Urvan (Nizhny Novgorod Region)

Located 9 km northwest of the river Ardatova .

The village stands on the right beret of the river Uzhovka. On the northeast edge of the village is a lake. In 1 km from the village from all sides, except for the southeast, deciduous forests grow.

In the middle of the nineteenth century. the village was located at the rivers Samondai and Uzhovka, seven miles from the river. Ardatova village, to the west of the country road connecting Ardatov with the Arzamas-Mur postal system. The village of Urvan belonged to the second camp of the Ardatov district of the Nizhny Novgorod province.

In 1859, 43 yards, 144 male souls and 168 female souls were recorded in the village. The village did not know serfdom; its inhabitants were under the jurisdiction of the specific department. The lands in the village, as well as in the neighboring villages of Uzhivka , Kotovka , Lemety , were sandy. The crop rarely exceeded itself - three. According to the stories of the elderly, they planted rye, oats, buckwheat, flax, and hemp. There were two windmills in the village. One of them either in 1942, or in 1943 lit a thunderstorm. Residents of the village in the middle of the XIX century. were not named among artisans who specialized in any kind of craft. However, one "craft" in Urvani was still developed. V. G. Tarakanov spoke about him:

“And also the population of the village was engaged in theft. We went to steal in other settlements of the region. They also stole from each other. According to the stories of old people, once in the village a gathering was gathered. At this gathering, they decided to kill three for theft. They were killed without trial and court by a steelyard on the head. The name of one of them is Baku, the other two, I do not know. Strictly treated residents with those who stole. "

Many villagers were hired to work for the master for three kilometers in Guskaya. Residents of the village were parishioners of the Ilyinsky church in the city of Ardatov. There were also Old Believers in the village. The last of them in Urvani was considered the Mikhailovs.

At the beginning of the twentieth century. the village was part of the Kotovsky volost of the Ardatovsky district of the Nizhny Novgorod province.

In 1910, there were 83 yards in the village, which made up one peasant society. In Urvan there was a school - the Zemstvo primary public school. Old-timers say that it was built in 1911. Guskovsky master brought gifts to the children’s school. The children of all the villagers studied there.

In 1912, there were 82 yards in the village of Urvani, 463 inhabitants lived. The peasants of the village kept 577 livestock.

In 1914 there was anarchy in the village.

In 1917, Soviet power was established peacefully. There were activists, but their names are unknown.

during the Civil War, there were no military operations in the village.

Collectivization in the village took place in 1933. Then, approximately in 1952, the collective farm of the village of Urvani merged with the Guskovsky collective farm, and in 1969 it became part of the Kotovsky farm. After the war, there was still a population in the village. There were young people.

In 1958 a club and a farm were built. But the village is far from the district center, there was no road. And the youth gradually dispersed, and the village was declared unpromising. After the inhabitants parted, there were many empty plots of land left. They were taken by the youth of the village of Kotovka.

In 1986, an elementary school was closed.

According to a 1978 survey, there were 50 yards in the village, 153 people lived (65 males and 88 females).

In 1988, the village was transferred to the Ardatovsk Agropromkhim subsidiary farm. Asphalt was laid in the village. A bus was launched from the district to the village. A power-saw bench was built. In the summer of 1993, the sawmill was lit by a thunderstorm.

By 1992, the number of yards was reduced to 27; 51 people remained in the village. Currently, the population of the village is mainly the retirement age, the working age population is 15-16 people, there are no students, the rest are pensioners. There are no prospects for the future of the village.

There are two legends about the time and circumstances of the emergence of the village among local residents.

According to the first, the troops of Ivan the Terrible marched on the Tatars in the village area. Then in the XVI century. and a village formed. According to another version, the village was organized by beekeepers from Murom s. Urvan. According to legend, they were originally located on the left beret of the river. And then from the left bank, which flooded in the spring, residents moved to the right.