Olya, Russia
| Olya (English) Оля (Russian) |
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.svg) Location of Astrakhan Oblast in Russia |
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| Administrative status | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Astrakhan Oblast |
| Administrative district | Limansky District |
| Selsoviet | Olinsky Selsoviet |
| Municipal status | |
| Municipal district | Limansky Municipal District |
| Rural settlement | Olinsky Rural Settlement |
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| Population (2005 est.) | 3,752 inhabitants |
| Time zone | SAMT (UTC+04:00) |
| Postal code(s) | 416425 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 85147 |
Olya (Russian: Оля) is a rural locality (a selo) in Limansky District of Astrakhan Oblast, Russia, on the shore of one of the largest branches of the Volga River, Bakhtemir, near the Caspian Sea about 120 kilometers (75 mi) southwest of Astrakhan. It serves as a port on the Caspian Sea. In 2010 the settlement recorded 1372 farmsteads and 3752 residents. The port's cargo turnover was approximately 2.5 million tons as of 2006.
Olya is one of the oldest fishing villages in Astrakhan Oblast. The word Olya, which is of Kalmyk origin, means small hatchet describing the shape of the island on which Olya was originally located. Other villages are also on the islands, to the south and west, all separated by small channels. Chantais two kilometers south while Karantina is three kilometers southwest. Olya was originally between the coast and the mouth of the Bakhtimir, but the sea and the river receded and eventually the small channels separating the villages silted up. Olya and villages around it gradually merged with each other, forming a locality on maps designated as the village of Olya. Local names for different parts of the village include Forest for the southern part and Korya in the southwest. The name Olya refers to the northern part of town, directly adjacent to Bakhtemir.
The village has long been settled by legal and illegal fishermen. The main village of fishing families live in this area, close to rivers. In the west, near the village of Olga Basta is a Kalmyk.
The first settlers were former prisoners Khans from Khiva and Bukhara in Central Asia. They were descendants of serfs landlord Durenova in Simbirsk, which were then in possession of a landowner, first Chubareva then Milashevoy. From the latter, they moved her to the closest relative, the rich Astrakhan fishermen Sapozhnikov and were brought to live in his castle estate on the lower Volga in the village: Harban Zhitnaya Sedlistoe etc.
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