Almetyevsk

The village of Almetyevo stood on the Zay River. Its founder is remembered as Mullah Almet, and an early register lists its inhabitants as tribute-paying Tatars. In a letter of 1735, Almet warned a Russian officer about the gatherings and intentions of rebels during the Bashkir uprising, signing from his village on the Zay. Later accounts placed the village's foundation around 1719. By 1795 its population included hundreds of people recorded as Teptyars and Bashkirs, reflecting changes in the official classification of the region's communities.