| City Ak-Dovurak Coat of arms |
| A country | Russia, Russia |
| Subject of the federation | TyvaTyva |
| Urban district | Ak-Dovurak city |
| Coordinates | 51°10′00″ n. w. 90°36′00″ E. d. / 51.16667° n. w. 90.60000° E. d. / 51.16667; 90.60000 (G) [www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=51.16667&mlon=90.60000&zoom=14 (O)] (Z)Coordinates: 51°10′00″ N. w. 90°36′00″ E. d. / 51.16667° n. w. 90.60000° E. d. / 51.16667; 90.60000 (G) [www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=51.16667&mlon=90.60000&zoom=14 (O)] (I) |
| Internal division | village Stroiteley, village. Constant |
| Chapter | Oorzhak Sholban Aleksandrovich (Chairman of the Administration) |
| Based | in 1964 |
| City with | 1964 |
| Center height | 850 |
| Population | ↘13,663[1] people (2016) |
| National composition | Russians, Tuvans |
| Confessional composition | Buddhists (Lamaism), Christians (Orthodox), Christians (Pentecostals); Christians: Jehovah's Witnesses. |
| Names of residents | Akdo-Vurak people, Akdo-Vurak people |
| Timezone | UTC+7 |
| Telephone code | +7 39433 |
| Postcode | 668045 |
| Postal codes | 668051 |
| Vehicle code | 17 |
| OKATO code | [classif.spb.ru/classificators/view/okt.php?st=A&kr=1&kod=93403 93 403] |
| Official site | [www.ak-dovurak.su/ dovurak.su] |
| Ak-Dovurak Moscow |
| Kyzyl Ak-Dovurak |
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Ak-Dovurak
- a city in Tuva, Russian Federation, a city of republican subordination, forms the city district of the same name.
Name
The name of the city is translated from Tuvan as “white land”. It is associated with an asbestos deposit, which is described in a Tuvan legend: “In time immemorial, kind and brave people lived here, they raised and grazed cattle. But one day they were attacked by cruel warriors. For three days and three nights, brave people fought with the enemy until the last warrior fell. The cruel khan ordered the surviving old men, widows and children to be burned on a high mountain peak. The earth turned black from grief, and the heart of the good people turned into an eternal stone - asbestos."
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Ak-Dovurak
“Ak-Dovurak” is translated from the Tuvan language as “White Land”. The indigenous inhabitants of these places called magnesite, which is a companion of asbestos, so deposits of this mineral came out near Mount Kara-Dash (Black Stone). The legend of asbestos
A legend has been preserved that a long time ago, hardworking and peaceful people lived on the site of modern Ak-Dovurak. But conquerors came from the south. By order of the cruel khan, his warriors drove the prisoners to an ancient mountain and burned them all. The fire was so strong that even the rocks turned black from grief. However, the heart of the proud people turned out to be fireproof; it turned into the eternal mineral asbestos.
Combine "Tuvaasbest"
The real history of the Ak-Dovurak deposit begins at the end of the 19th century, when asbestos was accidentally discovered near the rocky Kara-Dash mountain by Russian peasant settlers Khoprov and Konov, to which the glory of a magical, fairy-tale stone has been established since ancient times. Private claims to Tuvan asbestos were interrupted by the October Revolution of 1917, and the Tuvan People's Republic was created (since 1944, within the USSR as the Tuvan Autonomous Region). The young Soviet government organized exploration work on the territory of the Ak-Dovurak asbestos deposit. In the early 1930s. High quality chrysotile asbestos was discovered here. This is how the history of Tuvan asbestos began.
20 years later, in the 1950s. It was decided to build a large Tuvaasbest plant for the extraction and processing of chrysotile asbestos. For this purpose, a workers' settlement was founded in 1958. In 1959, construction of the plant began; the population of the village at that time reached 2,200 people. In the same year, a diesel power plant was put into operation to illuminate the regional center - the village of Kyzyl-Mazhalyk, and the construction site for the future plant and construction camp was prepared. In 1961, workers began construction of the Abaza – Ak-Dovurak highway and a thermal power plant based on a diesel one.
