Şäkänäç

Şäkänäç (Шәкәнәч, Шеканясь) is a rural locality (a derevnya) in Ätnä District, Tatarstan. The population was 119 as of 2010.

Geography
is located 3 km south of Olı Ätnä, district's administrative centre, and 68 km north of Qazan, republic's capital, by road.

History
The village was established in the 18th century.

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.

Before the creation of the Tatar ASSR in 1920 was a part of Çar 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.