Kamsko-Ustyinsky District


Kamsko-Ustyinsky District is an administrative and municipal district, one of the forty-three in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. It is located in the west of the republic and borders with Verkhneuslonsky District in the north, Tetyushsky District in the south, Apastovsky District in the west, and with Kuybyshev Reservoir in the east. The area of the district is. Its administrative center is the urban locality of Kamskoye Ustye. Population: 18,518 ; The population of Kamskoye Ustye accounts for 26.5% of the district's total population.

Ship accident

On July 10, 2011, the Bulgaria, a river cruise ship owned by Kamskoye Rechnoye Parokhodstvo, sank in the Kuybyshev Reservoir near Syukeyevo, after being caught in a storm. A passing tourist ship rescued eighty passengers, but officials feared as many as 128 people may have died.