Muqşı Explained

Official Name:Muqşı
Native Name:Мокшы
Native Name Lang:tt
Settlement Type:derevnya
Pushpin Map:Russia Tatarstan
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Russia
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Tatarstan
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Ätnä District
Subdivision Type4:Municipality
Utc Offset1:+3:00

Muqşı (Tatar: Мокшы|translit=Muqşı, Russian: Мокша) is a rural locality (a derevnya) in Ätnä District, Tatarstan. The population was 196 as of 2010.[1]

Geography

is located 9 km northeast of Olı Ätnä, district's administrative centre, and 88 km north of Qazan, republic's capital, by road.[2] [3]

History

The earliest known record of the settlement dates from 1653.

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 and a small shop.

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 Tuqay (1930–1935), Tuqay (former Qızıl Yul) (1935–1963), Arça (1963–1990) and Ätnä districts.[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Мокшы . 2022-08-08 . tatarica.org . tt.
  2. Web site: Мокшы . 2022-08-08 . tatarica.org . tt.
  3. Web site: Расстояние между Иф и Ив .
  4. Web site: Мокшы . 2022-08-08 . tatarica.org . tt.