Derbyshki (locality)
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Derbyshki — the urban-type settlement of Kazan
Kazan
Kazan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. With a population of 1,143,546 , it is the eighth most populous city in Russia. Kazan lies at the confluence of the Volga and Kazanka Rivers in European Russia. In April 2009, the Russian Patent Office granted Kazan the...

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History

Perhaps that is the name of the locality has received from a man named Dervish
Dervish
A Dervish or Darvesh is someone treading a Sufi Muslim ascetic path or "Tariqah", known for their extreme poverty and austerity, similar to mendicant friars in Christianity or Hindu/Buddhist/Jain sadhus.-Etymology:The Persian word darvīsh is of ancient origin and descends from a Proto-Iranian...

. It is known that the name Darwish Ghali II
Darwish Ghali II of Astrakhan
Darwish Ghali khan was a khan of the Astrakhan Khanate from 1554 until the khanate's fall in 1556. He was a grandson of the khan Akhmad. With the support of Nogai noble Ismaghil and the Russian military forces, he occupied the Xacitarxan throne...

 had Astrakhan khan and state leaders of the Kazan Khanate. In the XVI century Near rivers the Kazanka
Kazanka
Kazanka may refer to:*Kazanka River, a river in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia*Kazanka, Russia, name of several rural localities in Russia*Kazanka, Ukraine, an urban-type settlement in Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine*Kazanka , a type of motorboat...

 River and the Kinderka River settled village Derbyshkino . In 1567, there were three peasant households: Derbyshki Small, Derbyshki Large and third — empty. Derbyshki Small Derbyshki located on Archa Darugha
Archa Darugha
The Archa Darugha was a subdivision of the Kazan Khanate and the Kazan Uyezd in 16th-18th centuries. The center was the town of Archa. Its territory covered the basins of the Kazanka, Noqsa, Kinderle, Shapshe, Yamashirma, Norma, Kesmas, Qırlay, Kultas, Sarapul, Vyatka, Shushma, Sarda etc. rivers...

 , where the Noksa River empties into the Kazanka
Kazanka
Kazanka may refer to:*Kazanka River, a river in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia*Kazanka, Russia, name of several rural localities in Russia*Kazanka, Ukraine, an urban-type settlement in Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine*Kazanka , a type of motorboat...

 River. Derbyshki Large located at rivers were at Kazanka
Kazanka
Kazanka may refer to:*Kazanka River, a river in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia*Kazanka, Russia, name of several rural localities in Russia*Kazanka, Ukraine, an urban-type settlement in Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine*Kazanka , a type of motorboat...

 and Kinderka. On the territory of the farm appeared empty the current settlement Derbyshki. In 1650 its population was 41 people.
With the advent of the railway station there appear’s the station "Derbyshki". In 1932 it was decided to build a railway car factory, but due to the political situation on February 8, 1940 it was decided to construct the Kazan Optical and Mechanical Plant (KOMZ). During the Second World War
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 to Derbyshki evacuated residents of besieged Leningrad
Siege of Leningrad
The Siege of Leningrad, also known as the Leningrad Blockade was a prolonged military operation resulting from the failure of the German Army Group North to capture Leningrad, now known as Saint Petersburg, in the Eastern Front theatre of World War II. It started on 8 September 1941, when the last...

. Many of them stayed were living at the new location. In Derbyshki located one of the largest research and production associations in Russia in opto-electronic instrument - NPO "State Institute of Applied Optics, founded in 1966 on the basis of branch of the S.I.Vavilov
Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov
Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov -Biography:Vavilov founded the Soviet school of physical optics, known by his works in luminescence. In 1934 he co-discovered the Vavilov-Cherenkov effect, a discovery for which Pavel Cherenkov was awarded a Nobel Prize in Physics in 1958...

 State Optical Institute.

In the settlement there are:
  • 3 industrial enterprises
  • 2 companies regard
  • 8 schools
  • 13 kindergartens
  • 3 institution health
  • 4 sports facilities, including stadium "Raketa"
  • there’s also the Lake Komsomolskoe, ski jumping hill, and piste are in wood

Famous natives of Derbyshki

  • Vladimir Vladimirovich Korchagin (born 1924) — science-fiction writer, candidate of geological-mineralogical sciences
  • Nikolai Dmitrievich Lipatov (1916—1944) — was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union
    Hero of the Soviet Union
    The title Hero of the Soviet Union was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded personally or collectively for heroic feats in service to the Soviet state and society.-Overview:...

  • Pavel Aleksandrovich Khalezov (1916—1999) — the head of Kazan Optical and Mechanical Plant (1950—1961, 1963—1969), Hero of Socialist Labour from 1966

External links

  • http://drb-804.narod.ru
  • http://rustik68.narod.ru/kazan/derbograd.html
  • http://www.ukderb.ru/Istoriya
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