Malaya Kudara

Malaya Kudara
Малая Кудара
Selo
Malaya Kudara
Malaya Kudara
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