Olı Köyek

Olı Köyek Олы Көек
selo
Olı Köyek
Coordinates: 56°08′57″N 48°58′44″E / 56.149168°N 48.978981°E / 56.149168; 48.978981
Country	Russia
Region	Tatarstan
District	Biektaw District
Time zone	UTC+3:00

Olı Köyek (Tatar: Олы Көек, romanized: Olı Köyek) is a rural locality (a selo) in Biektaw District, Tatarstan. The population was 81 as of 2010.^[1]

Olı Köyek is located 48 km northwest of Biektaw, district's administrative centre, and 50 km northwest of Qazan, republic's capital, by road.^[1][2]

The village already existed during the period of the Khanate of Qazan.Its name derives from the words olı (big) and köyek (burnt place in the forest).^[3]

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 a mosque, a mekteb, a blacksmith shop and 4 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 Döbyaz (1930–1963), Yäşel Üzän (1963–1965) and Biektaw districts.^[1]

• "Олы Көек". tatarica.org (in Tatar). Retrieved 2022-08-08.