What is "uchili"

Uchili is a village ( selo) in Arsky District of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located on the bank of the Berezinka River, south of Arsk, the administrative center of the district. Population: 243 (2000 est.); 224 (1989); all ethnic Tatars. There is a primary school and a club in the village. The main occupation of the population is cattle breeding. There is a club, a secondary school, and a mosque, attributed to the 19th century, in the village.

The village has been known to exist since the 17th century as Malaya Berzinka or Keçe Biräzä . In the 19th century shoulder-yokes and spindles were produced there. The imam of the village mosque was Zinnätulla Zäynelbäşir ulı, grandfather of Ğabdulla Tuqay, who also lived in Öçile.