Ullya (Tatar: Өлә, romanized: Ölä; Russian: Улля) is a rural locality (a selo) in Vysokogorsky District, Tatarstan, Russia. The population was 218 as of 2010.

Geography

Ullya is located 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of Vysokaya Gora, the district's administrative centre, and 68 kilometres (42 mi) north of Kazan, the republic's capital, by road.

History

The earliest known record of the settlement dates from the 17th century.

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

By the beginning of the 20th century, the village had a mosque, a blacksmith shop, a windmill, a manufactory shop and 3 small shops.

Before the creation of the Tatar ASSR in 1920, it was part of Tsaryovokokshaysky Uyezd of Kazan Governorate. From 1920, it was part of Arsk Canton; after the creation of districts in the Tatar ASSR (Tatarstan), it was located in Dubyazsky (1930–1963), Zelenodolsky (1963–1965) and Vysokogorsky districts.