Kirkay

Kirkay
	Village
Kirkay
A country	Russia
Subject of the federation	Irkutsk region
Municipal District	Alar
Rural settlement	MO "Ivanichesk"
Internal division	2 streets
History and Geography
Timezone	UTC + 8
Population
Population	↘ 182 people ( 2012 )
Nationalities	Russians, Buryats
Digital identifiers
Telephone code	+7 395 57
Postcode	669471
OKATO Code	25205000037
OKTMO Code

Kirkay is a village in the Alar district of the Ust-Orda Buryat district of the Irkutsk region . Included in the municipality "Ivanichesk" .

Content

1 Geography
2 Internal division
3 Origin of the name
4 History
5 population
6 Famous Natives
7 Notes

Geography

The village is located 42 km southwest of the district center (taking into account transport accessibility).

Internal Division

Consists of 2 streets: Central and Solar ^[2] .

Name Origin

Valentina Krasontseva connects this name with Buryat haer - “steppe”, haere - “steppe place”.

Stanislav Gurulev believes that this toponym can come from the Yakut kyry - “distant”, “marginal”. He also considers the version according to which the name Kirkay can come from the Buryat hire , as well as the Mongol hir or Evenki kiri . All these words are translated as “dirt” ^[3] .

History

Researcher Jean Zimin expressed the opinion that the ulus of Kirkay arose as a result of the resettlement of the Hongodors from Mongolia . In 1874, the Kirkay ulus, where there were 28 inhabitants ^[3] .

Population

Population size
2002 ^[4]	2010 ^[5]	2011 ^[1]	2012 ^[1]
292	↘ 191	↘ 190	↘ 182

Famous Natives

Vampilov, Buda Nikolaevich ( 1920 - 2002 ) - Soviet Buryat theater and film actor, Honored Artist of the Buryat Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic , People's Artist of the Buryat Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, People's Artist of the RSFSR (1959).

Notes

↑ ¹ ² ³ Population by municipalities as of January 1, 2012: stat. bull. Irkutskstat. - Irkutsk, 2012 .-- 81 p. (unspecified) . Date of treatment September 24, 2016. Archived September 24, 2016.
↑ Map of the village of Kirkay in the Irkutsk region with streets and house numbers - MapData.ru
↑ ¹ ² GEOGRAPHICAL names of the Alar district.pdf
↑ The number of rural residents by the settlements of the Irkutsk Region, including the Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug (based on the results of the All-Russian Population Census of 2002) (neopr.) . Date of treatment January 21, 2016. Archived January 21, 2016.
↑ Results of the 2010 All-Russian Population Census for the Irkutsk Region (Neopr.) . Date of treatment September 23, 2013. Archived September 23, 2013.

[2012CK-1] ¹ ² ³ Population by municipalities as of January 1, 2012: stat. bull. Irkutskstat. - Irkutsk, 2012 .-- 81 p. (unspecified) . Date of treatment September 24, 2016. Archived September 24, 2016.

[2] Map of the village of Kirkay in the Irkutsk region with streets and house numbers - MapData.ru

[автоссылка1-3] ¹ ² GEOGRAPHICAL names of the Alar district.pdf

[2002AH-4] The number of rural residents by the settlements of the Irkutsk Region, including the Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug (based on the results of the All-Russian Population Census of 2002) (neopr.) . Date of treatment January 21, 2016. Archived January 21, 2016.

[2010AL-5] Results of the 2010 All-Russian Population Census for the Irkutsk Region (Neopr.) . Date of treatment September 23, 2013. Archived September 23, 2013.