Ruzayevka

Ruzayevka
Рузаевка
Оразай ош (Erzya)
Town
Other transcription(s)
 • MokshaОрозай
 • ErzyaОразай ош
Ruzayevka railway station, July 2013
Ruzayevka railway station, July 2013
Flag of Ruzayevka
Flag
Coat of arms of Ruzayevka
Coat of arms
Interactive map of Ruzayevka
Ruzayevka is located in Russia
Ruzayevka
Ruzayevka
Location of Ruzayevka
Ruzayevka is located in Republic of Mordovia
Ruzayevka
Ruzayevka
Ruzayevka (Republic of Mordovia)
Coordinates: 54°04′N 44°56′E / 54.067°N 44.933°E / 54.067; 44.933
CountryRussia
Federal subjectMordovia
Founded1631
Town status since1937
Elevation
220 m (720 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)
 • Total
47,523
 • Estimate 
(2025)
41,660 (−12.3%)
 • Subordinated totown of republic significance of Ruzayevka
 • Capital ofRuzaevsky District, town of republic significance of Ruzayevka
 • Municipal districtRuzaevsky Municipal District
 • Urban settlementRuzayevka Urban Settlement
 • Capital ofRuzaevsky Municipal District, Ruzayevka Urban Settlement
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata)
Postal code
431440
Dialing code+7 83451
OKTMO ID89643101001

Ruzayevka (Russian: Руза́евка; Moksha: Орозай, Orozaj; Erzya: Оразай ош, Orazaj oš) is a town in the Republic of Mordovia, Russia, located on the Insar River, 25 kilometers (16 mi) southwest of Saransk. Population: 47,523 (2010 census); 49,790 (2002 census); 51,034 (1989 Soviet census).

History

The town was founded on the land given to murza Uraza Tankacheev in 1631 by Russian tsar Michael Fedorovich and is believed to be named after him. The Tatar princes and murzas were owners of Ruzayevka up to 1715. In 1725, the land and peasants were given to the Lieutenant Tikhon Lukin, who owned it for more than 30 years, and then went bankrupt and in 1757 sold it to the court Councilor Yeremey Struysky. For more than a hundred years (1757–1861) Ruzayevka belonged to landowners from the Struysky noble family.

During the 1905 Russian revolution, it became one of the centers of the revolutionary movement, supporting the uprising of Moscow workers. On 23 December [O.S. 10 December] 1905, a committee headed by the engineer of the locomotive depot Afanasiy Petrovich Baykuzov took power in the town and cut off the Moscow–Kazan railway line, proclaiming the "Ruzayevka Republic".

The railway station of Ruzayevka is mentioned in the poetry of the Latvian author Aleksandrs Čaks (Mūžības skartie "Touched by eternity"). The poetry is about Latvian military riflemen in return from the Russian Civil War in 1920.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Ruzayevka serves as the administrative center of Ruzaevsky District, even though it is not a part of it. As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the town of republic significance of Ruzayevka—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Ruzayevka is incorporated within Ruzayevsky Municipal District as Ruzayevka Urban Settlement.

Economy

Ruzayevka is the second biggest industrial center of the republic after Saransk. Primary branches of the industry are mechanical engineering (Ruzkhimmash), vacuum tube mechanical engineering, instrumentation, food processing, and railway transportation.

Transportation

The town is a large railway hub of the Kuybyshev Railway.

Infrastructure

There are several museums in Ruzayevka:

In 1952, a railway club (a cultural center adjacent to the station) was built in the Stalin's Empire style. The club was named after Alexey Ukhtomskiy, a revolutionary who took part in the 1905 uprising.

Notable people

Education

There are nine secondary schools, five children's schools of arts, an orphanage, five vocational schools, and Ruzaevsky Institute of Mechanical Engineering of Mordovian State University in Ruzayevka.

Health care

There are several hospitals in Ruzayevka, including Ruzaevsky Central Regional Hospital and Ruzayevka's Railway Central Hospital.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Law #7-Z
  2. 1 2 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.
  3. ↑ Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2025 года (in Russian), Moscow: Federal State Statistics Service, April 25, 2025, Wikidata Q133797648, archived from the original on April 26, 2026
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #14-Z
  5. ↑ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  6. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  7. ↑ Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 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).
  8. ↑ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
  9. ↑ Editor Jumava, Riga, 2017. ISBN 9789934119972. Audio (broadcast 19.11.2016. time 22:05 LR1) link (from entry 1 minute 40 second to 19 minute 40 second)
  10. ↑ Ковшов В. П., Мокшина Ю. Н., Тувин А. С. "Энциклопедия Мордовия".

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