Yuğarı Şaşı Explained

Official Name:Yuğarı Şaşı
Native Name:Югары Шашы
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

Yuğarı Şaşı (Tatar: Югары Шашы|translit=Yuğarı Şaşı) is a rural locality (a derevnya (awıl)) in Ätnä District, Tatarstan. The population was 142 as of 2010.[1]

Geography

Yuğarı Şaşı is located 8 km north of Olı Ätnä, the district's administrative centre, and 85 km north of Qazan, the republic's capital, by road.[2] [3]

History

The village was established in the 17th century. Its name derives from the word yuğarı (high, higher) and the hydronym Şaşı.[4]

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

By the beginning of the twentieth century, the village had a mosque, a mekteb, a mill, 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 (later Ätnä) (1930–1959), Tuqay (former Qızıl Yul) (1959–1963), Arça (1963–1990) and Ätnä districts.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Югары Шашы . 2022-08-08 . tatarica.org . tt.
  2. Web site: Югары Шашы . 2022-08-08 . tatarica.org . tt.
  3. Web site: Расчет расстояний между городами .
  4. Web site: Ойконим: Верхние Шаши .
  5. Web site: Югары Шашы . 2022-08-08 . tatarica.org . tt.