Aktuk

Aktuk (Russian: Акту́ково, aka Yañapar) is a Mishar Tatar village in Krasnooktyabrsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. Most ancestors of Finnish Tatars were from Aktuk or neighboring villages.[1][2][3]

Aktuk, year 2018.

History

The village is believed to be founded in 1600s when a man named Aktuk and four of his brothers, Uraz, Antar, Kızım and Kadım moved to the area. They settled near each other and formed villages and named them after themselves. The names are close to original to this day; Aktuk/Yañapar, Urazawıl, Atarawıl, Kızımawıl ja Kadımawıl. Some sources claim that only Aktuk, Uraz and Antar were brothers and the others were related some other way.[4]

The alternative name to Aktuk, Yañapar, means "New Par". It is believed that the predecessor to Aktuk might have been a Mordvin village named Par.[2]

Population

According to 2002 census, 94% of the village's inhabitants were Tatars. In 2010, the number of inhabitants was 253.[3]

Sources
  1. "Cвященные ветла и камень Тараташ (село Актуково)".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. Leitzinger, Antero (1996). Mishäärit - Suomen vanha islamilainen yhteisö. Helsinki: Kirja-Leitzinger. pp. 43, 44. ISBN 952-9752-08-3.
  3. Сенюткин С. Б. Актуково (Новая Пара, Янотарь) // История исламских общин Нижегородской области. — Н. Новгород: Изд-во Нижегородского гос. университета, 1998. — С. 51−59.
  4. Hamidulla, Hasan (1996). Yañaparin historia, suomentanut Fazile Nasretdin (in a book: Mishäärit - Suomen vanha islamilainen yhteisö). Kirja-Leitzinger. pp. 47, 57. ISBN 952-9752-08-3.

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