The Taw yağı (pronounced in Tatar) or Viryal (; ; , literally ''Hill Bank Land'') was a historical region 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 ...

Khanate of Kazan 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; ...

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, the name is known since the 1550s. This land was situated at the Hill, i.e. right bank of the

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. Since 1547, this region was disintegrated from the khanate. The Feudal lords of the Hill Bank Land eventually joined Russia following 1556. Sviyazhsk was established as the center of the Hill Bank Land. Later, this part of the former khanate was incorporated to Sviyazhsk Uyezd. The region had multiethnic population () and included Volga Tatars, Tatars, Chuvash people, Chuvashes, Hill Mari people, Mari and Mordvins. During the Russian Civil War, White guerrillas were based in the forests here. This part of Tatarstan is well known by its rocky hills. The hills themselves became recently known for their dachas, resorts and Alpine skiing.

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* Khanate of Kazan Geography of Tatarstan Russo-Kazan Wars {{Russia-hist-stub

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