The Ardatov District () was founded on June 10, 1929, from the abolished Ardatov and Diveyevso volosts of Arzamas Uyezd. From July 1929 to September 1930, it was part of the Murom Okrug, after the liquidation of which it was directly included in the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. Subsequently, its boundaries were repeatedly changed both in the direction of enlargement (in 1932, 1935, 1957, 1963, and 1965) and reduction (in 1929, 1933, 1940, 1944, 1958, 1965). From January 1954 to April 1957, the district was part of Arzamas Oblast. On October 24, 2005, as part of local self-government reform, the Ardatov Municipal District was created with its center in Ardatov, its boundaries defined to coincide with those of Ardatov District, and its municipal formations established. On May 4, 2022, the municipal formations were merged into the Ardatovsky Municipal Okrug, maintaining the existing boundaries.
Below is a list of all currently existing populated places (including those without permanent population), as well as those disestablished, as cited in reliable local history and reference sources:
Existing populated places Photo Name Status Founded Population Situation Alexandrovka() township about 1850 Ardatov() town,district administrative center 1552(according to local historians);1578(first citation) Atemasovo() township 1611(first citation) Avtodeyevo() township 1616(first citation) Belyayevo() village 1601(first citation) Beryozovka() township 1677(first citation) Chetvertovo() village early 17th century Chuvarleyka() township before 1640 Chuvarley-Maydan() township about 1655 Dokukino() village 1586(first citation) Dubovka() township 1721(first citation) Gari() township 1606 Golyatkino() village 10—11th centuries(as a pagan settlement);1628(as a Russian village, first citation) Ideal() rural settlement early 20th century(as Pankov hamlet) Izmaylovka() township early 18th century } Kanerga() township 17th century Karkaley() village 1786 Karmaleyka() township mid 17th century Kavley() village 1628(first citation) Khokhlovo() township 1613(first citation) Khripunovo() township 1610(first citation) Kologreyevo() township 1606(first citation) Kotovka() township between 1647 and 1676 Krasnaya Rechka() rural settlement late 19th century Kruglovo() township 1651(first citation) Kudley() township between 1628 and 1641 Kuzgorod() village 1618(first citation) Kuzhendeyevo() township 1564(first citation) Kuzyatovo() township before 1629 Lemet() township 1584(first citation) Levashovo() township 1613(first citation) Lichadeyevo() township 1628(first citation) Lipeley() village 1627(first citation under the name of Novo-Lipeley) Lipovka() township about 1685 Malinovka() village 1579(first citation) Malye Pany() village 19th century Mechasovo() township 1593(first citation) Mikheyevka() township early 18th century Miyakushi() village before 1628 Mostovka() village early 18th century Mukhtolovo() town 1702 Myza() rural settlement 17th century Nadyozhino() township 13th century (as a Volga Bulgarian settlement);1611(under the name of Savino or Savinovo, first citation);approx. since 1700 present-day name Novaya Lazarevka() village 18th century Novoley() village 18th century Nucha() township 1593(first citation) Nucharovo() township 1585(first citation) Obkhod() village 1721(first citation) Pashutino() township mid 18th century Pervinka() rural settlement before 1929 Pisarevo() township 1570s Polyana() township 1578(first citation) Pomelikha() village 1780(first citation) Razmazley() township early 18th century Rizadeyevo() township 1593(first citation under the name of Seryakusha on Nucha Hills) Sakony() township 9th century (as a Volga Bulgarian settlement;1552 (as a Russian township) Sakony() rural settlement 1928 Schotochnoye() village mid 18th century Shpaga() village mid 17th century Siyazma() township late 17th century Sosnovka() township 1719(first citation) Sosnovka() township 1719(first citation) Styoksovo() township 2nd century(as a Mordvinian settlement);1612(as a Russian township, first citation) Turkushi() township 1646(first citation) Turtapki() village mid 17th century Urvan() village 1719(first citation) Uzhovka() village mid 17th century Venets() rural settlement 1911(as passing loop Manasikha) Vinogradovka() rural settlement 1925 Vishnyovaya() village mid 18th century(as Teryayevka);1920s(united with the village of Klopovka into Ter-Klopovka);1965 (present-day name) Vypolzovo() township 1646(first citation) Vysokovo() village 1646(first citation) Yusupovo() township about 1715 Zarechnoye() township 1960(as a result of unification of the townships Bolshiye Seryakushi and Malye Seryakushi) Zhureleyka() township 17th — early 18th century
Disestablished populated places Photo Name Status Founded Disestablished Situation Beloramenka() rural settlement 1921 2008 Blyudo() rural settlement early 20th century 2008 Bolshiye Seryakushi() township 1613(first citation) 1960(united with township Malye Seryakushi into township Zarechnoye) Bykovka() village before 1767 1965(annexed to township Lipovka) Bykovka() rural settlement no data 1977 Dubrava() rural settlement 19th century between 1980 and 2000 Gremilovka() rural settlement early 20th century between 1980 and 2000 Guskoy() rural settlement before 1925(under the name of Semaikha) between 1980 and 2000 Kalenikha() rural settlement before 1934 1969 no data Kirgino() village 1628(first citation) before 1681 no data Klopovka() селение mid 18th century(first citation) 1920s (in the 1920s it was united with the village of Teryayevo (or Teryayevka) into Ter-Klopovka; since 1965 Vishnyovaya Koltomenye() village 1785 1979 Korobino() village 1616(first citation) 1977 Kryuchkovo() rural settlement about 1910 between 1978 and 2000 Leninsky() rural settlement no data between 1978 and 2000 Malye Seryakushi() township 1751(first citation) 1960(united with township Bolshiye Seryakushi into township Zarechnoye) Mary() rural settlement early 20th century 1965 Mikhaylovka() village early 20th century 1965 Mikheyevka() rural settlement early 18th century(sometimes called Nazyrinka) 1977 no data Molyaksa() township 1552 1965 Moshkoley() village 1721(first citation) before 1945 (annexed to Totorshevo) Osinovka() village no data 1977 Petryayevo]() village after 1925 between 1980 and 2000 Schipovka() village no data 1979 Sotsgorodok() rural settlement no data between 1980 and 2000 Totorshevo() village about 10th century(as a Cuman settlement);1578(as a Mordovian village) 1962(annexed to Ardatov) Vileyka() village 1784(first citation) 1979 Voshley() rural settlement no data 1979 Yuzhilino() rural settlement no data between 1980 and 2000 Zobovo() rural settlement mid 19th century 2008
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