Official Name: | Yaña Şaşı |
Native Name: | Яңа Шашы |
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: | Ätnä District |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +3:00 |
Coordinates: |
Yaña Şaşı (Tatar: Яңа Шашы|translit=Yaña Şaşı, Russian: Новые Шаши ) is a rural locality (a selo) in Ätnä District, Tatarstan. The population was 196 as of 2010.[1]
Yaña Şaşı is located 40 km north of Olı Ätnä, district's administrative centre, and 103 km northeast of Qazan, republic's capital, by road.[2] [3]
The village was established in 17th century. Its name derives from the word yaña (new) and the oecnonym Şaşı.[4] 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 2 small shops. Before the creation of the Tatar ASSR in 1920 was a part of Çar 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.[5]