Alatyr (town)

Infobox Russian city
EnglishName=Alatyr
RussianName=Алатырь
Skyline
SkylineLegend
LatDeg=54
LatMin=51
LatSec
LonDeg=46
LonMin=35
LonSec


CityDay=First Saturday of August
FederalSubject=Chuvash Republic
MunStatus=Urban okrug
InJurisdictionOf=Chuvash Republic
AdmCtrType=Administrative centre
AdmCtrOf=Alatyr district
LeaderType=Head
LeaderName=Mikhail Mariskin
Legislature=City Assembly of Deputies
Charter=Charter of Alatyr
Area_km2=41.7
AreaRank
Population=43161
FoundationDate=1552
Event1=Town status
Event1Date=1780
PostalCode=429820 - 429828
DialingCode=83531
Website=http://gov.cap.ru/main.asp?govid=56

Alatyr ( _ru. Ала́тырь, _cv. Улатăр) also known as Mordvin Rator Osh, is a town in the Chuvash Republic, Russia, located on the Sura River at its confluence with the Alatyr River. Population: 43,161 (2002 Census); 43,000 (1968).

Alatyr is one of the oldest towns in Chuvashia. It was founded in 1552 to a place of old Mordvin village Rator Osh as a fortified outpost and granted town status in 1780. Alatyr gained economic importance in 1894 after to the construction of the Moscow—Ryazan—Kazan railroad. It was here, the Tsar Ivan the Terrible, made an agreement with local Chuvash, Mari, and Mordva dukes and tribe elders in 1552. ThisTreaty of Alatyr is not mentioned at all in the Russian sources, but is well documented in local tales and a written document has been existed.