Tenkovsky District Explained

Tenkovsky District (Russian: Теньковский район; Tatar: Тәмте районы) was a district (raion) of the Tatar ASSR.

It had a population of 23,504 (1939), an area of about 806 square kilometers and was divided into 20 selsoviets in 1947.^{[1] [2] [3]}

It was established on February 14, 1927, and was abolished on October 20, 1931, being merged with neighbouring Sviyazhsky District into Verkhneuslonsky District. It was re-established on February 10, 1935, on the parts of territory of Verkhneuslonsky, Kamsko-Ustyinsky and Apastovsky districts. Its administrative center was the village (selo) of Tenki. On July 16, 1958, the district was abolished and its territory was transferred to Verkhneuslonsky and Kamsko-Ustyinsky districts.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей .
2. Web site: Административно-территориальное деление союзных республик СССР на 1 января 1947 года . 2019-11-08 . 2020-03-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200308080726/http://istmat.info/node/17633.
3. Book: Татарская АССР. Административно-территориальное деление. На 1 января 1948 года. Г. С. Губайдуллин. Казань. Татгосиздат. 1948.
4. Web site: 2016-03-03 . Национальный архив Республики Татарстан. Путеводитель. Издание второе переработанное и дополненное. 1999 . 2022-08-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303194808/http://guides.rusarchives.ru/browse/guidebook.html?bid=24&sid=412658 . 2016-03-03 .