Agryz Explained

En Name:Agryz
Ru Name:Агрыз
Loc Name1:Әгерҗе
Loc Lang1:Tatar
Coordinates:56.5219°N 52.9975°W
Map Label Position:left
Federal Subject:Republic of Tatarstan
Adm District Jur:Agryzsky District
Adm Ctr Of:Agryzsky District
Inhabloc Cat:Town
Mun District Jur:Agryzsky Municipal District
Urban Settlement Jur:Agryz Urban Settlement
Mun Admctr Of1:Agryzsky Municipal District
Mun Admctr Of2:Agryz Urban Settlement
Pop 2010Census:19300
Established Date:1915
Current Cat Date:August 28, 1938
Postal Codes:422230, 422231, 422233, 422239
Dialing Codes:85551
Agryz population
Bodystyle:width:23.5em
Label1:2010 Census
Data1:19,300
Label2:2002 Census
Data2:18,620
Label3:1989 Census
Data3:19,732
Label4:1979 Census
Data4:20,137

Agryz (Russian: Агры́з; Tatar: Әгерҗе|Ägerce) is a town and the administrative center of Agryzsky District in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located on the Izh River (Volga's basin), 304km (189miles) east of Kazan. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 19,300.

History

It was founded as a settlement serving the construction of the KazanYekaterinburg railway.[1] It was granted town status on August 28, 1938.

Agryz was one of the residence centers of the Udmurt Jews, who spoke the Udmurt idiom of Yiddish (Udmurtish).[2]

Agryzhan Tatars

The Agryzhan spelled out Agrizhan Tatar or Agryjan (Indian form), were the Muslim descendants of 51 Indian Hindu Punjabi Khatri Merchant and one Indian Muslim trader from North India mostly from Khatri caste, primarily from the Punjab, but also from Indian Merchants of Sindh and Rajasthan from the Marwari people, who settled in Astrakhan between 1636 and 1725, and called Astrakhan Indians this Men married with Buddhist Kalmyks, with local Muslim Tatar and Orthodox Christian Russian women.[3] The families moved and lived then in the Agryz suburb and the descendants of these Indo-Turkic marriages were named after this suburb. The Agrizhan eventually assimilated with the Muslim Astrakhan Tatars. They speak Tatar and Russian, using Tatar natively and Russian as a secondary language. They know about their Indian Heritage.[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Agryz serves as the administrative center of Agryzsky District, to which it is directly subordinated.[10] As a municipal division, the town of Agryz is incorporated within Agryzsky Municipal District as Agryz Urban Settlement.[11]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Энциклопедия Города России. 2003. Большая Российская Энциклопедия. Moscow. 5-7107-7399-9. 13.
  2. Russian: А.В. Алтынцев (A.V. Altyntsev). "Чувство любви в понимании евреев-ашкенази Удмуртии и Татарстана " (The Concept of Love as Understood by Ashkenazi Jews in Udmurtia and Tatarstan). "Наука Удмуртии", №4 (66), 2013
  3. Web site: Wanner . Michal . Indian Trading Community in Astrakhan in Context of Russian-Indian Relationship (1636–1725) . 2012.
  4. Book: Indian Merchants and Eurasian Trade, 1600-1750 . 9780521525978 . Dale . Stephen Frederic . August 10, 1994 . Cambridge University Press .
  5. Web site: Forgotten story of great Hindu merchants in Central Asia shows enterprise can defeat China. Praveen. Swami. September 18, 2022.
  6. Book: Levi, Scott C.. The Indian Diaspora in Central Asia and Its Trade, 1550-1900. The Social Organization of the Indian Merchant Diaspora Beyond the Hindu Kush . May 10, 2002. Brill. 121–179. 10.1163/9789047401209_009 . 9789047401209 . 240712660 . brill.com.
  7. Book Reviews : SUGATA BosE, ed., South Asia and World Capitalism, Oxford University Press, Delhi, 1990, xii + 405 pp., Rs. 325 . 10.1177/001946469303000106 . 1993 . Ray . Rajat Kanta . The Indian Economic & Social History Review . 30 . 116–118 . 143120153 .
  8. Web site: Early traces of Indian life in Russia. Ajay. Kamalakaran. September 12, 2014. Russia Beyond.
  9. Web site: PUNJABI COLONY IN ASTRAKHAN (RUSSIA). Johny. Templates.
  10. Order #01-02/9
  11. Law #14-ZRT