Alat
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Alat or Rus Alatı is a village (selo) in Vysokogorsky District
of the Republic of Tatarstan
, Russia
. The village is situated on the Alat River, 33 kilometres (20.5 mi) to the north of Vysokaya Gora railway station. In 2000, its population numbered 212; in 1989, it was 210. All residents of Alat are ethnic Russians
.
Alat was founded in the epoch of Kazan Khanate and was an administrative center of the Alat darugha
. In 1708–1766, it was a town in the Kazan Governorate
. In 1758, a distillery
was established in the neighborhood. In the 19th century, the village was known for its brickworks and potteries.
The population is engaged in cattle-breeding. There is a secondary school and a club in the village. The Church of the Assumption dates back to the first quarter of the 18th century.
Vysokogorsky District
Vysokogorsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the forty-three in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. Its administrative center is the rural locality of zheleznodorozhnoy stantsii Vysokaya Gora. District's population: 46,323 ; Population of the administrative center...
of the Republic of Tatarstan
Tatarstan
The Republic of Tatarstan is a federal subject of Russia located in the Volga Federal District. Its capital is the city of Kazan, which is one of Russia's largest and most prosperous cities. The republic borders with Kirov, Ulyanovsk, Samara, and Orenburg Oblasts, and with the Mari El, Udmurt,...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. The village is situated on the Alat River, 33 kilometres (20.5 mi) to the north of Vysokaya Gora railway station. In 2000, its population numbered 212; in 1989, it was 210. All residents of Alat are ethnic Russians
Russians
The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....
.
Alat was founded in the epoch of Kazan Khanate and was an administrative center of the Alat darugha
Darugha
Darugha was a territorial subdivision in the Mongol Empire. A darugha was ruled by darughachi.Later the term was used for the province, particularly in Kazan and the Siberian Khanates in the 15th-16th centuries; and finally in the Turkic-populated parts of the Russian Empire in 16th-18th...
. In 1708–1766, it was a town in the Kazan Governorate
Kazan Governorate
The Kazan Governorate or Government of Kazan was a governorate of Imperial Russia from 1708–1920, with the city of Kazan as its capital.-History:...
. In 1758, a distillery
Distillation
Distillation is a method of separating mixtures based on differences in volatilities of components in a boiling liquid mixture. Distillation is a unit operation, or a physical separation process, and not a chemical reaction....
was established in the neighborhood. In the 19th century, the village was known for its brickworks and potteries.
The population is engaged in cattle-breeding. There is a secondary school and a club in the village. The Church of the Assumption dates back to the first quarter of the 18th century.