Veshkayma (urban locality)

Veshkayma (Russian: Вешка́йма) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Veshkaymsky District of Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia. Population: 6,619 (2010 Census);^[1] 7,150 (2002 Census);^[4] 7,781 (1989 Soviet census).^[5]

Veshkayma Вешкайма
Urban-type settlement
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Location of Veshkayma
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Coordinates: 54.0499°N 47.1251°E / 54.0499; 47.1251
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Ulyanovsk Oblast
Administrative district	Veshkaymsky District
Founded	1898
Elevation	284 m (932 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[1]
• Total	6,619
Time zone	UTC+4 (UTC+04:00 [2])
Postal code(s)[3]	433100
OKTMO ID	73607151051

History

The village of Veshkaima, as the Veshkaima railway station on the Inza-Simbirsk branch of the Moscow-Kazan railway, appeared in 1898. It was named after the river or the village of the same name about seven kilometers to the northwest. The original village was established in the second half of the 17th century as a fortified settlement along the Karsun-Simbirsk fortification line.

Until the beginning of the 20th century, there were no more than 20 people who served the station.

In 1913, 20 people lived in 4 courtyards at the Veshkayma station.

Veshkayma revived when timber, and later agricultural products, were transported through the station. This became especially noticeable during the Civil War.

In 1921, a first-stage school was opened in a new building, built at the expense of railway workers

In 2022, resident Ruslan Akhtymov committed a mass shooting at a kindergarten in the town. Three people were killed.^[6]

References

1. 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.
2. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
3. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
4. 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).
5. 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.
6. "Two children and teacher killed in shooting at Russian nursery school". euronews. April 26, 2022. Retrieved April 28, 2022.