Olı Bäräzä
# Olı Bäräzä

Olı Bäräzä (Tatar: Олы Бәрәзә, romanized: Olı Bäräzä) is a rural locality (a selo) in Ätnä District, Tatarstan. The population was 536 as of 2010.

## Geography

Olı Bäräzä is located 12 km west of Olı Ätnä, district's administrative centre, and 65 km north of Qazan, republic's capital, by road.

## History

The village already existed during the period of the Khanate of Qazan.

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

By the beginning of the twentieth century, village had 3 mosques, a watermill, 3 windmills, a grain scourer, 2 blacksmith shops and 6 small shops.

Before the creation of the Tatar ASSR in 1920 was a part of Qazan Uyezd of Qazan Governorate. Since 1920 was a part of Arça Canton; after the creation of districts in Tatar ASSR (Tatarstan) in Tuqay (later Ätnä) (1930–1959), Tuqay (former Qızıl Yul) (1959–1963), Arça (1963–1990) and Ätnä districts.

