Sviyazhsky Kanton ( tt-Cyrl, Зөя кантуны, translit=Zöyä kantunı,
Yaña imlâ زۈيە كانتونىٰ, russian: Свияжский кантон) was an
administrative division (a
сanton) of the
Tatar ASSR in 1920–1927. The administrative center of the canton was the town of
Sviyazhsk.
Sviyazhsky Kanton was created in the territory of former
Sviyazhsky Uyezd Sviyazhsky Uyezd (''Свия́жский уе́зд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Kazan Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the central part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Sviyazhsk.
Demographics
At the ...
following the creation of the
Tatar ASSR in 1920.
By 1926 it had an area of 3,326 km and a population of 153 384, 64.3% of whom were
Russians, 33.6%—
Tatars, and 2.0%—
Chuvashs
The Chuvash people ( , ; cv, чӑваш ; russian: чуваши ) are a Turkic ethnic group, a branch of Oghurs, native to an area stretching from the Volga-Ural region to Siberia. Most of them live in Chuvashia and the surrounding areas, alt ...
.
In 1926, the canton consisted of 8
volosts. In 1927, Sviyazhsky Kanton was abolished, and 4 districts (
Nurlat-Achasyrsky, Sviyazhsky, Tenkovsky,
Ulyankovsky) were created in its terrirtory.
References
External links
*{{TES, Zöyä kantonı/Зөя кантоны
History of Tatarstan