Myla

Myla (Russian: Мыла) or Mele is a rural locality (a selo) in Zakamensky District, Republic of Buryatia, Russia. The population was 664 as of 2010.[2] There are 14 streets.

Myla

Мыла
Selo
Myla
Myla
Coordinates: 50°44′N 103°26′E[1]
CountryRussia
RegionRepublic of Buryatia
DistrictZakamensky District
Time zoneUTC+8:00
Village Mele
Suburgan (Buddhist stupa) at the entrance to the village of Mele

There are several speculations about the origin of the name “Mele”: on behalf of one of its first settlers, a certain Melahei, or from Evenki Malu - ‘an honorable place in the plague’, or from mu ‘water’ and ala ‘fish’.[3]

In 1924, a school was built in the settlement ([[Administrative divisions of Buryatia#Note on the types of the inhabited localities|ulus). In 1929, an agricultural artel was formed, later becoming the Red Star collective farm. In 1957, the collective farm received a new name, translated as "40 years of October". In 1992, the collective farm broke up into individual peasant farms.

Mele is the only settlement in the south of Buryatia where hamnigans live in high density. Even in Tsarist times, the Zakamensky (Armak) Hamnigans served Cossack service on the southern border with Mongolia. They believe that they came to Zakamna because of Lake Baikal and gave rise to a new small Buryat-Hamnigan group, which currently includes about 400 people, making up more than half of the population of Myla.

References
  1. Карта Закаменского района Бурятии
  2. Всероссийские переписи населения 2002 и 2010 годов
  3. «Многоголосье земли»: история Закаменского района
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