Kamenka (Atyashevsky district)

Kamenka is a village, the center of the village administration in Atyashevsky district . Population 336 (2001), mostly Russians.

Village
Kamenka
A country	Russia
Subject of the federation	Mordovia
Municipal District	Atyashevsky
History and Geography
Timezone	UTC + 3
Population
Population	336 people ( 2001 )
Official language	Mordovian , Russian
Digital identifiers
Postcode	431812
OKATO Code	89207832001
OKTMO Code	89607432101

Located on the river Draevka, 20 km from the regional center and 8 km from the Boboedovo railway station. Name-characteristic: along the stony bed of the river. In the 1st half of the 17th century Kamenka belonged to I.S. Chirkov. According to the General Land Survey of 1785, the village of Kamenka (36 yards; 104 people) was the property of the landowners A.V. Annenkov and L.I. Chirkov. According to the 10th revision (1859), Kamenka is an owner village of 28 yards of the Ardatov district . At the beginning of the XX century - 84 yards (672 people). In the 1930s, collective farms were organized in the district: “Social agriculture” (v. Kamenka), “Awakening” (v. Keramsurka), the name of Budenny (v. Elhi), and the name of the 16th party congress (v. Troitskoe). In 1960, the united Sverdlov collective farm was created, in 1997 - the Kamensky agricultural collective farm. In Kamenka there is a basic school, a cultural center, a library, a first-aid post, shops and a dining room. Kamenka is the birthplace of the teacher A.S. Kamaev.

The Kamensky rural administration includes the village of Keramsurka (96 people) and the village of Elhi (70 people; the birthplace of the president of Active Bank N. N. Nikolaev). Until 1979, the Kamensky Village Council included the ancient Russian village of Troitsk (former Alatyr district). In the 1st half of the 17th century there was the estate of boyar I. G. Morozov, the Holy Trinity Church was built in 1695, bazaars were held in the 19th century, and a parish school operated.