On October 3, 1963, the first two boiler units of the thermal power plant and turbogenerators with a capacity of 2,500 kW were installed and put into operation. In the same year, an open pit mine and a water pipeline to the thermal power plant from the Khemchik River were put into operation. In 1964, the first stage of the Tuvaasbest plant was put into operation, and the processing plant began operating.
Ak-Dovurak with city status
1964 becomes a landmark year - the working village of Ak-Dovurak received the status of a city of regional subordination as part of the Barun-Khemchik district.
In 1965, pits were prepared for the construction of the main building of the 2nd stage of the Tuvaasbest plant. In accordance with the order of the Chairman of the district executive committee dated November 15, 1965, the first school was opened in the city. The first residential multi-storey buildings in the village of Permanent were put into operation. The first ten kilometers of streets in the young city are covered with asphalt. On December 25, 1966, Ak-Dovurak GPTU-3 (today it is the Mining College) was opened to train industrial equipment mechanics, electrical mechanics, carpenters, concrete workers, plasterers, painters, the first intake was 120 students. In 1967, a hospital campus was put into operation in the city.
In 1968, the construction of the Abaza – Ak-Dovurak highway was completed, and on March 13, 1969, a “red convoy” with asbestos was sent along it. In 1970, the construction of a 220 volt power line was completed from Abaza to Ak-Dovurak. In March 1971, a new crushing and screening complex with a capacity of 5,500 thousand tons of ore per year began operating at the processing plant. In 1970, the city's population reached 9.6 thousand people.
In 1976, the city of Ak-Dovurak was awarded the Red Banner of the CPSU Central Committee, the Council of Ministers of the USSR, the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions and the Komsomol Central Committee. In the same year, on April 22, the 2nd stage of the plant was put into operation, and on June 9, the Tuvaasbest asbestos plant was named after V.I. Lenin. In February 1982, the sports complex, equipped with the first swimming pool in the republic, opened its doors. 1984 in connection with the 20th anniversary of the Tuvaasbest plant named after. IN AND. Lenin was given the anniversary Red Banner of the regional committee of the CPSU of the Tuvan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
In 1989, the population of Ak-Dovurak reached its maximum - 15.1 thousand people. The years of perestroika became a difficult test for the city, in the early 1990s. The Tuvaasbest plant was stopped. In 1995, there was a major accident at a thermal power plant, leaving the entire city without heat. The whole republic saved him. Thanks to the efforts of the Government of the Republic and the support of visiting specialists from Irkutsk, Moscow, Krasnoyarsk, the enterprise was gradually returned to normal operation.
During the Soviet years, the enrichment plant included a crushing and screening complex, two enrichment shops and auxiliary units. Today, work is carried out in only one workshop; the most powerful, twelve-story workshop was stopped long ago; for almost twenty years, its internal structures were taken away for scrap metal. All that was left of it was an empty huge building that cannot be restored.
Physiographic characteristics
Geographical position
Located in the west of the Tuva Basin, on the left bank of the Khemchik River (left tributary of the Yenisei), in the center of the Khemchik Valley, 309 km west of Kyzyl, 428 km from the Abakan railway station[2]. The city is the western economic center of the Republic of Tyva and is located at the intersection of the end of the Abakan-Ak-Dovurak highway and the Kyzyl-Teeli highway (former A162).
Timezone
| The city of Ak-Dovurak is located in the Krasnoyarsk time zone. The offset relative to UTC is +7:00. Relative to Moscow time, the time zone has a constant offset of +4 hours and is designated in Russia as MSK+4. |
Climate
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Map
Ak-Dovurak: photo from space (Google Maps) Ak-Dovurak: photo from space (Microsoft Virtual Earth)
| Ak-Dovurak. Nearest cities. Distances in km. on the map (in brackets along roads) + direction. Using the hyperlink in the distance , you can get the route (information courtesy of the AutoTransInfo website) | |||
| 1 | Kyzyl-Mazhalyk | 3 (4) | SW |
| 2 | Teeli | 32 (39) | SW |
| 3 | Sug-Aksy | 55 (120) | NE |
| 4 | Chadan | 68 (89) | IN |
| 5 | Mugur-Aksy | 88 () | YU |
| 6 | Handagayty | 113 (179) | SE |
| 7 | Chaa-Khol | 126 () | IN |
| 8 | Shagonar | 165 (197) | IN |
| 9 | Abaza | 168 (225) | WITH |
| 10 | Tashtyp (Republic of Khakassia) | 187 (251) | WITH |
| 11 | Kosh-Agach (Altai Republic) | 188 (1983) | SW |
| 12 | Ulagan (Altai Republic) | 195 () | Z |
| 13 | Cheryomushki (Republic of Khakassia) | 195 (512) | WITH |
| 14 | Beya (Republic of Khakassia) | 210 (514) | WITH |
a brief description of
Located in the west of the Tuva Basin, on the left bank of the river. Khemchik (left tributary of the Yenisei), in the center of the Khemchik valley. It is connected to Kyzyl by road and is located 450 km from the railway. Abakan station.
