Work Settlement Yavas Work Settlement Local time Monday 12:21 PM | Federal subject Republic of Mordovia Administrative center of Yavas Work Settlement | |
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Municipal district Zubovo-Polyansky Municipal District Weather 11°C, Wind SW at 14 km/h, 41% Humidity | ||
Yavas (Russian: Явас; Moksha: Яваз) is an urban locality (a work settlement) in Zubovo-Polyansky District of the Republic of Mordovia, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 7,941.
Contents
- Map of Yavas Mordovia Russia 431160
- History
- Administrative and municipal status
- Notable people
- References
Map of Yavas, Mordovia, Russia, 431160
History
Founded in 1931 as the headquarters of fast-paced camp system for prisoners, dubbed Temlag (named after the town of Temnikov) of the Gulag system, later Dubravlag (Asherah camp). The settlement retains its value as one of the centers of Russian penitentiary system, there are institutions:
The status of urban-type settlement assigned to settelment by the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of Autonomous Republic of Mordovia on April 9, 1959.
Located on Yavas River, 42 km from the district center, Zubova Polyana and 36 km from the railway station Potma. . Founded in 1930 on the railway line Potma - Barashevo that served area for harvesting of industrial wood and firewood for Moscow. At the beginning of the 1930s village became the center of the CTI network open here ("Dubravlag"). In 1931, a factory for wood processing was built in 1941-1945. By the mid-1950s school, hotel, bath, residential buildings and a stadium were built as well as renovated House of Culture.
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). As a municipal division, Yavas Work Settlement is incorporated within Zubovo-Polyansky Municipal District as Yavasskoye Urban Settlement.
Notable people
It is a birthplace of the Soviet/Russian cosmonaut Vladimir Dezhurov (1962).