Aktuk
Aktuk (Russian: Акту́ково, aka Yañapar, Яңапар) is a Mishar Tatar village in Krasnooktyabrsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. Most ancestors of Finnish Tatars were from Aktuk or neighboring villages.[1][2][3]
History[edit]
The village is believed to be founded in 1600s by a Mishar Tatar named Aktuk. During those times, four other villages were established; Urazawıl, Atarawıl, Kızımawıl ja Kadımawıl. These five were possibly relatives one way or another.[4]
Aktuk is said to have come from Tobolsk, which is consistent with the theory of G. Ahmarov, who thought that the Mishars in this area were partly formed by Asian nomads. The village culture has similarities with the Siberian Tatars. According to A. Orlov, a lot of "Meshchera Tatars" were in the Cossacks during Russian conquest of Siberia. Tradition tells that Uraz, the founder of Urazawıl (Urazovka) is connected to a Khan of Qasim Khanate. Atar is said to have come from Kadom.[4][5][6][7]
The alternative name to Aktuk, Yañapar, means "New Par". It is believed that the predecessor to Aktuk might have been a Mordvin village named Par, though it is also the name of the village river.[4]
Population[edit]
According to the 2002 census, 94% of the village's inhabitants were Tatars. In 2010, the number of inhabitants was 253.[3]
Notable Tatar singer Rashid Vagapov was born in this village.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ "Cвященные ветла и камень Тараташ (село Актуково)".
- ^ Leitzinger, Antero (1996). Mishäärit - Suomen vanha islamilainen yhteisö. Helsinki: Kirja-Leitzinger. pp. 43, 44. ISBN 952-9752-08-3.
- ^ a b Сенюткин С. Б. Актуково (Новая Пара, Янотарь) // История исламских общин Нижегородской области. — Н. Новгород: Изд-во Нижегородского гос. университета, 1998. — С. 51−59.
- ^ a b c Hamidulla, Hasan (1996). Yañaparin historia, suomentanut Fazile Nasretdin (in a book: Mishäärit - Suomen vanha islamilainen yhteisö). Kirja-Leitzinger. pp. 43–44, 47, 57, 65. ISBN 952-9752-08-3.
- ^ Leitzinger 1996, p. 33
- ^ Орлов, Алимжан. "Нижегородские татары: этнические корни и исторические судьбы: Опыт топонимического словаря". Archived from the original on 2012-06-08. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Орлов, Алимжан. "Нижегородские татары: этнические корни и исторические судьбы: Мещера – прародина нижегородских татар". Archived from the original on 2012-06-08. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Вагапов Рашид Вагапович".
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