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	Topics Kazan Governorate Topic Home The Kazan Governorate ( ; TatarTatar language The Tatar language is a Turkic language spoken by the Tatars.... : Qazan gubernasi / ????? ????????? ; ChuvashChuvash language Summary Chuvash language is a Turkic language spoken to the west of the Ural Mountains in central Russia.... : ????? ?e?????e) or Government of Kazan was a governorate (guberniyaGuberniya Guberniya was a major administrative subdivision of the Imperial Russia, usually translated as governorate or province... ) of Imperial Russia from 1708–1920, with the city of KazanKazan Kazan is the capital city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, and one of Russia's largest cities.... as its capital. History When created by Peter the GreatPeter I of Russia Peter I the Great . ruled Russia from 7 May 1682 until his death, before 1696 jointly with his weak and sickly half-broth... , it was one of eight original guberniyas of Russia and included the lands of KazanKhanate of Kazan The Kazan Khanate was a medieval Tatar state which occipied the territory of former Volga Bulgaria between 1438 and 1552.... , SiberianSiberia Khanate Siberia Khanate is an anachronistic rendering of its actual name Khanate of Sibir, a Tatar khanate in the later Russia... , and Astrakhan KhanateAstrakhan Khanate The Khanate of Astrakhan was a Tatar feudal state that appeared after the collapse of the Golden Horde.... s, with addition of some lands from the Nogay Horde. These were the areas historically governed by the Kazan Palace's PrikazPrikaz Prikaz was an administrative or judicial office in Muscovy and Russia of 15th-18th centuries.... . In 1717, Astrakhan Governorate was separated from Kazan Governorate; in 1719—Nizhny Novgorod; in 1744—Orenburg; in 1781—Vyatka, Simbirsk, and Ufa Governorates were separated. Under Catherine the Great (1781–1796) Kazan was the center of a namestnichestvoNamestnik Namestnik was an office position in the history of Russia.... , with Kazan, Penza, and Saratov Governorates as its integral parts. At first the governorate was divided into lots (, doli), then into provinces (, provintsii) in 1719, and into uyezdUyezd Uyezd or uezd was an admistrative subdivision of Rus', Muscovy, and Russia used from the 13th century, originally desc... s () in 1775. Prior to 1796, there were Kazan, Kozmodemyansk, Laishev, Mamadysh, Sviyazhsk, Spassk, Tetyushi, Tsaryovokokshaysk, Tsivilsk, Cheboksary, Chistopol, and Yadrin uyezds. In 1913, the area of the governorate comprised 55,900 square verstVerst A verst is an obsolete Russian unit of length.... s, its population was estimated at 2.85 million (38.9% RussiansRussians Russians are an East Slavic ethnic group, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries.... , 31.2% TatarsTatars Tatars , often misspelled Tartar, is a collective name applied to the Turkic speaking people of Eastern Europe and Cen... , 22.8% ChuvashChuvash Chuvash can mean:Chuvash people... , 5.1% Mari, 1.2% Mordva). There were 7,272 settlements, including 13 towns: Kazan, ArskArsk Arsk* or Archa is an urban-type settlement in the northern-eastern part of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia.... , SviyazhskSviyazhsk Sviyazhsk or Zy is a village in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located at the confluence of the Volga and Sviyaga ... , KozmodemyanskKozmodemyansk Kozmodemyansk is a town in the Mari El Republic, Russia.... , LaishevLaishevo Laishevo is a town in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located on the shore of Kuybyshev Reservoir, southeast of Kazan.... , MamadyshMamadysh Mamadysh is a town in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located on the right bank of the Vyatka River , 167 km east o... , SpasskSpassk Spassk may refer to:Spassk, Penza Oblast, a town in Penza Oblast, Russia... , TetyushiTetyushi Tetyushi* is a town in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located on the shore of Kuybyshev Reservoir, 180 km south of ... , Tsaryovokokshaysk, TsivilskTsivilsk Tsivilsk is a town in Chuvashia, Russia, and administrative center of Tsivilsky District.... , CheboksaryCheboksary Overview Cheboksary is a city in Russia, capital of the Chuvash Republic, a port on the Volga River.... , ChistopolChistopol Summary Chistopol or Chistay is a town in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia.... , YadrinYadrin Yadrin is a town in the Chuvash Republic, Russia, located on the left bank of the Sura River, 86 km southwest of Chebo... ; and two posadPosad A posad was a settlement, often surrounded by bulwarks and a moat, by a town or a kremlin, but outside the town/kremlin, or ... s—Mariinsky and Troitsky. The governorate was finally abolished during the BolshevikBolshevik Summary Bolsheviks were members of the Bolshevik faction of the Marxist Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party.... administrative reform (see Idel-Ural StateIdel-Ural State Idel-Ural literally means "Volga-Ural" in Tatar.... ). Thereupon its Eastern part was proclaimed the Tatar ASSR, while the Western part was eventually divided between ChuvashiaChuvashia The Chuvash Republic, or Chuvashia is a federal subject of Russia and the homeland of Bulgar Turkic Chuvash people.... and Mari ElMari El The Mari El Republic is a federal subject of Russia.... . Main events in the governorate 1774 - Pugachev rebellion 1861 - Biznä Unrest 1880s - Wäisi movementWäisi movement The W?isi movement was a religious, social and political movement in Tatarstan and other Tatar-populated parts of Russia whi...