Losevaya Street - "Tatar Sloboda of Simbirsk"
The paper focuses on the Tatar community formation in the city of Simbirsk in the late XIX-early XX centuries. This period is characterized by a swift growth in the number of the Tatars settling down in the city’s Shopping area, the emergence of leaders among the Tatar merchants, the establishment of national institutions, as well as inclusion of the Tatars into the Russian business, educational and cultural environment. The paper provides information about the main families that contributed to the development of the Tatar community in pre-revolutionary Simbirsk.