Territory (sq. km): 49
Information about the city of Ak-Dovurak on the Russian Wikipedia website
Historical sketch
Founded in 1964 in connection with the construction of the Tuvaasbest plant, which arose on the basis of a deposit of high-quality chrysotile asbestos (white asbestos), explored in 1932. Tuva Ak-Dovurak - “white land”. City since 02/3/1964
From Ak-Dovurak to connect the plant with the railway, a highway was built in 1969, passing through the Western Sayan to the years. Abaza and Abakan.
Municipal indicators
| Index | 2001 |
| Demography | |
| Number of births, per 1000 population | 17.8 |
| Number of deaths, per 1000 population | 16.3 |
| Natural increase (decrease), per 1000 population | 1.5 |
| Standard of living of the population and social sphere | |
| Average monthly nominal accrued wages, rub. | 1456.7 |
| Average housing area per inhabitant (at the end of the year), sq.m. | 14.5 |
| Number of preschool institutions, pcs. | 6 |
| Number of children in preschool institutions, thousand people | 0.6 |
| Number of daytime educational institutions (at the beginning of the school year), pcs. | 3 |
| Number of students in daytime educational institutions, thousand people | 3.4 |
| Number of doctors, people. | 48 |
| Number of nursing staff, people. | 287 |
| Number of hospital institutions, pcs. | 3 |
| Number of hospital beds, thousand units | 0.3 |
| Number of medical outpatient clinics, pcs. | 3 |
| Capacity of medical outpatient clinics, visits per shift, thousand units. | 0.7 |
| Number of registered crimes, pcs. | 493 |
| Persons who committed crimes were identified, persons. | 321 |
| Economy, industry | |
| Number of enterprises and organizations (at the end of the year), pcs. | 131 |
| Construction | |
| Volume of work performed by type of activity “Construction” (until 2004 - volume of work performed under construction contracts), million rubles. | 11.1 |
| Commissioning of residential buildings, thousand sq.m. of total area | 0.1 |
| Commissioning of residential buildings, apartments | 3 |
| Commissioning of preschool institutions, places | 0 |
| Commissioning of educational institutions, places | 0 |
| Commissioning of hospital facilities, beds | 0 |
| Commissioning of outpatient clinics, visits per shift | 0 |
| Transport | |
| Number of bus routes (in intracity traffic), pcs. | 1 |
| Number of passengers transported by buses per year (in intracity traffic), million people. | 0.06 |
| Connection | |
| Number of residential telephone sets of the city public telephone network, thousand units. | 0.6 |
| Trade and services to the population | |
| Retail trade turnover (in actual prices), million rubles. | 27.7 |
| Retail trade turnover (in actual prices), per capita, rub. | 2065 |
| Public catering turnover (in actual prices), million rubles. | 0 |
| Volume of paid services to the population (in actual prices), million rubles. | 11.8 |
| Volume of paid services to the population (in actual prices), per capita, rub. | 884 |
| Volume of household services to the population (in actual prices), million rubles. | 0.5 |
| Volume of household services to the population (in actual prices), per capita, rub. | 39 |
| Investments | |
| Investments in fixed assets (in actual prices), million rubles. | 12.3 |
| Share of investments in fixed assets financed from budgetary funds in the total volume of investments, % | 98.4 |
Data sources:
- Regions of Russia. Main characteristics of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation: statistical collection. Goskomstat of Russia. - M:, 2003.
Economy
Combine "Tuvaasbest".
