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Agrys (Russian Агрыз ) is a Russian city in the Republic of Tatarstan in the Volga Federal District with a population of 19,300 (as of October 14, 2010 ).

Geography

The city is located about 950 km east of Moscow, in the extreme north of Tatarstan, on the border with the Republic of Udmurtia, about 40 km south of Izhevsk and about 300 km north-east of Kazan.

History

Agrys was first mentioned in 1646 as a settlement. At the beginning of the 20th century, the settlement served as a supply depot and train station in 1915 opened railway Kazan - Yekaterinburg. From 1924 to 1926 Agrys had the status of a small town, received the city status on 28 August 1938 and on March 4, 1964 Rajonzentrum.

Demographics

Note: 1926-2010 Census data

According to the 1989 census, the population was spread out with 50.1 % Tatars, 38.6 % Russians and 7.2% Udmurt.

Traffic

Agrys has links to the Russian M7 highway from Moscow to Kazan and over the railway connection to the cities of Kazan, Yekaterinburg and Izhevsk.

Others

In the village there is a wagon factory and railway workshop, a Dairy Factory, a print shop, four middle schools and two secondary educational institutions, a local history museum, the district hospital and several mosques. Economic priorities are the forestry and agriculture, cattle and sheep as well as the production of crude oil.

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