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Syukeyevo (; ) is a
rural locality In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry are typically describ ...
(a '' selo'') in
Kamsko-Ustyinsky District Kamsko-Ustyinsky District (; ) is a territorial administrative unit and municipality of the Republic of Tatarstan within the Russian Federation. The district is located in the west of the republic, on the right bank of the Volga River. The territor ...
of the
Republic of Tatarstan Tatarstan, officially the Republic of Tatarstan, sometimes also called Tataria, is a Republics of Russia, republic of Russia located in Eastern Europe. It is a part of the Volga Federal District; and its capital city, capital and largest city i ...
,
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, located on the bank of the Mordovskaya River (a right
tributary A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (''main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which they ...
of the
Volga The Volga (, ) is the longest river in Europe and the longest endorheic basin river in the world. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Caspian Sea. The Volga has a length of , and a catchment ...
), southwest of
Kamskoye Ustye Kamskoye Ustye (; ) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Kamsko-Ustyinsky District in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located on the Kuybyshev Reservoir, near the confluence of the Volga and Kama Riv ...
, the
administrative center An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune, is located. In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...
of the district. Population: 750 (1997 est.); 792 (1989); all ethnic Russians.


History

Syukeyevo has been known to exist since the times of the
Khanate of Kazan 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; ...
. In the 19th century, Syukeyevo produced bricks, and the main occupations of the people were carpentry and limestone, sulfur, and bitumen mining. The now destroyed Syukeyevo Caves were located nearby. On July 11, 2011, cruise ship Bulgaria shipwrecked near Syukeyevo.


Economy and infrastructure

There is a secondary school and a church in Syukeyevo. The main occupation of the population is agriculture and cattle breeding. A gypsum mine is constructed in nearby Syukeyevsky Vzvoz.


References

* {{Authority control Rural localities in Tatarstan Tetyushsky Uyezd