Tukayevsky District, Tatar ASSR

This article is about a historical district in the Tatar ASSR. For the modern district, see Tukayevsky District.

Tukayevsky District or Tuqay District (Russian: Тукаевский район; Tatar: Тукай районы) was a district (raion) of the Tatar ASSR.

It was established as Kzyl-Yulsky District on February 10, 1930. Its administrative center was the village (selo) of Yaña Kenär. It was renamed on July 18, 1956. On October 12, 1959, the territory of abolished Atninsky District were transferred to the Tukaevsky district and its administrative center was moved to Bolshaya Atnya.

On February 1, 1963, the district was abolished and its territory was transferred to Arsky District.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Тукай районы". Tatar Encyclopaedia (in Tatar). Kazan: The Republic of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. Institution of the Tatar Encyclopaedia. 2002.