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]
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]