Mokshaley

Mokshaley is a village, the center of the village administration in the Chamzinsky district . Population 554 (2001), mainly Erzya.

Village
Mokshaley
A country	Russia
Subject of the federation	Mordovia
Municipal District	Chamzinsky District
History and Geography
Timezone	UTC + 3
Population
Population	↘ 422 [1] people ( 2010 )
Official language	Mordovian , Russian
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Located on the Arap River, 25 km from the district center and 17 km from the train station Ogaryovka. The name is associated with the ethnonym Moksha and Bark "River." According to archaeological data, it was founded by settlers from the city of Arzamas in the 16th century. after the conquest by Ivan IV of Kazan. In the "List of Populated Places of the Penza Province" (1869) Mokshaley - a state-owned village of 225 yards (1,563 people) of the Saransk district . According to the “Podvornaya census of peasant farming” (1913), in Mokshalei there were 333 yards (1 920 people); Orthodox Church. In 1918, the Council of Peasant Deputies was formed (leader - A. Larkin, S. E. Devyatkin). In 1931 the collective farm “Red Mordovia” was created, since 1957 - enlarged, since 1992 - the agricultural production complex “Mokshaleisky”. In the modern infrastructure of the village there is a library, a cultural center, a shop, a first-aid post, and a post office. Mokshaly is the birthplace of linguist D.V. Tsygankin , literary critic E.I. Chernov, rear admiral D.T. Sevastyanov. The Mokshaley village administration includes the village. Red Warrior (8 people) and with. Pyangely (108 people; motherland of the linguist R. A. Alyoshkina.