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Qışqar
Qışqar (, ) is a rural locality (a selo) in Arça District, Tatarstan. The population was 229 as of 2010. Geography Qışqar is located 31 km northwest of Arça, district's administrative centre, and 97 km northeast of Qazan, republic's capital, by road. History The village already existed during the period of the Khanate of Qazan. From the 17th to first half of the 19th centuries village's residents belonged to the social estate of state peasants. The village for its madrasa, which was well-known in the area. By the beginning of the twentieth century, village had 2 mosques, a madrasa, a windmill and 4 small shops. Before the creation of Tatar ASSR in 1920 was a part of Qazan Uyezd of Qazan Governorate. Since 1920 was a part of Arça Canton; after the creation of districts in Tatar ASSR (Tatarstan) in Tuqay (later Ätnä) (1930–1959), Tuqay (former Qızıl Yul) (1959–1963) and Arça Arsk ( rus, Арск, p=ˈarsk; ) is a town and the administrative center o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders of Russia, land borders with fourteen countries. Russia is the List of European countries by population, most populous country in Europe and the List of countries and dependencies by population, ninth-most populous country in the world. It is a Urbanization by sovereign state, highly urbanised country, with sixteen of its urban areas having more than 1 million inhabitants. Moscow, the List of metropolitan areas in Europe, most populous metropolitan area in Europe, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, while Saint Petersburg is its second-largest city and Society and culture in Saint Petersburg, cultural centre. Human settlement on the territory of modern Russia dates back to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khanate Of Qazan
The Khanate of Kazan was a Tatar state that occupied the territory of the former Volga Bulgaria between 1438 and 1552. The khanate covered contemporary Tatarstan, Mari El, Chuvashia, Mordovia, and parts of Udmurtia and Bashkortostan; its capital was the city of Kazan. It was one of the successor states of the Golden Horde (Mongol state), and it came to an end when it was conquered by the Tsardom of Russia. Geography and population The territory of the Khanate comprised the Muslim Bulgar-populated lands of the Bolğar, Cükätäw, Kazan, and Qaşan duchies and other regions that originally belonged to Volga Bulgaria. The Volga, Kama and Vyatka were the main rivers of the khanate, as well as the major trade ways. The majority of the population were Kazan Tatars. Their self-identity was not restricted to Tatars; many identified themselves simply as Muslims or as "the people of Kazan". Islam was the state religion. The local feudal nobility consisted of ethnic Bulgars, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ätnä District
Atninsky District (; ) is a territorial administrative unit and municipal district of the Republic of Tatarstan within the Russian Federation. The district is located in the northwest of the republic. The territory of the district includes 47 settlements, which are united into 12 rural settlements. As of 2020, people reside in the district. The administrative center is the village of Bolshaya Atnya, founded during the period of the Khanate of Kazan. Geography The total area of the district is 681.4 km2. It borders the Arsky and Vysokogorsky Districts of Tatarstan and the Republic of Mari El ( Morkinsky District). The relief is a hilly plain with prevailing heights of 160–180 meters. Forests cover 3.9% of the district area. The largest river is Ashit while the largest tributaries are Urtemka (16 km), Shashi (15 km), and Ura (13 km). Protected natural areas include the natural zakaznik "Ashit", which occupies 2.7 thousand hectares - 4% of the total area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arça Canton
Arsk Canton (known as Kazan Canton at the time of its foundation) was an administrative division (a сanton) of the Tatar ASSR in 1920–;1930. Its area was 7,500 km; population: 375,000. In 1926, 59.2% of the population were Tatars, 37.5%—Russians, and 2.7%— Udmurts. The administrative center of the canton was the town of Arsk. In 1929, the canton consisted of fifteen volosts. There were 404 schools in the canton as early as in 1927. Economics A woodworking, metal-working, food and glass industry, Paratsky shipyard, as well as homecraft were developed in the canton. Rye, barley, oats, wheat and potatoes were cultivated, cattle and horses were bred. Division In 1930, during the raion A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is c ...ization of the Tat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qazan Governorate
Kazan Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit ('' guberniya'') of the Tsardom of Russia, the Russian Empire, and the Russian SFSR from 1708 to 1920, with its capital in Kazan. History Kazan Governorate, together with seven other governorates, was established on , 1708, by Tsar Peter the Great's edictУказ об учреждении губерний и о росписании к ним городов on the lands of the s of , [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qazan Uyezd
Kazansky Uyezd (''Каза́нский уе́зд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Kazan Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the northern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Kazan. Demographics At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Kazansky Uyezd had a population of 350,719. Of these, 54.5% spoke Russian, 41.8% Tatar, 1.6% Mari, 0.4% Polish, 0.4% Udmurt, 0.4% Yiddish, 0.3% German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ..., 0.2% Ukrainian and 0.2% Chuvash as their native language. Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
The Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, abbreviated as Tatar ASSR or TASSR, was an Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republics, autonomous republic of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR. The resolution for its creation was signed on 27 May 1920 and the republic was proclaimed on 25 June 1920. Kazan served as its capital. The territory of the TASSR was a part of Kazan Governorate, Kazan, Simbirsk Governorate, Simbirsk, and Ufa Governorates (or ''guberniya, gubernias'') of the Imperial Russia before the October Revolution of 1917. *1920: Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic *1990: Tatar Soviet Socialist Republic *1992: Republic of Tatarstan Notable people *Gabdulkhay Akhatov – professor and Turkologist *Sofia Gubaidulina – composer *Chulpan Khamatova – film, theater and TV actress *Mintimer Shaimiev – politician, the first secretary of the Tatars, Tatar Regional Committee of the CPSU *Boris Yeltsin – first Russian president (1991–19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Serf
State peasants (, gosudarstvennye krestiane) were a special social estate (class) of peasantry in 18th–19th century Russia, the number of which in some periods reached half of the agricultural population. In contrast to private serfs, state peasants were considered personally free, although their freedom of movement was restricted. History The state peasants were created by decrees of Peter I and applied to population who were involved in land cultivation and agriculture: various peasant classes, single homesteaders (Russian military people on the border area adjoining the wild steppe), non-serf Russian people of the Russian North, the non-Russian peoples of the Volga, and the Ural regions. The number of state peasants increased due to several factors: the confiscation of church lands (huge estates of the Russian Orthodox Church) by Catherine II, additional conquered territories (the Baltic States, the Right-Bank Ukraine, Belarus, Crimea, the Caucasus), and the former serf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Estates In The Russian Empire
Social estates in the Russian Empire were denoted by the term soslovie (sosloviye). They were introduced in 18th-19th centuries to approximately match the European estate of the realm. The terms "сословие", "состояние", "сословное состояние" (in the meaning of the civil/legal estate) were used interchangeably. The four basic estates (nobility, clergy, peasantry, and urban dwellers, with a special treatment of ''inorodtsy'') were subdivided further. Estates The Code of the Law of the Russian Empire of 1832, vol. 9, "Laws about Estates" (Законы о состояниях) defined four major estates: dvoryans (nobility), clergy, urban dwellers and rural dwellers (peasants). The two former estates were non-taxable, the two latter were taxable estates (податные сословия), i.e., which had to pay the personal tax. Within these, more detailed Russian nobility#Categories, categories were recognized: # Nobility was subdivided into Hered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qazan, Republic Of Tatarstan
Kazan; , IPA: ɑzan} is the largest city and capital of Tatarstan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka Rivers, covering an area of , with a population of over 1.3 million residents, and up to nearly 2 million residents in the greater metropolitan area. Kazan is the fifth-largest city in Russia, being the most populous city on the Volga, as well as within the Volga Federal District. Historically, Kazan was the capital of the Khanate of Kazan, and was conquered by Ivan the Terrible in the 16th century, at which point the city became a part of the Tsardom of Russia. The city was seized (and largely destroyed) during Pugachev's Rebellion (1773–1775), but was later rebuilt during the reign of Catherine the Great. In the following centuries, Kazan grew to become a major industrial, cultural and religious centre of Russia. In 1920, after the Russian SFSR became a part of the Soviet Union, Kazan became the capital of the Tatar Autonomous Soviet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Regions Of Russia
The federal districts ( rus, федеральные округа, p=fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnɨjɪ ɐkrʊˈɡa) are groupings of the federal subjects of Russia, federal subjects of Russia. Federal districts consist of a group of regions with various autonomy levels as per constitution, but the districts themselves are not mentioned by the constitution and are not autonomous, do not have administrative competences of their own, and do not manage regional affairs. They exist solely to monitor consistency between the federal and regional bodies of law, and ensure federal management of the civil service, judiciary, and federal agencies operating in the regions. The federal district system was established on 13 May 2000. List of federal districts ''Source'': History The federal districts of Russia were established by a decree issued by President of Russia, President Vladimir Putin on 13 May 2000 to facilitate the federal government's control of the then 89 federal subjects across t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arça
Arsk ( rus, Арск, p=ˈarsk; ) is a town and the administrative center of Arsky District in Tatarstan, Russia, located on the Kazanka River, from the republic's capital of Kazan. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 18,114. Etymology The Tatar name of the town () can be translated as " Udmurt's" or "Udmurtian". History It was founded at the end of the 14th century.''Inhabited Localities of the Republic of Tatarstan'', p. 63 It was the seat of Archa Darugha (a type of subdivision) during the Khanate of Kazan period. Even though the town was located in the area mostly populated by Tatars, the larger part of the ''darughas population was Udmurt. It is possible that earlier population of this area was also Finno-Ugric, who later assimilated with the Tatars. Arsk was one of the strongest forts in the khanate. In 1506, it was the site of the Battles of Arsk Field, in which Tatar forces were defeated by the Russians but later turned the tables and won one of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
