Biektaw Explained

Official Name:Biektaw
Native Name:Биектау
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

Biektaw (Tatar: Биектау|translit=Biyektaw) is a rural locality (a selo) in Biektaw District, Tatarstan. The population was 9589 as of 2010.[1]

Geography

is located 1,5 km south of Biektaw, district's administrative centre, and 22 km northeast of Qazan, republic's capital, by road.[2] [3]

History

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

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 parish government, a staging camp, a church, a zemstvo school, a windmill, 8 blacksmith shops, a beer shop, a wine shop and 8 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 Biektaw (1930s–1963), Yäşel Üzän (1963–1965) and Biektaw districts.[4]

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Notes and References

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