Zhuravkino ( Moksh. Zharavele ) - a village, the center of the village administration in the Zubovo-Polyansky district . Population 454 (2001), mainly Mordvokamsha.
| Village | |
| Zhuravkino | |
|---|---|
| moksh. Jaraveve | |
| A country |  Russia |
| Subject of the federation | Mordovia |
| Municipal District | Zubovo-Polyansky district |
| History and Geography | |
| Center height | |
| Timezone | UTC + 3 |
| Population | |
| Population | ↘ 309 [1] people ( 2010 ) |
| Official language | Mordovian , Russian |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Postcode | 431138 |
| OKATO Code | 89221828001 |
| OKTMO Code | 89621428101 |
Located on the left bank of the Wad, 27 km from the district center and 4 km from the railway station Wad. Anthroponym name: the first settler was a Mordvin with the pre-Christian name Jarav . Later, the Mordovian name was transformed into "Zhuravkino". It is mentioned in historical documents from 1670: it was a stronghold of rebel groups led by M. Kharitonov and F. Alekseev during the Civil War of 1670-1671. . In the "List of Populated Places of the Tambov Province" (1866) Zhuravkino - the state-owned and owned village (118 yards) of Spassky Uyezd . Crew fishing was developed. According to statistics from 1882, there were 196 households (774 people) in Zhuravkin.
In a modern village - SKHPK Zhuravkinsky as a part of Vector and Company TNV (former collective farm “Way to Communism”), specializing in the production of meat and dairy products and growing vegetables; basic school, 3 libraries, House of Culture, first-aid post, 2 shops; Church of the Life-Giving Spring of the Mother of God (1885; monument of rural architecture). Zhuravkino is the birthplace of the lawyer M. S. Bukin. Near Zhuravkina - settlements of the Bronze and Iron Ages , Zhuravkino burial grounds . 3 km from the village - Lake Imerka . At the end of the 20s. 20 century A.S. Novikov-Priboy often visited here. The writer's house-museum (1929) was not preserved. The Zhuravkinskoye village administration includes s. Avdalovo (440 people), pos. Round (10 people).
Source
- Encyclopedia of Mordovia , S. G. Devyatkin.
- ↑ The size and distribution of the population of the Republic of Mordovia. Results of the 2010 All-Russian Population Census . Date of treatment January 19, 2015. Archived January 19, 2015.