Official Name: | Çırşı |
Native Name: | Чыршы |
Native Name Lang: | tt |
Settlement Type: | selo |
Pushpin Map: | Russia Tatarstan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Russia |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Tatarstan |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Biektaw District |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +3:00 |
Çırşı (tt-Cyrl|Чыршы|translit=Çırşı) is a rural locality (a selo) in Biektaw District, Tatarstan. The population was 322 as of 2010.[1]
Çırşı is located 20 km north of Biektaw, district's administrative centre, and 48 km north of Qazan, republic's capital, by road.[1] [2]
The village already existed during the period of the Khanate of Qazan.
From 18th to the first half of the 19th centuries village's residents belonged to the social estate of state peasants.
By the beginning of the twentieth century, village had a mosque, a madrasa, a blacksmith shop and 3 small shops.
Before the creation of the 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 Döbyaz (1930–1963), Yäşel Üzän (1963–1965) and Biektaw districts.[1]