Qarakül, Vysokogorsky District

Qarakül (Каракүл) is a rural locality (a derevnya) in Biektaw District, Tatarstan. The population was 117 as of 2010.

Geography
Qarakül is located 44 km northwest of Biektaw, district's administrative centre, and 46 km northwest of Qazan, republic's capital, by road.

History
The village was established in the 18th century.Its name derives from the words qara (black) and kül (lake).

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 and 2 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.