Nurlatsky District, Tatar ASSR

This article is about a historical district in the Tatar ASSR. For the modern district, see Nurlatsky District, Republic of Tatarstan.

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Nurlatsky District or Norlat District (Russian: Нурлатский район; Tatar: Norlat rayonı) was a district (raion) of the Tatar ASSR that existed in the 1920s–1960s.

It was established as Nurlat-Achysarsky District (Russian: Нурлат-Ачасырский район; Tatar: Норлат-Ачасыр районы, romanized: Norlat-Açasır rayonı) on February 14, 1927. Its administrative center was the village (selo) of Nurlaty.

On August 1, 1927 it was renamed Nurlatsky. On February 1, 1963, the district was abolished and its territory merged into Zelenodolsky District.[1]

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