page_title: Taw yağı
hierarchical_section_title: Taw yağı
caption_attribution_description: Kama mouth - Камское устье - Кама тамагы; Volga's right bank is usually precipitous; in some regions this steeps are called "mountains", and right bank themself is called "Mountainous side"
context_page_description: The Taw yağı or Viryal was a historical region of Tatarstan, Khanate of Kazan, Volga Bulgaria, the name is known since the 1550s. This land was situated at the Hill, i.e. right bank of the Volga. Since 1547, this region was disintegrated from the khanate. The Feudal lords of the Hill Bank Land eventually joined Russia following 1556. Sviyazhsk was established as the center of the Hill Bank Land. Later, this part of the former khanate was incorporated to Sviyazhsk Uyezd. The region had multiethnic population and included Tatars, Chuvashes, Hill Mari and Mordvins.
  During the Russian Civil War, White guerrillas were based in the forests here.
  This part of Tatarstan is well known by its rocky "mountains," formed by the Volga due the Coriolis effect. The mountains themselves became recently known for their dachas, resorts and Alpine skiing.
context_section_description: The Taw yağı (pronounced [tʌʊ jʌˈɣɯ] in Tatar) or Viryal (Tatar: Cyrillic Тау ягы, Latin Taw yağı; Chuvash: Вирьял; Russian: Го́рная сторона́, literally Hill Bank Land) was a historical region of Tatarstan, Khanate of Kazan, Volga Bulgaria, the name is known since the 1550s. This land was situated at the Hill, i.e. right bank of the Volga. Since 1547, this region was disintegrated from the khanate. The Feudal lords of the Hill Bank Land eventually joined Russia following 1556. Sviyazhsk was established as the center of the Hill Bank Land. Later, this part of the former khanate was incorporated to Sviyazhsk Uyezd. The region had multiethnic population (Russian: горные люди) and included Tatars, Chuvashes, Hill Mari and Mordvins.
  During the Russian Civil War, White guerrillas were based in the forests here.
  This part of Tatarstan is well known by its rocky "mountains," formed by the Volga due the Coriolis effect. The mountains themselves became recently known for their dachas, resorts and Alpine skiing.
caption: Owing to the Coriolis effect, the Volga has a rocky right bank.
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