Kasimov

Kasimov ( Russian Касимов in and Qasím in Tatar) is a city of the Oblast de Riazan and District of Kasimovsky, in the west of the Russia. Historically, it is also known under the names of Xankirmän , Gorodets Meschorsky , or Novy Nizovoy .

Populated approximately 38.000 inhabitants, the city is bordered by the Oka, affluent of the the Volga.

History

The first human establishment in this area was the work of the Finno-ugric tribe of the Meschiora , which will be later comparable by the Russian populations and tatares.

The city was founded in 1152 by Iouri Dolgorouki, directing Principauté of Vladimir-Souzdal. It was called initially Grodets , then Gorodets Meschyorskiy ( Russian ГородецМещёрский in ).

In 1376, the city was destroyed by the Mongolian invaders , but was quickly rebuilt under the name of Novy Nizovoy (Russian НовыйНизовой in ).

After the Battle of Souzdal in 1445, during which to prisoner Vassili II the Blind man was made, large-prince of Vladimir and Moscow, the Meschiora grounds were yielded to Oluğ Möxämmät, the Khan of Kazan, as a ransom for the life of the prince.

In 1452, the son of the khan, Qasím, returned visit in Vassili II to perceive the tribute in the name of his/her father. The prince offered to him the town of Novy Nizovoy in order to make it pass to his service. But according to other sources, Qasím and his/her Yosıf brother would be flee of Kazan following the failure of their attempt at takeover against their brother Mäxmüd, and would have found refuge in this city.

So the latter takes the name of Qasím for the Tatars starting from 1471. It was the capital of the Khanat de Qasim until in 1681, date on which the ground was taken again by the Russian and was managed in common with the Tatars.

At the 17th century, the Russian authorities divided the city into three parts:

the old city ( СтарыйПосад in Russian, and İske Bistä in Tatar), managed by the khan of Qasim and the nobility tatare.

the town of Yamskoy ( Russian Ямскаяслобода in ), inhabited by serfs Russian and managed by Moscow.

the town of Marfin ( Russian Марфинаслобода in , and Marfin Bistäse in Tatar), directed by the Russian governor of Kasimov.

Language, religion

The Tatars started the colonization of the area as soon as they had established their domination firmly there, about the middle of the 15th century. They form today the community of the Tatars de Qasim, and speak a dialect called Mişär (Michair) , derived from the Tatar.

Since the 13th century, Kasimov was affirmed like one of the major centers of the Islam in this area.

Demography

Kasimov had a population of 17.000 inhabitants in 1910, and of 38.000 inhabitants in 2000.

The city shelters a community being expressed in Tatar, in constant regression: from 1000 or 2000 in 1910, they were nothing any more but 500 in 2000.

Tourist monuments and places

a Mosquée hones some, going back to 1467.
the mausoleum of the khan Şahğäli, going back to 1555.
the mausoleum of the khan Äfğan Möxämmäd, going back to 1658.

External bonds

Web site of the city (in Russian)
Photographs of the city

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