Kurkachi Explained

Official Name:Kurkachi
Native Name:Коркачык
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:Vysokogorsky District
Subdivision Type4:Municipality
Utc Offset1:+3:00

Kurkachi (Tatar: Коркачык|translit=Qorqaçıq; Russian: Куркачи) is a rural locality (a selo) in Vysokogorsky District, Tatarstan, Russia. The population was 770 as of 2010.[1]

Geography

is located northeast of Vysokaya Gora, the district's administrative centre, and northeast of Kazan, the republic's capital, by road.[2] [3]

History

The village already existed during the period of the Kazan Khanate.

From 18th to the first half of the 19th centuries village's residents belonged to the social estate of state peasants.

From the 18th century to the first half of the 19th century, the village had a mosque, a mekteb, a watermill and three small shops.

Before the creation of the Tatar ASSR in 1920, it was part of Kazansky Uyezd of Kazan Governorate. From 1920, it was a part of Arsk Canton; after the creation of districts in the Tatar ASSR (Tatarstan), it was located in Arsky (1930–1935), Vysokogorsky (1935–1963), Pestrechinsky (1963–1965) and Vysokogorsky districts.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Коркачык . 2022-08-08 . tatarica.org . tt.
  2. Web site: Коркачык . 2022-08-08 . tatarica.org . tt.
  3. Web site: Расстояние между Куркачами и Казанью . 2022-08-26 . www.avtodispetcher.ru . ru.
  4. Web site: Коркачык . 2022-08-08 . tatarica.org . tt.