Baykal, Vysokogorsky District, Republic of Tatarstan
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Baykal is a village in Vysokogorsky District
of the Republic of Tatarstan
, Russia
, situated 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south-east of Vysokaya Gora
, the administrative center of the district. The village is situated on the Kazanka River
. Baykal's population was 51 in 1989, 28 in 1997 and 24 in 2000; mostly ethnic Tatars
(as on 1989). The main occupation of the residents is agriculture
. There is a club in the village.
It was founded in 1930.
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...
, situated 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south-east of Vysokaya Gora
Vysokaya Gora
Vysokaya Gora is the name of several rural localities in Russia:*Vysokaya Gora, Kaluga Oblast, a village in Kaluga Oblast*Vysokaya Gora, Republic of Tatarstan, a selo in the Republic of Tatarstan...
, the administrative center of the district. The village is situated on the Kazanka River
Kazanka River
Kazanka or Qazansu is a river in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, a left tributary of the Volga. Kazanka begins near the village of Bimeri in Arsk District and flows into the Samara Reservoir in Kazan, near the Kazan Kremlin. Another towns on the Kazanka are Arsk and historical Iske Kazan. The...
. Baykal's population was 51 in 1989, 28 in 1997 and 24 in 2000; mostly ethnic Tatars
Volga Tatars
The Volga Tatars are the largest subgroup of the Tatars, native to the Volga region.They account for roughly six out of seven million Tatars worldwide....
(as on 1989). The main occupation of the residents is agriculture
Agriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...
. There is a club in the village.
It was founded in 1930.