Malaya Kudara

Malaya Kudara
Малая Кудара
Selo
Malaya Kudara is located in Republic of Buryatia
Malaya Kudara
Malaya Kudara
Location within Republic of Buryatia
Malaya Kudara is located in Russia
Malaya Kudara
Malaya Kudara
Location within Russia
Coordinates: 50°11′N 107°41′E / 50.183°N 107.683°E / 50.183; 107.683[1]
CountryRussia
RegionRepublic of Buryatia
DistrictKyakhtinsky District
Time zoneUTC+8:00

Malaya Kudara (Russian: Малая Кудара; Buryat: Бага Хγдэри, Baga Khüderi) is a rural locality (a selo) in Kyakhtinsky District, Republic of Buryatia, Russia. The population was 278 as of 2010.[2] There are 5 streets.

History

On July 10, 1826, the Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin was consecrated in Malaya Kudara.[3] The construction of the church was partially financed by the Kyakhta merchant Nikolai Matveevich Igumnov, who donated three bells. In 1859, the Kyakhta first-guild merchant Ya. A. Nemchinov donated a bell weighing 13 poods (213 kg). The church was wooden, one-story, 9 sazhen (16,5 m) long and 3.5 sazhen (6,4 m) wide.[4]

On January 1, 1886, a parochial school was opened.[5]

Geography

Malaya Kudara is located 114 km southeast of Kyakhta (the district's administrative centre) by road. Ulady is the nearest rural locality.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Карта Кяхтинского района Бурятии
  2. ↑ Всероссийские переписи населения 2002 и 2010 годов
  3. ↑ "Chronicle". Supplements to the Irkutsk Diocesan Gazette (in Russian) (50): 707. December 11, 1876.
  4. ↑ "Chronicle". Supplements to the Irkutsk Diocesan Gazette (in Russian) (51): 719–720. December 18, 1876.
  5. ↑ "Orders of the diocesan administration". Irkutsk Diocesan Gazette (in Russian) (7): 33. February 15, 1886.
  6. ↑ Расстояние от Малой Кудары до Кяхты