Arsk Canton (known as Kazan Canton at the time of its foundation) was an

administrative division Administrative division, administrative unit,Article 3(1). country subdivision, administrative region, subnational entity, constituent state, as well as many similar terms, are generic names for geographical areas into which a particular, ind ...

(a сanton) of the

Tatar ASSR The Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (russian: Татарская Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика; tt-Cyrl, Татарстан Автономияле Совет Соци� ...

in 1920–;1930. Its area was 7,500 km; population: 375,000. In 1926, 59.2% of the population were

Tatars The Tatars ()Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different

, 37.5%—

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, and 2.7%—

Udmurts The Udmurts ( udm, Удмуртъёс, ) are a Permian ( Finnic) ethnic group in Eastern Europe, who speak the Udmurt language. In the course of history, Russian-speakers have referred to them as ' (), Otyaks, Wotyaks or Votyaks. Etymology The n ...

. The administrative center of the canton was the town of

Arsk Arsk ( rus, Арск, p=ˈarsk; tt-Cyrl, Арча, ''Arça'') is a town and the administrative center of Arsky District in the Tatarstan, Russia, located on the Kazanka River, from the republic's capital of Kazan. As of the 2010 Census, its p ...

. In 1929, the canton consisted of fifteen

volost Volost ( rus, во́лость, p=ˈvoləsʲtʲ; ) was a traditional administrative subdivision in Eastern Europe. In earlier East Slavic history, ''volost'' was a name for the territory ruled by the knyaz, a principality; either as an absolute ...

s. There were 404 schools in the canton as early as in 1927.

Economics

A woodworking, metal-working, food and glass industry, Paratsky shipyard, as well as homecraft were developed in the canton. Rye, barley, oats, wheat and potatoes were cultivated, cattle and horses were bred.

Division

In 1930, during the

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ization of the

, the canton was divided into Arsky, Dubyazsky, Pestrichinsky, Kzyl-Yulsky, and Tyuntyarsky Districts.

References

*{{TES, Arça kantonı/Арча кантоны History of Tatarstan