Kazan - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Kazan: Encyclopedia Ii - Kazan - History
It is disputed when Kazan was founded by the Volga Bulgars, as written records for that period are sparse. Estimates range from the early...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Khanate Of Kazan: Encyclopedia Ii - Khanate Of Kazan - History
During the reign of Olug Moxammat and his son Maxmud, Kazan forces occupied Muscovy and its subject lands several times. The Grand Duke o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Camp Delta: Encyclopedia - Camp Delta
Camp Delta, Echo, X-Ray, and Iguana are prisons at Guantanamo Bay. As of July 22, 2005 there are "about 510 prisoners at Guantánamo." [1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World Chess Championship: Encyclopedia - World Chess Championship
The World Chess Championship is played to determine the World Champion in the board game chess. Both men and women are eligible to conte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vyacheslav Molotov: Encyclopedia - Vyacheslav Molotov
Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov (Russian: Вячесла́в Миха́йлович Мо́лотов) (February 25, 1890 (O.S.) (March 9,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Volga Bulgaria: Encyclopedia - Volga Bulgaria
Volga Bulgaria or Volga-Kama Bolghar, is a historic state that existed between the 7th and 13th centuries around the confluence of the Vo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Volga River: Encyclopedia - Volga River
The Volga river in Western Russia, Europe's longest river, with a length of 3,690 km (2,293 miles), provides the core of the largest rive...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cube Film: Encyclopedia - Cube Film
Cube is a 1997 Canadian sci-fi movie directed by Vincenzo Natali. Seven people, who are complete strangers to each other, awaken inside a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vasili Iii Of Russia: Encyclopedia - Vasili Iii Of Russia
Vasili III Ivanovich (Russian: Василий III Иванович, also Basil) (March 25, 1479 – December 3, 1533) was the Grand Princ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wehrmacht: Encyclopedia - Wehrmacht
Wehrmacht (listen) ▶ (help·info) was the name of the armed forces of Germany from 1935 to 1945. The Wehrmacht of World War II was comp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chuvash People: Encyclopedia - Chuvash People
  Turkic     Bolgar The Chuvash (Chuvashian: чӑвашсем,Russian: чуваши, Tatar: Çuaşlar\Чу�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zilant: Encyclopedia - Zilant
Zilant is a legendary creature, something between dragon and wyvern, which has been an official symbol of Kazan since 1730. This winged s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blitzkrieg: Encyclopedia - Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg (German, literally lightning war) is a popular name for an operational-level military doctrine which employed mobile forces at...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adam Olearius: Encyclopedia - Adam Olearius
Adam Olearius (born Adam Oehlschlaeger) (1603-1671), German scholar, mathematician, geographer and librarian. He became secretary to the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rapid Transit: Encyclopedia - Rapid Transit
A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated, or metro system is a railway system, usually in an urban area, that usually has high capa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Russia: Encyclopedia - Russia
The Russian Federation (Russian: Росси́йская Федера́ция, transliteration: Rossiyskaya Federatsiya or Rossijskaja Fed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Qur'an: Encyclopedia - Qur'an
Islam History of Islam Oneness of God Profession of Faith Prayer • Fasting Pilgrimage • Charity Muhammad Ali • Abu Bakr Companions...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander Luria: Encyclopedia - Alexander Luria
Alexander Romanovich Luria Александр Романович Лурия (July 16, 1902-1977) was a famous Russian neuropsychologist. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mohammed Alim Khan: Encyclopedia - Mohammed Alim Khan
Emir Mohammed Alim Khan (1880-1944) was the last emir of of the Manghit dynasty, the last ruling dynasty of Bukhara in Central Asia. He r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ulyanovsk: Encyclopedia - Ulyanovsk
Ulyanovsk (Russian: Улья́новск), formerly Simbirsk (Симби́рск), is a city on the Volga River in Russia, 893 km ea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Barnaul: Encyclopedia - Barnaul
Barnaul (Russian Барнау́л, pop. 603,500) is a city in Russia and the administrative center of Altai Krai. Barnaul is in the south...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Slavic Dragon: Encyclopedia - Slavic Dragon
In Slavic mythology, European dragons have their peculiarities. A dragon is called zmey in Russian, zmiy in Old Church Slavonic, zmaj in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vorotynsky: Encyclopedia - Vorotynsky
Vorotynsky was one of the most eminent Rurikid princely houses of Muscovite Russia. Their lands lay principally in the Upper Oka region a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arsk: Encyclopedia - Arsk
Arsk (also spilled Archa; Tatar: Arça /ar`ʆa/; Russian: Арск /arsk/) is a town in northern-eastern Tatarstan, Russia. It is located...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Khanate Of Kazan: Encyclopedia Ii - Khanate Of Kazan - Society
The state was governed by the khan. His action was based on the cabinet council Diwan's decisions and advisements. The nobility included ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Đerdap: Encyclopedia - Đerdap
The Đerdap National Park stretches along the right bank of the Danube River from the castle of Golubac (Golubački Grad) to the dam near...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Khanate Of Kazan: Encyclopedia Ii - Khanate Of Kazan - Military Forces
The military of the khanate consisted of armament and men from the darughas and subject lands, khan guards, and the troops of the nobilit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Khanate Of Kazan: Encyclopedia Ii - Khanate Of Kazan - Culture
In general, the culture of the Kazan Khanate descended from that of Volga Bulgaria. Cultural elements of the Golden Horde were also prese...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Khanate Of Kazan: Encyclopedia Ii - Khanate Of Kazan - Military Forces
The military of the khanate consisted of armament and men from the darughas and subject lands, khan guards, and the troops of the nobilit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tsar: Encyclopedia - Tsar
