Qışqar (, ) is a
rural locality (a
selo) in
Arça District
Arsky District (; ) – is a territorial administrative unit and municipal district of the Republic of Tatarstan within the Russian Federation. The district is located in the northern part of the republic. The administrative center is the city of ...
,
Tatarstan
Tatarstan, officially the Republic of Tatarstan, sometimes also called Tataria, is a Republics of Russia, republic of Russia located in Eastern Europe. It is a part of the Volga Federal District; and its capital city, capital and largest city i ...
. The population was 229 as of 2010.
Geography
Qışqar is located 31 km northwest of
Arça
Arsk ( rus, Арск, p=ˈarsk; ) is a town and the administrative center of Arsky District in Tatarstan, Russia, located on the Kazanka River, from the republic's capital of Kazan. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 18,114.
Ety ...
, district's administrative centre, and 97 km northeast of
Qazan, republic's capital, by road.
History
The village already existed during the period of the
Khanate of Qazan
The Khanate of Kazan was a Tatar state that occupied the territory of the former Volga Bulgaria between 1438 and 1552. The khanate covered contemporary Tatarstan, Mari El, Chuvashia, Mordovia, and parts of Udmurtia and Bashkortostan; its ca ...
.
From the 17th to first half of the 19th centuries village's residents belonged to the
social estate of
state peasants.
The village for its madrasa, which was well-known in the area.
By the beginning of the twentieth century, village had 2 mosques, a madrasa, a windmill and 4 small shops.
Before the creation of
Tatar ASSR
The Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, abbreviated as Tatar ASSR or TASSR, was an autonomous republic of the Russian SFSR. The resolution for its creation was signed on 27 May 1920 and the republic was proclaimed on 25 June 1920. Kazan ...
in 1920 was a part of
Qazan Uyezd of
Qazan Governorate
Kazan Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit ('' guberniya'') of the Tsardom of Russia, the Russian Empire, and the Russian SFSR from 1708 to 1920, with its capital in Kazan.
History
Kazan Governorate, together with seven other gov ...
. Since 1920 was a part of
Arça Canton Arsk Canton (known as Kazan Canton at the time of its foundation) was an administrative division (a сanton) of the Tatar ASSR in 1920–;1930. Its area was 7,500 km; population: 375,000. In 1926, 59.2% of the population were Tatars, 37 ...
; after the creation of districts in Tatar ASSR (Tatarstan) in
Tuqay (later Ätnä) (1930–1959),
Tuqay (former Qızıl Yul) (1959–1963) and
Arça
Arsk ( rus, Арск, p=ˈarsk; ) is a town and the administrative center of Arsky District in Tatarstan, Russia, located on the Kazanka River, from the republic's capital of Kazan. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 18,114.
Ety ...
districts.
Notable objects
*
References
External links
* {{Cite web , title=Кышкар , url=https://tatarica.org/tat/razdely/municipalnye-obrazovaniya/municipalnye-rajony/archa-rajony/kyshkar , access-date=2022-08-08 , website=tatarica.org , language=tt
Rural localities in Arsky District