Skip to content
EntityQ770345· pop 16· linked from 57 articles

Yavas (; , Javaz) is an urban locality (a work settlement) in the Zubovo-Polyansky District of the Republic of Mordovia, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 7,941. It is the location of women's corrective colony No. 2, Mordovia and corrective colony No. 11, Mordovia for men.

Key facts

Russian inhabited locality.en_name
Yavas
Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
Явас
Russian inhabited locality.loc_name1
Яваз
Russian inhabited locality.loc_lang1
Moksha
Russian inhabited locality.loc_lang2
Erzya
Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position
right
Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
Republic of Mordovia
Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur
Zubovo-Polyansky District
Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_jur
Yavas Work Settlement
Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_type
Work Settlement
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of
Yavas Work Settlement
Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat
Urban-type settlement
Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_type
Work settlement
Russian inhabited locality.mun_district_jur
Zubovo-Polyansky Municipal District
Russian inhabited locality.urban_settlement_jur
Yavasskoye Urban Settlement
Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of
Yavasskoye Urban Settlement
Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census
7941
Russian inhabited locality.postal_codes
431160

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Official name
Яваз
Population
5849
Show 3 more facts
postal code
431160
inception
1931-00-00
native label
Яваз
Sources (3)

via Wikidata · CC0

~2 min read

Article

6 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Administrative and municipal status
  • Notable people
  • References
  • Notes
  • Sources

Yavas (; , Javaz) is an urban locality (a work settlement) in the Zubovo-Polyansky District of the Republic of Mordovia, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 7,941. It is the location of women's corrective colony No. 2, Mordovia and corrective colony No. 11, Mordovia for men.

==History== It was founded in 1931 as the headquarters of the fast-paced camp system for prisoners, dubbed Temlag (named after the town of Temnikov) of the Gulag system, later transferred to Dubravlag. The settlement retains its value as one of the centers of the Russian penitentiary system.

On the map

2 mapped locations

Connections

Categories