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Qarakül, Vysokogorsky District

Coordinates: 56°07′35″N 48°58′53″E / 56.126290°N 48.981251°E / 56.126290; 48.981251
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Qarakül
Каракүл
derevnya
Qarakül is located in Tatarstan
Qarakül
Qarakül
Coordinates: 56°07′35″N 48°58′53″E / 56.126290°N 48.981251°E / 56.126290; 48.981251
CountryRussia
RegionTatarstan
DistrictBiektaw District
Time zoneUTC+3:00

Qarakül (Tatar: Каракүл, romanized: Qarakül) is a rural locality (a derevnya) in Biektaw District, Tatarstan. The population was 117 as of 2010.[1]

Geography

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Qarakül is located 44 km northwest of Biektaw, district's administrative centre, and 46 km northwest of Qazan, republic's capital, by road.[1][2]

History

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The village was established in the 18th century.Its name derives from the words qara (black) and kül (lake).[3]

From 18th to the first half of the 19th centuries village's residents belonged to the social estate of state peasants.

By the beginning of the twentieth century, village had a mosque, a mekteb and 2 small shops.

Before the creation of the Tatar ASSR in 1920 was a part of Qazan Uyezd of Qazan Governorate. Since 1920 was a part of Arça Canton; after the creation of districts in Tatar ASSR (Tatarstan) in Döbyaz (1930–1963), Yäşel Üzän (1963–1965) and Biektaw districts.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Каракүл". tatarica.org (in Tatar). Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  2. ^ "Расстояние между Арой-Кулем и Казанью". www.avtodispetcher.ru.
  3. ^ "Гидроним: Кара-Куль". toponym.antat.ru.
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