Yavas

Yavas (Russian: Ява́с; Moksha: Яваз, Javaz) is an urban locality (a work settlement) in the Zubovo-Polyansky District of the Republic of Mordovia, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 7,941.[2] It is the location of women's prison corrective colony No. 2, Mordovia.

Yavas
Явас
Work settlement[1]
Other transcription(s)
 • MokshaЯваз
Location of Yavas
Yavas is located in Russia
Yavas
Yavas
Location of Yavas
Yavas is located in Republic of Mordovia
Yavas
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Yavas (Republic of Mordovia)
Coordinates: 54°25′N 42°51′E
CountryRussia
Federal subjectMordovia[1]
Administrative districtZubovo-Polyansky District[1]
Work SettlementYavas Work Settlement[1]
Founded1931Edit this on Wikidata
Population
 (2010 Census)[2]
 • Total7,941
 • Estimate 
(2018)[3]
7,744 (−2.5%)
 • Capital ofYavas Work Settlement[1]
 • Municipal districtZubovo-Polyansky Municipal District[4]
 • Urban settlementYavasskoye Urban Settlement[4]
 • Capital ofYavasskoye Urban Settlement[4]
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[5])
Postal code(s)[6]
431160
OKTMO ID89621180051
Yavas population
2010 Census7,941[2]
2002 Census7,964[7]
1989 Census8,345[8]
1979 Census4,705[9]

History

It was founded in 1931 as the headquarters of the fast-paced camp system for prisoners, dubbed Temlag (named after the town of Temnikov) of the Gulag system, later transferred to Dubravlag (Asherah camp). The settlement retains its value as one of the centers of the Russian penitentiary system. There are these penal institutions:

  • LC-385/2 (for women)
  • LC-385/11 (for men)
  • LC-385/8 (for males and females, the colony-settlement).

The status of urban-type settlement was assigned to the settlement by the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Mordovia on April 9, 1959.

Located on Yavas River, 42 kilometres (26 mi) north from the district center Zubova Polyana and 36 kilometres (22 mi) from the railway station Potma. Founded in 1930 on the railway line Potma – Barashevo, it served as an area for harvesting industrial wood and firewood for Moscow. At the beginning of the 1930s, the village became the center of the CTI network opened here ("Dubravlag"). A factory for wood processing was built in 1941-1945. By the mid-1950s, a school, hotel, bath, residential buildings and a stadium were built, and the House of Culture was renovated.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the work settlement of Yavas, together with three rural localities, is incorporated within Zubovo-Polyansky District as Yavas Work Settlement (an administrative division of the district).[1] As a municipal division, Yavas Work Settlement is incorporated within Zubovo-Polyansky Municipal District as Yavasskoye Urban Settlement.[4]

Notable people

It is the birthplace of the Soviet/Russian cosmonaut Vladimir Dezhurov (1962). Brittney Griner, a US basketball player, was imprisoned at Female Penal Colony IK-2 in Yavas, in 2022.[10]

References

Notes
  1. Law #7-Z
  2. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  3. "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  4. Law #12-Z
  5. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  6. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  7. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  8. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
  9. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 г. Национальный состав населения по регионам России [All Union Population Census of 1979. Ethnic composition of the population by regions of Russia] (XLS). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 года [All-Union Population Census of 1979] (in Russian). 1979 – via Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics.
  10. "Exclusive: Brittney Griner taken to penal colony in Russia's Mordovia region". Reuters. November 17, 2022.

Sources
  • Государственное Собрание Республики Мордовия. Закон №7-З от 23 марта 1998 г. «О порядке решения вопросов административно-территориального устройства Республики Мордовия», в ред. Закона №44-З от 15 июня 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в пункт 25 Приложения к Закону Республики Мордовия "О порядке решения вопросов административно-территориального устройства Республики Мордовия"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Известия Мордовии", №54, 25 марта 1998 г. (State Assembly of the Republic of Mordovia. Law #7-Z of March 23, 1998 On the Procedures of the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Republic of Mordovia, as amended by the Law #44-Z of June 15, 2015 On Amending Item 25 of the Appendix to the Law of the Republic of Mordovia "On the Procedures of the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Republic of Mordovia". Effective as of the official publication date.).
  • Государственное Собрание Республики Мордовия. Закон №12-З от 7 февраля 2005 г. «Об установлении границ муниципальных образований Зубово-Полянского муниципального района, Зубово-Полянского муниципального района и наделении их статусом сельского поселения, городского поселения и муниципального района», в ред. Закона №37-З от 25 мая 2012 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Республики Мордовия "Об установлении границ муниципальных образований Зубово-Полянского муниципального района, Зубово-Полянского муниципального района и наделении их статусом сельского поселения, городского поселения и муниципального района"». Вступил в силу по истечении 10 дней со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Известия Мордовии", №22-2, 16 февраля 2005 г. (State Assembly of the Republic of Mordovia. Law #12-Z of February 7, 2005 On Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations of Zubovo-Polyansky Municipal District, of Zubovo-Polyansky Municipal District, and on Granting Them the Status of a Rural Settlement, Urban Settlement, and Municipal District, as amended by the Law #37-Z of May 25, 2012 On Amending the Law of the Republic of Mordovia "On Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations of Zubovo-Polyansky Municipal District, of Zubovo-Polyansky Municipal District, and on Granting Them the Status of a Rural Settlement, Urban Settlement, and Municipal District". Effective as of the day which is 10 days after the day of the official publication.).

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