Syun

The Syun flows north through the country between the middle Kama and the Bashkir lands, joining the Belaya from the left. One proposed explanation connects its name with a Bashkir word for deep water or a pool. Nearby Aktanysh was recorded in the early eighteenth century as a settlement of tribute-paying Tatars; later its inhabitants included Teptyars and Bashkir landholders. The Syun belongs to the great river system that carries the waters of the Belaya through the Kama to the Volga.