Sengiley

Sengiley (Template:Lang-ru) is a town in Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Kuybyshev Reservoir 72 km south of Ulyanovsk at 53°57′44″N 48°47′40″E / 53.9622°N 48.7944°E / 53.9622; 48.7944. Population: 8,396 (2002 Census); 10,366 (1989 Census).

It was founded in 1666 as a defensive military outpost against nomadic raids. Several slobodas later formed around the outpost, and in the beginning of the 18th century the slobodas of Stanichnaya, Butyrskaya, and Vybornaya merged into the village of Pokrovskoye (Покро́вское. In 1780, it was reorganized into the town of Sengiley.

In 1925, Sengiley was demoted in status to rural settlement, but it was granted urban-type settlement status in 1925. Town status was granted again in 1943.

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v t e Administrative divisions of Ulyanovsk Oblast
Administrative center: Ulyanovsk • Rural localities
Districts	Baryshsky Bazarnosyzgansky Cherdaklinsky Inzensky Karsunsky Kuzovatovsky Maynsky Melekessky Nikolayevsky Novomalyklinsky Novospassky Pavlovsky Radishchevsky Sengileyevsky Starokulatkinsky Staromaynsky Sursky Terengulsky Tsilninsky Ulyanovsky Veshkaymsky
Cities and towns	Barysh Dimitrovgrad Inza Novoulyanovsk Sengiley Ulyanovsk
Urban-type settlements	Bazarny Syzgan Cherdakly Chufarovo Glotovka Ignatovka Imeni V. I. Lenina Isheyevka Izmaylovo Karsun Krasny Gulyay Kuzovatovo Mayna Mullovka Nikolayevka Novaya Mayna Novospasskoye Pavlovka Radishchevo Silikatny Staraya Kulatka Staraya Mayna Starotimoshkino Surskoye Terenga Tsemzavod Tsilna Veshkayma Yazykovo Zhadovka