Main enterprises
BUILDING MATERIALS INDUSTRY
Mining and processing plant "Tuvaasbest"
668045, Republic of Tyva, Ak-Dovurak, st.
Central, 4 Offers:
Production of asbestos, oxygen, nitrogen, crushed stone, sand
Culture, science, education
Museum at the Tuvaasbest plant.
Museums, galleries, exhibition halls
Ak-Dovurak Museum of Labor Glory 668045, Republic of Tyva, Ak-Dovurak, Phone(s): 2-4245
| Population by year (thousands of inhabitants) | |||||||
| 1959 | 2.2 | 2000 | 13.4 | 2010 | 14.5 | 2017 | 13.6 |
| 1970 | 9.6 | 2001 | 13.4 | 2011 | 13.5 | 2018 | 13.6 |
| 1979 | 13.2 | 2003 | 13.0 | 2012 | 13.6 | 2019 | 13.6 |
| 1989 | 15.2 | 2005 | 13.4 | 2013 | 13.5 | 2020 | 13.6 |
| 1992 | 15 | 2006 | 13.6 | 2014 | 13.6 | 2021 | 13.8 |
| 1996 | 13.7 | 2007 | 13.8 | 2015 | 13.7 | ||
| 1998 | 13.5 | 2008 | 14.1 | 2016 | 13.7 | ||
Economy
The Tyvaasbest plant is a city-forming enterprise of the city. The city arose simultaneously with the emergence of the plant in 1964. The plant produces long-fiber asbestos (there are no analogous grades in Russia), slate and some other goods. After the collapse of the USSR in the 90s, the plant actually stopped and, having changed several private owners, has recently been slowly increasing its production thanks to the constant participation of the government of the republic. Asbestos is mined at a quarry located north of the city. Also in the city is the second largest fuel and energy enterprise of the republic - Ak-Dovurakskaya CHPP.
Notes[ | ]
- ↑ 12
The permanent population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2022 (Russian). Retrieved April 27, 2022. Archived May 2, 2022. - Pospelov, 2008, p. 72.
- Great Russian Encyclopedia: In 30 volumes / Chairman of scientific editor. Council Yu. S. Osipov. Rep. edited by S. L. Kravets. T. 1. A - Questioning. - M.: Great Russian Encyclopedia, 2005. - 766 p.: ill.: map.
- Federal Law of 06/03/2011 No. 107-FZ “On the calculation of time”, Article 5 (undefined)
(June 3, 2011). - ↑ 1234
People's encyclopedia "My City". Ak-Dovurak - All-Union Population Census of 1970 The size of the urban population of the RSFSR, its territorial units, urban settlements and urban areas by gender. (Russian). Demoscope Weekly. Access date: September 25, 2013. Archived April 28, 2013.
- All-Union Population Census of 1979 The size of the urban population of the RSFSR, its territorial units, urban settlements and urban areas by gender. (Russian). Demoscope Weekly. Access date: September 25, 2013. Archived April 28, 2013.
- All-Union population census of 1989. Urban population (undefined)
. Archived from the original on August 22, 2011. - Population of the Republic of Tyva (unspecified)
. Retrieved April 29, 2014. Archived April 29, 2014. - All-Russian population census 2002. Volume. 1, table 4. Population of Russia, federal districts, constituent entities of the Russian Federation, districts, urban settlements, rural settlements - regional centers and rural settlements with a population of 3 thousand or more (unspecified)
. Archived from the original on February 3, 2012. - ↑ 123
Population by kozhuuns and cities. Kyzyl and Ak-Dovurak - ↑ 123
Population by kozhuuns and cities. Kyzyl and Ak-Dovurak - The size of the permanent population of the Russian Federation by cities, urban settlements and regions as of January 1, 2009 (unspecified)
. Retrieved January 2, 2014. Archived January 2, 2014. - All-Russian population census 2010. 1.5. Population of urban districts, municipal districts, urban and rural settlements, urban settlements, rural settlements (undefined)
. Access date: December 31, 2022. - Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities. Table 35. Estimated resident population as of January 1, 2012 (unspecified)
. Retrieved May 31, 2014. Archived May 31, 2014. - Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2013. - M.: Federal State Statistics Service Rosstat, 2013. - 528 p. (Table 33. Population of urban districts, municipal districts, urban and rural settlements, urban settlements, rural settlements) (undefined)
. Retrieved November 16, 2013. Archived November 16, 2013. - Table 33. Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2014 (unspecified)
. Access date: August 2, 2014. Archived August 2, 2014. - Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2015 (unspecified)
. Access date: August 6, 2015. Archived August 6, 2015. - Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2016 (Russian) (October 5, 2018). Retrieved May 15, 2022. Archived May 8, 2022.
- Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2022 (Russian) (July 31, 2017). Retrieved July 31, 2022. Archived July 31, 2022.
- Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2022 (Russian). Retrieved July 25, 2018. Archived July 26, 2022.
- Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2022 (Russian). Retrieved July 31, 2019. Archived May 2, 2022.
- Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2022 (Russian). Date accessed: October 17, 2022. Archived October 17, 2022.
- Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2014 (unspecified)
. Access date: August 2, 2014. Archived August 2, 2014. - Data from the 2002 All-Russian Population Census: table 34u-Tuva. M.: Federal State Statistics Service, 2004. (2002zip, see note)
- The block was broken off // Rossiyskaya Gazeta, April 20, 2022 (it is indicated that the enterprise “resumed work again”)
- The work of the Tuvaasbest mining and processing plant will resume in April 2022 (inaccessible link)
- About the city of Ak-Dovurak (undefined)
(inaccessible link). Access date: May 7, 2011. Archived March 4, 2016.
Notes
- ↑ 12
www.gks.ru/free_doc/doc_2016/bul_dr/mun_obr2016.rar Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2016 - Great Russian Encyclopedia: In 30 volumes / Chairman of scientific editor. Council Yu. S. Osipov. Rep. edited by S. L. Kravets. T. 1. A - Questioning. - M.: Great Russian Encyclopedia, 2005. - 766 p.: ill.: map.
- ↑ 1234
www.MojGorod.ru/r_tyva/akdovurak/index.html People's encyclopedia “My City”. Ak-Dovurak - [demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus70_reg2.php All-Union Population Census of 1970 The size of the urban population of the RSFSR, its territorial units, urban settlements and urban areas by gender.] (Russian). Demoscope Weekly. Retrieved September 25, 2013. [www.webcitation.org/6GDOiMstp Archived from the original on April 28, 2013].
- [demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus79_reg2.php All-Union Population Census of 1979 The size of the urban population of the RSFSR, its territorial units, urban settlements and urban areas by gender.] (Russian). Demoscope Weekly. Retrieved September 25, 2013. [www.webcitation.org/6GDOjhZ5L Archived from the original on April 28, 2013].
- [demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus89_reg2.php All-Union Population Census of 1989. Urban population]. [www.webcitation.org/617x0o0Pa Archived from the original on August 22, 2011].
- [tuvastat.gks.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat_ts/tuvastat/resources/bd1bd080429661089de29d86540d86a5/Number+of population+of the Republic+Tuva.docx Population of the Republic of Tyva]. Retrieved April 29, 2014. [www.webcitation.org/6PCaSnmLA Archived from the original on April 29, 2014].
- [www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/1_TOM_01_04.xls All-Russian Population Census 2002. Volume. 1, table 4. Population of Russia, federal districts, constituent entities of the Russian Federation, districts, urban settlements, rural settlements - regional centers and rural settlements with a population of 3 thousand or more]. [www.webcitation.org/65AdCU0q3 Archived from the original on February 3, 2012].
- ↑ 123
www.tuvastat.ru/bgd/tuvadigits2008/IssWWW.exe/Stg/5.3.htm Population by kozhuuns and cities. Kyzyl and Ak-Dovurak - ↑ 123
www.tuvastat.ru/BGD/EZHEG111/IssWWW.exe/Stg/5.3.htm Population by kozhuuns and cities. Kyzyl and Ak-Dovurak - [www.gks.ru/bgd/regl/B09_109/IssWWW.exe/Stg/d01/tabl-21-09.xls Number of permanent population of the Russian Federation by cities, urban-type settlements and districts as of January 1, 2009]. Retrieved January 2, 2014. [www.webcitation.org/6MJmu0z1u Archived from the original on January 2, 2014].
