Sengiley
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Sengiley (Russian: Сенгиле́й) is a town in Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Kuybyshev Reservoir 72 km south of Ulyanovsk at . Population: 8,396 (2002 Census); 10,366 (1989 Census).
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.
| Image:UlyanovskayaOblastGerb.jpg | Cities and towns in Ulyanovsk Oblast | Image:Flag of Russia.svg |
| Administrative center: Ulyanovsk Barysh | Dimitrovgrad | Inza | Novoulyanovsk | Sengiley |
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