Mäçkärä
Mäçkärä (Tatar: Мәчкәрә, romanized: Mäçkärä, Russian: Маскара) is a rural locality (a selo) in Kukmara District, Tatarstan. The population was 229 as of 2010.
Geography
Mäçkärä is located 25 km north of Kukmara, district's administrative centre, and 163 km northeast of Qazan, republic's capital, by road.
History
The earliest known record of the settlement dates from 1715. In 18th and the beginning of 19th century village was for its madrasa, which was well-known in Idel-Ural region. The population of Mäçkärä reached its peak of about 1000 inhabitants in 1905.
Before the creation of Tatar ASSR in 1920 was a part of Malmış Uyezd of Wätke Governorate. Since 1920 was a part of Arça Canton; after creation of districts in Tatar ASSR (Tatarstan) in Kukmara (1930–1963), Saba (1963–1965) and Kukmara districts.
Notable objects
References
- ^ "Мәчкәрә". tatarica.org (in Tatar). Retrieved 7 August 2022.
- ^ "Маршрут: село Маскара (Кукморский район, Республика Татарстан) - Казань (Республика Татарстан): расстояние и время в пути на карте - 150 км, 2 часа 44 минуты". Retrieved 9 April 2023.
- ^ Ислам в Татарстане: энциклопедический словарь (in Russian). Moscow: Медина. 2017. ISBN 9785975601391.
External links
- "Мәчкәрә". tatarica.org (in Tatar). Retrieved 7 August 2022.