Aktuk

Aktuk (Актук, آقتوق, Aqtuq / Aktök; Russian: Акту́ково, romanized: Aktukovo; aka Yañapar, Яңапар) is a Mishar Tatar village in Krasnooktyabrsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast.

At the beginning of the 17th century, the leader of Par village was Utesh (Öteş) Sudeyarov, who is said to have been Aktuk's father.

In the "supplementary watch list" of Temnikov, there are references to brothers Utesh and Kuzma Sudeyarov as the owners of estates in Temnikovsky district.

According to Orlov, the archaeological monument of the village, "Torataş" (also Тараташ / Такташ, Taratash, Taktaş[7]) shows that the lands in question were pastures of the ancient Turks.

Some scholars have proposed that Par was a village already inhabited by Turkic peoples in the 16th century, which the new arrivals became part of and enlarged.