Tetyushi (; ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town and the administrative center of Tetyushsky District in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located on the right bank of the Volga River, on the shore of the Kuybyshev Reservoir, south of Kazan, the capital city, capital of the republic. As of the Russian Census (2010), 2010 Census, its population was 11,596. It was previously known as ''Tetyushskaya zastava''

History

It was founded in 1574–1578 or in 1555–1557 as Tetyushskaya zastava ().''Inhabited Localities of the Republic of Tatarstan'', p. 255 It was granted town status in 1781. In 1920–1927, it served as the administrative center of a ''administrative divisions of the Republic of Tatarstan, kanton''. It served as the administrative center of a district since 1930. The town was the site of a major battle during Stepan Razin's rebellion.

Geology

The base of Severodvinian stage of the Tatarian series of the Permian period (subdivisions valid only in Russian stratigraphic chart) is defined in the Monastyrskii ravine, near Tetyushi.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the subdivisions of Russia#Administrative divisions, framework of administrative divisions, Tetyushi serves as the administrative center of Tetyushsky District, to which it is directly subordinated.Order #01-02/9 As a subdivisions of Russia#Municipal divisions, municipal division, the types of inhabited localities in Russia, town of Tetyushi, together with two types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural localities, is incorporated within Tetyushsky Municipal District as Tetyushi Urban Settlement.Law #41-ZRT

Economy

As of 1997, the town's industrial enterprises included a meat factory, a dairy, a bakery, a brewery, a fish processing, plant, a furniture plant, an animal feedstuff factory, and a branch of the Kazan Helicopters company. The nearest railway station is Bua railway station, Bua on the Ulyanovsk–Sviyazhsk line, west of Tetyushi.

Demographics

As of 1989, the population was ethnically mostly Russians, Russian (61.9%), Tatars, Tatar (20.6%), Chuvash people, Chuvash (11.6%), and Mordvins, Mordvin (5.1%).

Notable people

*Ilyas Phaizulline, classical realist painter

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* * * {{Authority control Cities and towns in Tatarstan Tetyushsky Uyezd Populated places established in the 16th century