Alat (russian: Алат; tt-Cyrl, Урыс Алаты) is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

('' selo'') in

Vysokogorsky District Vysokogorsky District (russian: Высокого́рский райо́н; tt-Cyrl, Биектау районы, ''Biyektaw rayonı'') is a territorial administrative unit and municipal district of the Republic of Tatarstan within the Russian Fed ...

of the

Republic of Tatarstan The Republic of Tatarstan (russian: Республика Татарстан, Respublika Tatarstan, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə tətɐrˈstan; tt-Cyrl, Татарстан Республикасы), or simply Tatarstan (russian: Татарстан, tt ...

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

. The village is situated on the

Ashit River The Ashit (russian: Ашит) or Aşıt ( tt-Cyrl, Ашыт, translit=Aşıt ) is a river in Tatarstan and Mari El, Russian Federation, a left-bank tributary of the Ilet. It is long, and its drainage basin covers .Russians , native_name_lang = ru , image = , caption = , population = , popplace = 118 million Russians in the Russian Federation (2002 ''Winkler Prins'' estimate) , region1 = , pop1 ...

. Alat was founded in the epoch of

Kazan Khanate The Khanate of Kazan ( tt, Казан ханлыгы, Kazan xanlıgı; russian: Казанское ханство, Kazanskoye khanstvo) was a medieval Tatar Turkic state that occupied the territory of former Volga Bulgaria between 1438 and 1552 ...

and was an administrative center of the Alat

darugha ''Darugha'' ( ba, даруга, tt-Cyrl, даруга, translit=daruğa, from Mongol: ''daru-'', 'to press, to seal') was a territorial subdivision in the Mongol Empire. A ''darugha'' was ruled by a ''darughachi''. Later, the term was used for th ...

. In 1708–1766, it was a town in the

Kazan 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'') o ...

. In 1758, a

distillery Distillation, or classical distillation, is the process of separating the components or substances from a liquid mixture by using selective boiling and condensation, usually inside an apparatus known as a still. Dry distillation is the heati ...

was established in the neighborhood. In the 19th century, the village was known for its brickworks and potteries. The population is engaged in cattle-breeding. There is a secondary school and a club in the village. The Church of the Assumption dates back to the first quarter of the 18th century.

References

* {{Authority control Rural localities in Vysokogorsky District Kazansky Uyezd