaning "place of money". It was chartered in 1780"Sarapul" in '' The New Encyclopædia Britannica''. Chicago:

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, 15th edn., 1992, Vol. 10, p. 447. and by the end of the 18th century had grown into a merchant town with developed footwear manufacturing industry. The city of Sarapul was one of the residence centers of the Udmurt Jews,Altyntsev A.V., "The Concept of Love in Ashkenazim of Udmurtia and Tatarstan", Nauka Udmurtii. 2013. № 4 (66), p. 131. (Алтынцев А.В.
"Чувство любви в понимании евреев-ашкенази Удмуртии и Татарстана".
Наука Удмуртии. 2013. №4. С. 131: Комментарии.) who spoke ''Udmurtish'' '' Yiddish''. In the lexicon of this dialect there was a noticeable number of Udmurt and Tatar loan words.Гольдберг-Алтынцев А.В., "Краткий этнографический обзор группы ашкеназских евреев в Алнашском районе Удмуртской Республики / пер. с англ. яз. А.Й. Каца."
Jewish studies in the Udmurt Republic: Online. Part 1. Edited by A. Greenberg. February 27, 2015 published. P. 3.

Geography

Climate

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the city of republic significance of Sarapul—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.Law #46-RZ As a municipal division, the city of republic significance of Sarapul is incorporated as Sarapul Urban Okrug.Law #76-RZ

Economy

Currently, Sarapul is the second most important industrial town in the republic after

Honors

The

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26851 Sarapul was named by astronomer Eric Elst in the city's honor on June 1, 2007.NASA
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Notable people from Sarapul

* Ruslan Avleev, basketball player * Zulya Kamalova, singer *

Yevgeny Kychanov Evgenij Ivanovich Kychanov (russian: Евгений Иванович Кычанов; also transcribed as ''Yevgeny Ivanovich Kychanov'', 22 June 1932 – 24 May 2013) was a Soviet and Russian orientalist, an expert on the Tangut people and their ...

, historian *

Peter Palchinsky Peter Akimovich Palchinsky (russian: Пётр Иоаки́мович (Аки́мович) Пальчи́нский; –22 May 1929) was a Russian engineer who played a significant role in the introduction of scientific method into Russian indus ...

, engineer * Vladimir Sarayev, football player * Oleg Zhakov, actor

References

Notes

Sources

* * *This article incorporates material from the Russian Wikipedia

External links

Website of Sarapul

Website Sarapul production of metal products
{{Authority control Cities and towns in Udmurtia Sarapulsky Uyezd Populated places on the Kama River