Sviyazhsky Kanton

Sviyazhsky Kanton (Tatar: Зөя кантуны, romanized: Zöyä kantunı, Yaña imlâ زۈيە كانتونىٰ,[1] Russian: Свияжский кантон) was an administrative division (a сanton) of the Tatar ASSR in 1920–1927. The administrative center of the canton was the town of Sviyazhsk.[2]

Sviyazhsky Kanton was created in the territory of former Sviyazhsky Uyezd following the creation of the Tatar ASSR in 1920.[3]

By 1926 it had an area of 3,326 km2 and a population of 153 384, 64.3% of whom were Russians, 33.6%—Tatars, and 2.0%—Chuvashs.[4][5]

In 1926, the canton consisted of 8 volosts. In 1927, Sviyazhsky Kanton was abolished, and 4 districts (Nurlat-Achasyrsky, Sviyazhsky, Tenkovsky, Ulyankovsky) were created in its terrirtory.[6]

References
  1. "Meteorological map of the Tatar ASSR, 1922". www.etomesto.com. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
  2. "Zöyä kantonı/Зөя кантоны". Tatar Encyclopaedia (in Tatar). Kazan: The Republic of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. Institution of the Tatar Encyclopaedia. 2002.
  3. "Zöyä öyäze/Зөя өязе". Tatar Encyclopaedia (in Tatar). Kazan: The Republic of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. Institution of the Tatar Encyclopaedia. 2002.
  4. "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-08-09.
  5. "Zöyä kantonı/Зөя кантоны". Tatar Encyclopaedia (in Tatar). Kazan: The Republic of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. Institution of the Tatar Encyclopaedia. 2002.
  6. "Постановление ВЦИК от 14.02.1927 // Технорма.RU". tehnorma.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-08-09.
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