Where, where? In Non-Moscow! The village of Koshki.
There are many unusual names on the map of the country: village Slut, village Hello Again or Prole-KashaToday's story is about a village with a "meowing" name. Cats.
📍The village of Koshki is the center of the Koshkinsky District Samara region. On the coat of arms As expected, two graceful cats grace the area. But—what a shame—the name has nothing to do with these animals. At the heart The name is derived from the Turkic word "kosh," which translates into Russian as "yurt," "hut," camp, or shepherd's encampment. The word "koshka" in Turkic languages actually means "bald hill."
📍It is believed, that the first settlers in the early 18th century were the Chuvash, who began to settle the area without permission. However, the statesman and public figure Vasily Tatishchev evicted the Chuvash and settled baptized Kalmyks here, founding in 1737 year military settlement Preobrazhenskaya SlobodaThis year is considered the founding of the village. For a long time, the settlement had two names, but "Cat" won.
📍 If dig deeperAs archaeologists did in 2024, it will become clear that people lived here as early as 4000 years ago. Experts studied six burial mounds, which yielded 120 burials, sacrificial complexes, bronze jewelry, pottery, and daggers.
And according to one of the historians, it was in this place that the tragedy took place. battle Timur (Tamerlane) and Tokhtamysh in 1391 on the Kondurcha River. This is where the name "kosh"—the camp, or encampment—came from.
📍The village was no different from its neighbors, while in 1912, a nearby Volga-Bugulma railway, and Pogruznaya station, four kilometers away. This gave impetus to the village's development, and a little later, one of the country's first machine and tractor stations opened here.
📍And there are still cats here! At the Red Cat Museum, which opened in 2021. It features cats drawn and knitted, embroidered and sculpted, sawn and woven. Crafted and sent by artisans from various regions, hundreds of cats now "live" in "Koshki."
Photo: KP, tolyatti-tur.ru, the Red Cat Museum on VK
