Aktuk
Sign in to savethumb|Aktuk, year 2018. Aktuk (Актук, آقتوق, Aqtuq / Aktök; ; aka Yañapar, Яңапар) is a Mishar Tatar village in Krasnooktyabrsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. Most ancestors of Finnish Tatars were from Aktuk.
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thumb|Aktuk, year 2018. Aktuk (Актук, آقتوق, Aqtuq / Aktök; ; aka Yañapar, Яңапар) is a Mishar Tatar village in Krasnooktyabrsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. Most ancestors of Finnish Tatars were from Aktuk.
==History== The village is believed to be founded in 1640s. Its name comes from Aktuk (Aktök), the leader of the village, who either himself, or his family, came from Temnikov principality (Tömän). In 1674, the village was led by the son of Aktuk, Mamedeley Aktukov (Mämät-Ali, Möxämmät-Ali).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aktuk” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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