Uchili (russian: Учили́; tt-Cyrl, Өчиле, ) is a

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('' selo'') in

Arsky District Arsky District (russian: А́рский райо́н; tt-Cyrl, Арча районы, ''Arça rayonı'') – is a territorial administrative unit and municipal district of the Republic of Tatarstan within the Russian Federation. The district is l ...

of the Republic of Tatarstan,

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, located on the bank of the Berezinka River, south of Arsk, the administrative center of the district. Population: 243 (2000 est.); 224 (1989); all ethnic Tatars. There is a

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and a club in the village. The main occupation of the population is

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. There is a club, a

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, and a

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, attributed to the 19th century, in the village. The village has been known to exist since the 17th century as ''Malaya Berzinka'' () or ''Keçe Biräzä'' (). In the 19th century shoulder-yokes and

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s were produced there. The

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of the village mosque was Zinnätulla Zäynelbäşir ulı, grandfather of

Ğabdulla Tuqay Ğabdulla Tuqay (tatar. ''عبد الله توقای,'' – ) was a Tatar poet, critic, publisher, and towering figure of Tatar literature. Tuqay is often referred to as the founder of the modern Tatar literature and the modern Tatar literary l ...

, who also lived in Öçile.

References

* Rural localities in Tatarstan Kazansky Uyezd {{Tatarstan-geo-stub