Yamgurchev
Yamgurchev
Ямгурчев | |
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Neighborhood of Astrakhan | |
 Building at the intersection of Red Embankment and Tsiolkovsky Street in Yamgurchev | |
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| Coordinates: 46°20′30″N 48°03′25″E / 46.34167°N 48.05694°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Astrakhan Oblast |
| City | Astrakhan |
| City district | Kirovsky |
| Postal code(s) | 414004 |
Yamgurchev (Russian: Ямгурчев) is a neighborhood and historic district in Astrakhan, Russia. It is located southeast of the city center, across the river Kutum from the Bolshiye Isady bazaar.
History
[edit]According to the 18th-century historian Vasily Tatishchev, the name of the neighborhood comes from Yamgurchi Khan, the second-to-last ruler of the Astrakhan Khanate before it was conquered and annexed by Muscovy. Other historic names of the area include the Russified versions Ogurcheyeva Sloboda and Yemgurcheyeva Sloboda.[1][2]
Most buildings in today's Yamgurchev are single and two-storey family homes built of wood in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Although some of them are registered heritage sites, they are largely run-down and sometimes abandoned. Yamgurchev is home to a weekly flea market known as Vesyolaya Slobodka ("Jolly Quarter").[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ Татищев, В. Н. (1746). Лексикон российской исторической, географической, политической и гражданской (in Russian). Астрахань.
- ^ Рубцова, С. С. (2017). Градостроительная эволюция Астрахани. Книга 1. Строительная история (in Russian). Ульяновск: Ульяновский дом печати. p. 200.
- ^ Иванов, Г. (13 September 2013). "Наша Астрахань". Факт и компромат (in Russian). Vol. 35, no. 544.
- ^ Никитин, Б. (28 September 2017). "Весёлая слободка или Места надо знать. О блошином рынке Астрахани". Факт и компромат (in Russian). Vol. 36, no. 746.