- [tuvastat.gks.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat_ts/tuvastat/resources/ea271f004f35596387a3df3a99b5ae2d/02_Population+by+age+groups%2C+sex+and+sources+to+existence.xlsx All-Russian Population Census 2010. 2. Population by age groups, gender and sources of livelihood by urban districts, kozhuuns, urban and rural settlements of the Republic of Tyva]. Retrieved July 28, 2014. [www.webcitation.org/6RPH1nDPd Archived from the original on July 28, 2014].
- [www.gks.ru/free_doc/doc_2012/bul_dr/mun_obr2012.rar Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities. Table 35. Estimated resident population as of January 1, 2012]. Retrieved May 31, 2014. [www.webcitation.org/6PyOWbdMc Archived from the original on May 31, 2014].
- [www.gks.ru/free_doc/doc_2013/bul_dr/mun_obr2013.rar Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2013. - M.: Federal State Statistics Service Rosstat, 2013. - 528 p. (Table 33. Population of urban districts, municipal districts, urban and rural settlements, urban settlements, rural settlements)]. Retrieved November 16, 2013. [www.webcitation.org/6LAdCWSxH Archived from the original on November 16, 2013].
- www.gks.ru/dbscripts/munst/munst93/DBInet.cgi?pl=8112027 Republic of Tyva. The total population by sex and age as of January 1 of the current year. 2008-2015
- [www.gks.ru/free_doc/doc_2015/bul_dr/mun_obr2015.rar Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2015]. Retrieved August 6, 2015. [www.webcitation.org/6aaNzOlFO Archived from the original on August 6, 2015].
- [www.gks.ru/free_doc/doc_2014/bul_dr/mun_obr2014.rar Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2014]. Retrieved August 2, 2014. [www.webcitation.org/6RWqP50QK Archived from the original on August 2, 2014].
- Data from the 2002 All-Russian Population Census: table 34u-Tuva. M.: Federal State Statistics Service, 2004. ([lingvarium.org/files/2002.zip 2002zip], see [lingvarium.org/files/_readme_first!.txt note])
- [ak-dovurak.su/index.php/sity-category/109-pasport-goroda About the city of Ak-Dovurak]
Population[ | ]
| Population | ||||||
| 1959[5] | 1970[6] | 1979[7] | 1989[8] | 1996[5] | 1998[5] | 2000[9] |
| 2200 | ↗9613 | ↗13 216 | ↗15 191 | ↘13 700 | ↘13 500 | ↘12 686 |
| 2001[5] | 2002[10] | 2004[11] | 2005[11] | 2006[11] | 2007[12] | 2008[12] |
| ↗13 400 | ↘12 965 | ↗13 179 | ↗13 381 | ↗13 584 | ↗13 793 | ↗14 118 |
| 2009[13] | 2010[14] | 2011[12] | 2012[15] | 2013[16] | 2014[17] | 2015[18] |
| ↗14 371 | ↘13 468 | ↗13 482 | ↗13 558 | ↘13 548 | ↗13 570 | ↗13 700 |
| 2016[19] | 2017[20] | 2018[21] | 2019[22] | 2020[23] | 2021[1] | |
| ↘13 663 | ↘13 578 | ↗13 580 | ↗13 630 | ↘13 609 | ↗13 769 | |
In terms of population as of January 1, 2014, it ranks 822 out of 1,100 cities in the Russian Federation[24].
National composition
According to the 2002 census, of the 12,965 residents of the city, Tuvans made up 91.76% (11,897 people), Russians - 6.15% (797 people), Khakass - 0.49%, Kyrgyz - 0.35%, Komi - 0.35%[25].
