Staryi Amanak

Stary Amanak grew from the Amanak sloboda, established in the eighteenth century on the right bank of the Amanak and its tributary the Murava. Settlers included state peasants and men associated with the militia. The sloboda was fortified against raids from the steppe, and gradually grew beyond its defensive beginnings. By the turn of the nineteenth century it had become a substantial local center of economic and cultural life in the surrounding countryside.