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Sengiley

Sengiley Сенгилей
Town[1]
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Sengiley
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Coordinates: 53°58′N 48°48′E / 53.967°N 48.800°E / 53.967; 48.800
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Ulyanovsk Oblast[1]
Administrative district	Sengileyevsky District[1]
Town of district significance	Sengiley[1]
Founded	1666
Town status since	1943
Elevation	70 m (230 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	6,958
• Estimate  (2018)[3]	6,405 (−7.9%)
Administrative status
• Capitalof	town of district significance of Sengiley[1]
Municipal status
• Municipal district	Sengileyevsky Municipal District[4]
• Urban settlement	Sengileyevskoye Urban Settlement[4]
• Capitalof	Sengileyevsky Municipal District,[4] Sengileyevskoye Urban Settlement[4]
Time zone	UTC+4 (UTC+04:00 [5])
Postal code(s)[6]	433380, 433381, 433399
OKTMOID	73636101001

Sengiley (Russian: Сенгиле́й) is a town and the administrative centerofSengileyevsky DistrictinUlyanovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of Kuybyshev Reservoir, 72 kilometers (45 mi) south of Ulyanovsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 6,958 (2010 Russian census);^[2] 8,396 (2002 Census);^[7] 10,366 (1989 Soviet census).^[8]

History[edit]

It was founded in 1666 as a defensive military outpost against nomadic raids.^{[citation needed]} Several slobodas later formed around the outpost and in the beginning of the 18th century the slobodas of Stanichnaya, Butyrskaya, and Vybornaya merged into the village of Pokrovskoye (Покро́вское), named for a Church of the Intercession. In 1780, it was chartered as the town of Sengiley; named for its position on the river then of the same name (now the Sengileyka, a tributary of the Volga), which comes from Erzya words syang, meaning tributary and lei, meaning river.^[9]

In 1925, Sengiley was demoted in status to that of a rural locality, but was granted urban-type settlement status later that year. Town status was granted to it again in 1943.^{[citation needed]}

Culture[edit]

There is a local museum. It has exhibits in various areas including fine arts and local history.

Administrative and municipal status[edit]

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Sengiley serves as the administrative centerofSengileyevsky District.^[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with the work settlementofTsemzavod, incorporated within Sengileyevsky District as the town of district significance of Sengiley.^[1] As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Sengiley is incorporated within Sengileyevsky Municipal District as Sengileyevskoye Urban Settlement.^[4]

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• Законодательное Собрание Ульяновской области. Закон №126-ЗО от 3 октября 2006 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Ульяновской области», в ред. Закона №225-ЗО от 29 декабря 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Ульяновской области『О муниципальных образованиях Ульяновской области』и Закон Ульяновской области "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Ульяновской области"». Опубликован: "Ульяновская правда", №77 (22.513), 6 октября 2006 г. (Legislative Assembly of Ulyanovsk Oblast. Law #126-ZO of October 3, 2006 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Ulyanovsk Oblast, as amended by the Law #225-ZO of December 29, 2014 On Amending the Law of Ulyanovsk Oblast "On the Municipal Formations of Ulyanovsk Oblast" and the Law of Ulyanovsk Oblast "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Ulyanovsk Oblast". ).
• Законодательное Собрание Ульяновской области. Закон №043-ЗО от 13 июля 2004 г. «О муниципальных образованиях Ульяновской области», в ред. Закона №225-ЗО от 29 декабря 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Ульяновской области『О муниципальных образованиях Ульяновской области』и Закон Ульяновской области "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Ульяновской области"». Вступил в силу через десять дней после официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Деловой Вестник", №78(2818), 20 июля 2004 г. (Legislative Assembly of Ulyanovsk Oblast. Law #043-ZO of July 13, 2004 On the Municipal Formations of Ulyanovsk Oblast, as amended by the Law #225-ZO of December 29, 2014 On Amending the Law of Ulyanovsk Oblast "On the Municipal Formations of Ulyanovsk Oblast" and the Law of Ulyanovsk Oblast "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Ulyanovsk Oblast". Effective as of the day which is ten days after the official publication.).