Tetyushi is a town and the administrative center of Tetyushsky District

Tetyushsky District

Tetyushsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the forty-three in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. Its administrative center is the town of Tetyushi. District's population: 27,040 ; Population of Tetyushi accounts for 46.6% of the district's population....

 of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

, located on the shore of Kuybyshev Reservoir, 180 kilometres (111.8 mi) south of Kazan

Kazan

Kazan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. With a population of 1,143,546 , it is the eighth most populous city in Russia. Kazan lies at the confluence of the Volga and Kazanka Rivers in European Russia. In April 2009, the Russian Patent Office granted Kazan the...

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It was founded in the 16th century as Tetyushskaya zastava . It was granted town status in 1781.

The town was the site of a major battle during Stepan Razin's rebellion.