SARAPUL

səräˈpool, city (1989 pop. 110,000), E European Russia, in the Udmurt Republic, on the Kama River. It is a rail junction on the Moscow-Yekaterinburg line. Industries include food processing, machine tools, radio equipment, steel, and aircraft parts. Founded in the late 16th cent., Sarapul was devastated in the Pugachev rebellion of 1773. During the early 19th cent. it served as a trade center on the route to Siberia.

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books on: Sarapul  - 26 results

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An Ethnic History of Russia: Pre-Revolutionary Times to the Present
Book by Tatiana Mastyugina, Lev Perepelkin, Vitaly Naumkin, Irina Zviagelskaia; Greenwood Press, 1996
Subjects: Ethnology--Russia, Ethnology--Russia (Federation), Ethnology--Soviet Union, Russia (Federation)--Ethnic Relations, Russia--Ethnic Relations, Soviet Union--Ethnic Relations
...Many Germans an estimated 5,000 live in Sarapul. They hark back to the time when German...former autonomous republic. Although these Sarapul Germans do not have any organization of...centers: the cities of Izhevsk, Votkinsk, Sarapul, and Glazov. They engage mostly in the...
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The Population of the Soviet Union: History and Prospects
Book by Frank Lorimer; Geneva, League of nations, 1946
Subjects: Russia--Population
...Sissolsk uyezd 9. Vyatka Vyatka Gub. Mari A. Obl. Chuvash A.S.S.R. Votyak A. Obl. Ural Obl.: Sarapul okrug; Sarapul City; Sarapul, Kiyasovsk, Karkulinsk, Kambersk, and Votkinsk rayons 10. Tatar 11. Central Volga Penza Gub. Saratov...
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An Economic History of Russia - Vol. 1
Book by James Mavor; J.M. Dent & Sons, 1914
Subjects: Soviet Union--Economic Conditions, Soviet Union--Politics And Government, Soviet Union--Social Conditions
...inhabitants many district towns. The village of Sarapul, on the river Kama, has three churches...There was a good market and many shops in Sarapul, and the trade of the village, especially...varied. Only sixty-four miles from Sarapul, another village presented a different...
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Everyman's Concise Encyclopaedia of Russia
Book by S. V. Utechin; J. M. Dent & Sons, 1961
Subjects: Soviet Union--Dictionaries And Encyclopedias
...was founded as a fort in 1680, and became a town in 1780. Sarapul , town in the Udmurt Autonomous Republic Urals , situated on...and woodworking industries and is a local cultural centre. Sarapul has been known since 1596, became a town in 1780 and has long...
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McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Russia and the Soviet Union
Book by Michael T. Florinsky; McGraw-Hill, 1961
Subjects: Soviet Union--Encyclopedias
...000 1959 . Cities: Izhevsk capital , Votkinsk, Glasov, Sarapul, Mozhga. An important section of the Ural ind. area, the...Izhevsk plant, one of the oldest in Russia. Votkinsk and Sarapul are the two other metallurgical and machine-building centers...
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All Appeals Lead to Strasbourg? Unpacking the Impact of the European Court of Human Rights on Russia
Journal article by Alexei Trochev; Demokratizatsiya, Vol. 17, 2009
Subjects: Court decisions, Government subsidies, Human rights, Judges & magistrates, Law, Political activism, Political appointments, Political leadership, Politics, Tribunals & commissions
...Ivanovo, Kaliningrad, Moscow, Nizhnii Novgorod, Novorossiisk, Novosibirsk, Orenburg, Volgograd, Rostov-on-Don, Sarapul (Udmurtiya), Severodvinsk, Sosnogorsk (Komi), St. Petersburg, Sviiazhsk (Tatarstan), Tsivilsk (Chuvashiia...
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Sikorsky's Fighters
Journal article by Viktor P. Kulikov; Air Power History, Vol. 47, 2000
Subjects: Fighter planes--History, Sikorsky, Igor I.--Behavior
...Berezhkov. Although sent for repair, it was later written off. In December 1920 Nos. 256 and 259 arrived without engines at Sarapul from the Moscow Air Depot. But, before the planes could be assembled and tested, they were destroyed during a fire. S...


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magazine articles on: Sarapul  - 2 results

 
 
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Tyrants
Magazine article by Marshall N. Klimasewiski; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 285, January 2000
Subjects: Short stories
...He wouldnt speak -- just held things out to show and then took my money with a little bow. We stopped again at Kazan, Sarapul, Yekaterinburg, in the Urals. We passed my town, but I wont name it. I got tired of looking at Father in the photo. I...
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Tyrants
Magazine article by Marshall N. Klimasewiski; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 285, January 2000
...He wouldnt speak--just held things out to show and then took my money with a little bow. We stopped again at Kazan, Sarapul, Yekaterinburg, in the Urals. We passed my town, but I wont name it. I got tired of looking at Father in the photo. I...


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encyclopedia articles on: Sarapul  - 3 results

 
 
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Sarapul
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SARAPUL s ra pool, city (1989 pop. 110,000), E European Russia, in the Udmurt...equipment, steel, and aircraft parts. Founded in the late 16th cent., Sarapul was devastated in the Pugachev rebellion of 1773. During the early 19th...
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Kama
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...left tributary of the Volga. It rises in the foothills of the central Urals and flows N, then E, and then SW past Perm, Sarapul, and Chistopol to join the Volga below Kazan. The Vyatka is its principal tributary. The Kama is an important transportation...
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Udmurt Republic
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...European Russia, in the forested foothills of the Urals, between the Kama and Vyatka rivers. Izhevsk (the capital), Sarapul , and Votkinsk are the chief cities. The terrain is mostly low and hilly, with wide river valleys. Railroads are the main...


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