Yavas (russian: Явас; mdf, Яваз, ''Javaz'') is an urban locality (a work settlement) in the

Zubovo-Polyansky District Zubovo-Polyansky District (russian: Зу́бово-Поля́нский райо́н; mdf, Зубунь аймак, ''Zubuń ajmak''; myv, Пейкужо буе, ''Pejkužo buje'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Republic of Mordovia, Ar ...

of the

Republic of Mordovia The Republic of Mordovia (russian: Респу́блика Мордо́вия, r=Respublika Mordoviya, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə mɐrˈdovʲɪjə; mdf, Мордовия Республиксь, ''Mordovija Respublikś''; myv, Мордовия Рес ...

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eigh ...

. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 7,941. It is the location of women's prison

corrective colony No. 2, Mordovia FKU'FKU' stands for Federal Governmental Institution ("federalnoye kazyonnoye uchrezhdeniye") and UFSIN is for Office of the Federal Penitentiary Service ("Управление федеральной службы исполнения наказ ...

History

It was founded in 1931 as the headquarters of the fast-paced camp system for prisoners, dubbed ''

Temlag Temlag (Темла́г), Temnikovsky Corrective Labor Camp (Темниковский исправи́тельно-трудово́й ла́герь), or Temnikovsky ITL (Темниковский ИТЛ) was a camp of the Gulag labor camp system of ...

'' (named after the town of Temnikov) of the

Gulag The Gulag, an acronym for , , "chief administration of the camps". The original name given to the system of camps controlled by the State Political Directorate, GPU was the Main Administration of Corrective Labor Camps (, )., name=, group= ...

system, later transferred to

Dubravlag The Dubravny Camp, Special Camp No.3 (), commonly known as the Dubravlag (russian: Дубравлаг), was a Gulag labor camp of the Soviet Union located in Yavas, Mordovia from 1948 to 2005. The Dubravlag was founded as one of several Gulag sp ...

(Asherah camp). The settlement retains its value as one of the centers of the Russian penitentiary system. There are these penal institutions: *LC-385/2 (for women) *LC-385/11 (for men) *LC-385/8 (for males and females, the colony-settlement). The status of urban-type settlement was assigned to the settlement by the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Mordovia on April 9, 1959. Located on Yavas River, north from the district center Zubova Polyana and from the railway station Potma. Founded in 1930 on the railway line Potma – Barashevo, it served as an area for harvesting industrial wood and firewood for

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

. At the beginning of the 1930s, the village became the center of the CTI network opened here ("Dubravlag"). A factory for wood processing was built in 1941-1945. By the mid-1950s, a school, hotel, bath, residential buildings and a stadium were built, and the

House of Culture Palace of Culture (russian: Дворец культуры, dvorets kultury, , ''wénhuà gōng'', german: Kulturpalast) or House of Culture (Polish: ''dom kultury'') is a common name ( generic term) for major club-houses ( community centres) in ...

was renovated.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the work settlement of Yavas, together with three

rural localities In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are des ...

, is incorporated within

as Yavas Work Settlement (an administrative division of the district).Law #7-Z As a municipal division, Yavas Work Settlement is incorporated within Zubovo-Polyansky Municipal District as Yavasskoye Urban Settlement.Law #12-Z

Notable people

It is the birthplace of the Soviet/Russian

cosmonaut An astronaut (from the Ancient Greek (), meaning 'star', and (), meaning 'sailor') is a person trained, equipped, and deployed by a human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member aboard a spacecraft. Although generally r ...

Vladimir Dezhurov Vladimir Nikolayevich Dezhurov (russian: Влади́мир Никола́евич Дежу́ров; born July 30, 1962) is a Russian former cosmonaut who resides in Star City, Moscow. He is a veteran of two spaceflights, to the Mir and Internati ...

(1962).

Brittney Griner Brittney Yevette Griner (; born October 18, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She is a two-time Olympic gold medalist with the U.S. women's natio ...

, a US basketball player, was imprisoned at Female Penal Colony IK-2 in Yavas, in 2022.

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