Chistopol

Chistopol (English) Чистополь (Russian)
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Chistopol
Coordinates: 55°21′53″N 50°37′34″E / 55.36472°N 50.62611°E / 55.36472; 50.62611Coordinates: 55°21′53″N 50°37′34″E / 55.36472°N 50.62611°E / 55.36472; 50.62611
	Coat of arms
Administrative status
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Republic of Tatarstan
Municipal status
Municipal district	Chistopolsky Municipal District[citation needed]
Urban settlement	Chistopol Urban Settlement[citation needed]
Representative body	Town Council[citation needed]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census, preliminary)	60,703 inhabitants[1]
- Rank in 2010	268th
Population (2002 Census)	63,029 inhabitants[2]
- Rank in 2002	256th
Time zone	MSD (UTC+04:00)[3]
Founded	1781[citation needed]
Dialing code(s)	+7 84342[citation needed]
Official website

Chistopol (Russian: Чи́стополь; Tatar Cyrillic: Чистай, Latin: Çistay; Chuvash: Чистай) is a town in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located on the left bank of the Kuybyshev Reservoir, on the Kama River. Population: 60,703 (2010 Census preliminary results);^[1] 63,029 (2002 Census);^[2] 65,468 (1989 Census).^[4] It is served by the Chistopol Airport.

History

It was first mentioned in chronicles at the end of the 17th century. It developed very quickly, and by 1761 the number of inhabitants exceeded 1,000.

In 1781, a decree by Catherine the Great granted Chistopol the status of an uyezd town, with the establishment of its own coat of arms.

At the end of the 19th century, Chistopol became a major center of trade for grain. Prior to 1917, it was the second largest town (after Kazan) in Kazan Governorate.

During the Great Patriotic War, Chistopol become a shelter for the Union of Soviet Writers, which included Boris Pasternak, Leonid Leonov and other notables.

The town is famous for its watch plant founded in 1941.

Chistopol City Center panorama

People

• Alexander Butlerov, Russian chemist, was born in the town in 1828
• Sofia Gubaidulina, Soviet composer, was born in the town in 1931
• Boris Pasternak, Soviet writer who lived in the city from 1942-1943
• Nikolay Likhachyov (1862–1936) a Soviet scientist, historian, palaeographer, art historian, bibliographer, collector, academician
• Anatoly T. Marchenko, Ukrainian dissident, died in 1986 in Chistopol

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2011). "Предварительные итоги Всероссийской переписи населения 2010 года (Preliminary results of the 2010 All-Russian Population Census)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2010). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis-2010.ru/results_of_the_census/results-inform.php. Retrieved 2011-04-25. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек (Population of Russia, its federal districts, federal subjects, districts, urban localities, rural localities—administrative centers, and rural localities with population of over 3,000)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/1_TOM_01_04.xls. Retrieved 2010-03-23. 
3. ^ Правительство Российской Федерации. Постановление №725 от 31 августа 2011 г. «О составе территорий, образующих каждую часовую зону, и порядке исчисления времени в часовых зонах, а также о признании утратившими силу отдельных Постановлений Правительства Российской Федерации». Вступил в силу по истечении 7 дней после дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Российская Газета", №197, 6 сентября 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Resolution #725 of August 31, 2011 On the Composition of the Territories Included into Each Time Zone and on the Procedures of Timekeeping in the Time Zones, as Well as on Abrogation of Several Resolutions of the Government of the Russian Federation. Effective as of after 7 days following the day of the official publication).
4. ^ "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров. (All Union Population Census of 1989. Present population of union and autonomous republics, autonomous oblasts and okrugs, krais, oblasts, districts, urban settlements, and villages serving as district administrative centers.)" (in Russian). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года (All-Union Population Census of 1989). Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. 1989. http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus89_reg.php. Retrieved 2010-03-23.