Menzelinsk
Sign in to saveMenzelinsk (; ) is a town and the administrative center of Menzelinsky District in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located on the Menzelya River near its confluence with the Kama, from the republic's capital of Kazan. Population: 15,800 (1973).
Key facts
- Russian inhabited locality.en_name
- Menzelinsk
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Мензелинск
- Russian inhabited locality.loc_name1
- Минзәлә
- Russian inhabited locality.loc_lang1
- Tatar
- Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline
- Sovh im Vorovsky 2007.jpg
- Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position
- left
- Russian inhabited locality.image_coa
- Coat of Arms of Menzelinsk (Tatarstan).png
- Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
- Republic of Tatarstan
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur
- Menzelinsky District
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of
- Menzelinsky District
- Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat
- Town
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_district_jur
- Menzelinsky Municipal District
- Russian inhabited locality.urban_settlement_jur
- Menzelinsk Urban Settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of1
- Menzelinsky Municipal District
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of2
- Menzelinsk Urban Settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.area_km2
- 7.4
- Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census
- 16476
- Russian inhabited locality.established_date
- 1584–1586
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Menzelinsk (; ) is a town and the administrative center of Menzelinsky District in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located on the Menzelya River near its confluence with the Kama, from the republic's capital of Kazan. Population: 15,800 (1973).
==History== It was founded in 1584–1586 and was granted town status in 1781, when it was a part of Ufa Governorate. Menzelinsk Fair was a notable event in the 19th century and in the beginning of the 20th century. The town served as the administrative center of a kanton in 1920–1930 and as the district administrative center since then.