Baltas

Baltas takes its name from a Bashkir hereditary landholder, the father of Kuluy Baltachev. The village was also known by names connected with the Tanyp and with Kuluy, who served as headman of the Kara-Tabyn district from 1759 to 1780. During Pugachev's rebellion he supported the government, and rebels burned his house. In 1834 the village had four watermills and a district office, while local communities maintained Muslim religious life and schools.