Afanas ( tt-Cyrl, Афанас, translit=Afanas) is a
rural locality (a
derevnya) in
Qaybıç District,
Tatarstan. The population was 139 as of 2010.
Geography
Afanas is located 5 km north of
Olı Qaybıç, the district's administrative centre, and 109 km southwest of
Qazan, the republic's capital, by road.
History
The village was established in the 18th century.
Until 1860s village's residents belonged to the
social estate of
privately owned peasants.
Before the creation of the
Tatar ASSR in 1920 Afanas was a part of
Zöyä Uyezd of the
Qazan Governorate
The Kazan Governorate (russian: Каза́нская губе́рния; tt-Cyrl, Казан губернасы; cv, Хусан кӗперниӗ; mhr, Озаҥ губерний), or the Government of Kazan, was a governorate (a '' guberniya'') ...
. Since 1920 Afanas was a part of
Zöyä Canton; after the creation of districts in Tatar ASSR (Tatarstan) in
Qaybıç (Ölcän) in 1927 (1927–1963),
Bua (1963–1964),
Apas
The terms Androgynous Peripheral Attach System (APAS), Androgynous Peripheral Assembly System (APAS) and Androgynous Peripheral Docking System (APDS), are used interchangeably to describe a family of spacecraft docking mechanisms, and are also som ...
(1964–1991) and
Qaybıç districts.
References
External links
* {{Cite web , title=Афанас , url=https://tatarica.org/tat/razdely/municipalnye-obrazovaniya/municipalnye-rajony/kajbickij-rajon-1/afanasevka , access-date=2022-08-08 , website=tatarica.org , language=tt
Rural localities in Kaybitsky District