Sarapul (Udmurt and ) is a city and a river port in the Udmurt Republic, Russia, located on the right bank of the Kama River, southeast of Izhevsk, the capital of the republic. Population:
History Sarapul is one of the oldest cities of the Kama region. It was first mentioned in a 1596 population audit book as the village () of (, 'Ascension' [of Christ]), later known as Sarapul: "in Kazansky Uyezd in the upper Kama River ... in Sarapul and Siva people fish". Apparently, here Sarapul is the name of a section of the river, as well as the entire area along its shores. It is believed that the name of this area comes from the word () which in Chuvash means 'yellow fish', or sturgeon, which was in abundance here. Later, however, other versions of the origin of the name were considered. In particular, one of them says that the word formed by the merger of two words: , which in one of the Siberian dialects means 'money', and , a small copper coin, thus meaning 'place of money'.
It was chartered in 1780"Sarapul" in The New Encyclopædia Britannica. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 15th edn., 1992, Vol. 10, p. 447. and by the end of the 18th century had grown into a merchant town with developed footwear manufacturing industry.
The city of Sarapul was one of the residence centers of the Udmurt Jews,Altyntsev A.V., "The Concept of Love in Ashkenazim of Udmurtia and Tatarstan", Nauka Udmurtii. 2013. № 4 (66), p. 131. (Алтынцев А.В., "Чувство любви в понимании евреев-ашкенази Удмуртии и Татарстана". Наука Удмуртии. 2013. №4. С. 131: Комментарии.) Пюрияйнен Д.М., "Население уездного города Сарапула во второй половине XIX - начале XX в.: социокультурный аспект" : автореф. дис. на соиск. учен. степ. канд. ист. наук. Ижевск, 2009. С. 18. who spoke Udmurtish Yiddish. In the lexicon of this dialect there was a noticeable number of Udmurt and Tatar loan words.Goldberg-Altyntsev A.V., "A short ethnographic overview of the Ashkenazic Jews' group in Alnashsky District of Udmurt Republic". Die Sammlung der wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten der jungen jüdischen Wissenschaftler. Herausgegeben von Artur Katz, Yumi Matsuda und Alexander Grinberg. München, Dachau, 2015. S. 51.Гольдберг-Алтынцев А.В., "Краткий этнографический обзор группы ашкеназских евреев в Алнашском районе Удмуртской Республики / пер. с англ. яз. А.Й. Каца." Jewish studies in the Udmurt Republic: Online. Part 1. Edited by A. Greenberg. February 27, 2015 published. P. 3.
During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Sarapul's Wildberries logistic hub was hit by Liutyi drones, as part of the a targeted campaign against Wildberries warehouses.
Geography Climate
Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the city of republic significance of Sarapul—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.Law #46-RZ As a municipal division, the city of republic significance of Sarapul is incorporated as Sarapul Urban Okrug.Law #76-RZ
Economy Currently, Sarapul is the second most important industrial town in the republic after Izhevsk.
Honors The asteroid 26851 Sarapul was named by astronomer Eric Elst in the city's honor on June 1, 2007.NASA
Notable people Ruslan Avleev, basketball player Zulya Kamalova, singer Yevgeny Kychanov, historian Peter Palchinsky, engineer Vladimir Sarayev, football player Oleg Zhakov, actor
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This article incorporates material from the Russian Wikipedia
External links Website of Sarapul Website Sarapul production of metal products