Kilinci

The territory where the modern village is located, until 1744 belonged to the Edzhansky Murza ( princes Urusov). The history of the village was studied and described by the local teacher and poetess Zulkhabira Faridovna Izhberdieva, the granddaughter of the last representative of the Urusovs, in the book “Kelechim Minem - My Kilinci” ^[1] .

The Yurt tribes of the Tulga and the Kelechi tribe, by which the village was named, predominated in the village. There is also a folk etymology - a version about the origin of the name of the village from the call of Kil-Ache! 'move around!' to the inhabitants of neighboring Moshaik at the end of the XVIII century , when the village was founded (the date of official foundation is considered November 7, 1787 ) ^[2] . Administratively part of the Astrakhan district .

In Kilinchi at the address Dorozhnaya street, house 33 is the largest mosque in the Astrakhan region (see photo above). The height of its minaret is 27 meters , the diameter of the dome is 17. The mosque was built for 23 years, not only Muslims , but also representatives of other faiths took part in raising funds and the construction itself ^[3] .

National composition

About 67% of the population are Yurt Tatars , a Turkic-speaking ethnic group, combined with Astrakhan , Kazan and other Tatars as part of the census. Yurtovtsy are sometimes called the subethnos of the Tatar people, but this is not true. Historically, these are Tatar Nogai nomadic tribes. Yurt people speak the Yurt-Nogai language , which is closer to the proper Nogai and Alabugat-Nogai languages ​​than to the literary Tatar and any of its dialects .

Small groups of Russians and Kazakhs also live in the village ^[6] .

The village is located in the central part of the Volga region on the left bank of the Bolda River opposite the Russian village of Beginning . The distance to Astrakhan in a straight line is 17 kilometers (to the city center), to the district center of the village of Nachalovo - 7 kilometers ^[7] . By road , however, the distance is much greater (31 kilometers to Astrakhan and 18 to Nachalovo), since the nearest bridge over Bolda is 15 kilometers north of Kilinche.

The climate is sharply continental , with hot and arid summers and snowless windy, sometimes with great cold, winters. According to the Köppen-Geiger classification of climates, the type of climate is semi - arid (BSk index).

Timezone

Kilinci is connected with Nachalov and Astrakhan by two suburban bus routes. Twice a day, a bus leaves from the central Astrakhan bus station to the village of Tishkovo, Volodarsky district , passing through Kilinci. This route also connects Kilinchi with three other settlements of the Kilinchi village council - Kinelle , Kaftanka and Chilimny .

Seven times a day, a minibus runs to Kilinci from the Bolshoi Isady bus station, located in the Kirovsky district of Astrakhan near the largest city market. Both routes also pass through the district center of Nachalovo . The cost of a ticket to Astrakhan is about 50 rubles.

There is a ferry service connecting Kilinci with the village of Beginning . One way fare is 10 rubles.