Excerpt characterizing Ak-Dovurak
- Well, don't you hear? – After waiting quite a long time for an answer, Rostov asked again. “Who knows, your honor,” the hussar answered reluctantly. - Should there be an enemy in the area? - Rostov repeated again. “It may be him, or it may be so,” said the hussar, “it’s a night thing.” Well! shawls! - he shouted at his horse, moving under him. Rostov's horse was also in a hurry, kicking the frozen ground, listening to the sounds and looking closely at the lights. The screams of voices grew stronger and stronger and merged into a general roar that could only be produced by an army of several thousand. The fires spread more and more, probably along the line of the French camp. Rostov no longer wanted to sleep. The cheerful, triumphant cries from the enemy army had an exciting effect on him: Vive l'empereur, l'empereur! [Long live the Emperor, Emperor!] was now clearly heard by Rostov. - It’s not far, it must be beyond the stream? - he said to the hussar standing next to him. The hussar only sighed, without answering, and cleared his throat angrily. Along the line of hussars the tramp of a horse riding at a trot was heard, and from the night fog the figure of a hussar non-commissioned officer suddenly appeared, appearing like a huge elephant. - Your honor, generals! - said the non-commissioned officer, approaching Rostov. Rostov, continuing to look back at the lights and shouts, rode with the non-commissioned officer towards several horsemen riding along the line. One was on a white horse. Prince Bagration with Prince Dolgorukov and his adjutants went to see the strange phenomenon of lights and screams in the enemy army. Rostov, having approached Bagration, reported to him and joined the adjutants, listening to what the generals were saying. “Believe me,” said Prince Dolgorukov, turning to Bagration, “that this is nothing more than a trick: he retreated and ordered the rearguard to light fires and make noise in order to deceive us.” “Hardly,” said Bagration, “I saw them on that hill in the evening; If they left, they left there. Mr. Officer,” Prince Bagration turned to Rostov, “are his flankers still standing there?” “We’ve been standing there since the evening, but now I don’t know, your Excellency.” Order, I will go with the hussars,” said Rostov. Bagration stopped and, without answering, tried to make out Rostov’s face in the fog. “Well, look,” he said, after a short silence. - I’m listening s. Rostov gave spurs to his horse, called out to non-commissioned officer Fedchenka and two more hussars, ordered them to follow him and trotted down the hill towards the continued screams. It was both scary and fun for Rostov to travel alone with three hussars there, into this mysterious and dangerous foggy distance, where no one had been before. Bagration shouted to him from the mountain so that he should not go further than the stream, but Rostov pretended as if he had not heard his words, and, without stopping, rode further and further, constantly being deceived, mistaking bushes for trees and potholes for people and constantly explaining his deceptions. Trotting down the mountain, he no longer saw either ours or the enemy’s fires, but heard the cries of the French louder and more clearly. In the hollow he saw in front of him something like a river, but when he reached it, he recognized the road he had passed. Having ridden out onto the road, he held his horse back, undecided: to ride along it, or to cross it and ride uphill through a black field. It was safer to drive along the road that became lighter in the fog, because it was easier to see people. “Follow me,” he said, crossed the road and began to gallop up the mountain, to the place where the French picket had been stationed since the evening. - Your Honor, here he is! - one of the hussars said from behind. And before Rostov had time to see something suddenly blackened in the fog, a light flashed, a shot clicked, and the bullet, as if complaining about something, buzzed high in the fog and flew out of earshot. The other gun did not fire, but a light flashed on the shelf. Rostov turned his horse and galloped back. Four more shots rang out at different intervals, and bullets sang in different tones somewhere in the fog. Rostov reined in his horse, which was as cheerful as he was from the shots, and rode at a walk. “Well then, well again!” some cheerful voice spoke in his soul. But there were no more shots. Just approaching Bagration, Rostov again put his horse into a gallop and, holding his hand at the visor, rode up to him. Dolgorukov still insisted on his opinion that the French had retreated and only set up the fires to deceive us. – What does this prove? - he said as Rostov drove up to them. “They could have retreated and left the pickets.” “Apparently, not everyone has left yet, prince,” said Bagration. – Until tomorrow morning, tomorrow we’ll find out everything. “There’s a picket on the mountain, your Excellency, still in the same place where it was in the evening,” Rostov reported, bending forward, holding his hand to the visor and unable to contain the smile of amusement caused in him by his trip and, most importantly, by the sounds of bullets. “Okay, okay,” said Bagration, “thank you, Mr. Officer.” “Your Excellency,” said Rostov, “allow me to ask you.” - What's happened? “Tomorrow our squadron is assigned to reserves; Let me ask you to second me to the 1st squadron. - What's your last name? - Count Rostov. - Oh good. Remain with me as an orderly. – Ilya Andreich’s son? - said Dolgorukov. But Rostov did not answer him. - So I will hope, Your Excellency.