Tsar (Bulgarian and Serbian цар, Russian царь ▶ (help·info)), often spelled Czar or Tzar and sometimes Csar or Zar in English),...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mat: Encyclopedia - Mat
A mat is a generic term for a piece of fabric or flat material, generally placed on a floor or other flat surface, and serving a range of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uglich: Encyclopedia - Uglich
Uglich (Russian: У́глич, pronounced ooglitch) is a historic town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, on the Volga River. Population 37,100...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Slavic Dragon: Encyclopedia Ii - Slavic Dragon - East Slavic
In Russia and Ukraine, a particular dragon-like creature, Zmey Gorynych, has three heads, is green, walks on two back paws, has small fro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fc Rubin Kazan: Encyclopedia Ii - Fc Rubin Kazan - Current Squad
Note: Squad is according to the Official Russian Premier League site. ... See also:FC Rubin Kazan, FC Rubin Kazan - Current Squad, FC ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky: Encyclopedia Ii - Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky - Biography
Lobachevsky was born in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. His parents were Ivan Maksimovich Lobachevsky, a clerk in a landsurveying office, and Pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Twin Towns And Sister Cities: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Twin Towns And Sister Cities - Europe
List of twin towns and sister cities - Albania. Tirana - Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (1996) List of twin towns and sister citie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Tatarstan: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Tatarstan - After The Russian Invasion
After 1552 the khanate was governed by Kazan Palace's Office formed in Moscow. In 1555 a bishop was appointed in Kazan with a mandate to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Sieges: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Sieges - Military Sieges
List of sieges - Ancient. Siege of Megiddo (c. 1457 BCE) Siege of Dapur (c. 1296 BCE) Siege of Troy (c. 1200 BCE) Siege of Hermopolis ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Engelbert Kaempfer: Encyclopedia Ii - Engelbert Kaempfer - Travels
Engelbert Kaempfer - Persia. In 1681 he visited Uppsala in Sweden, where he was offered inducements to settle; but his desire for forei...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mongol Invasion Of Rus: Encyclopedia Ii - Mongol Invasion Of Rus - The Age Of Tatar Yoke
This time the invaders came to stay, and they built for themselves a capital, called Sarai, on the lower Volga. Here the commander of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tsar: Encyclopedia Ii - Tsar - Russia
In 1547, Ivan IV of Russia, of the Moscovian dynasty, changed his title from "Veliki Kniaz (Grand Duke) of the whole Rus" to "tsar of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope John Paul Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Pope John Paul Ii - Life's Work
Pope John Paul II - Teachings. Main articles: Teachings of Pope John Paul II, and [[{{{2}}}]], and [[{{{3}}}]], and [[{{{4}}}]]   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nicholas Ii Of Russia: Encyclopedia Ii - Nicholas Ii Of Russia - Family Background And Early Life
Nicholas was the eldest son of Emperor Alexander III and his Empress Maria Fyodorovna (born Princess Dagmar of Denmark). His paternal gra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mongol Invasion Of Volga Bulgaria: Encyclopedia Ii - Mongol Invasion Of Volga Bulgaria - Impact On The Region
According to some historians, over 80% of the country's population was killed during the invasion. The remaining population mostly reloca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gavrila Romanovich Derzhavin: Encyclopedia Ii - Gavrila Romanovich Derzhavin - Works
Derzhavin is best remembered for his odes, dedicated to the Empress and other courtiers. He paid little attention to the prevailing syste...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Rivers Of Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Rivers Of Europe - Barents Sea And White Sea Arctic Ocean
The rivers in this section are sorted east (Novaya Zemlya) to west (North Cape, Norway). In Russia: Pechora (north-east of Naryan-Mar) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Light-rail Transit Systems: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Light-rail Transit Systems - Asia
List of light-rail transit systems - People's Republic of China. Anshan Changchun Dalian Hong Kong - Hong Kong Tramways, KCR Light...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Gulag Camps: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Gulag Camps - Construction Works
List of Gulag camps - Not figured out yet. Alluvajsky CS and ITL (PL) Jensky CS and ITL (PL) Matkozensky CS and ITL (PL) Yanstroy ITL ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mari El: Encyclopedia Ii - Mari El - Geography
The Republic is located in the eastern part of the East European Plain of the Russian Federation, along Volga River. Swampy Mari Depressi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ivan Iv Of Russia: Encyclopedia Ii - Ivan Iv Of Russia - Early Reign
Ivan (or Ioann, as his name is rendered in Church Slavonic) was a long-awaited son of Vasily III. Upon his father's death, he formally ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mongol Invasion Of Rus: Encyclopedia Ii - Mongol Invasion Of Rus - The Age Of Tatar Yoke
This time the invaders came to stay, and they built for themselves a capital, called Sarai, on the lower Volga. Here the commander of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marie Vorobieff: Encyclopedia Ii - Marie Vorobieff - Early Career In Paris
In 1912, as a twenty-year old budding talent, Marevna moved to Paris, where she continued her art studies and soon began displaying her w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lev Gumilev: Encyclopedia Ii - Lev Gumilev - Accusations Of Anti-semitism
Gumilev did not extend this ethnological ecumenism, however, to the medieval Jews, who he regarded as a parasitic, international urban cl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mosques: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mosques - Asia
List of mosques - Bangladesh. Baitul Mukarram High Court Mosque Tara Mosque Sixty Pillar Mosque Binat Bibi mosque Baitul Mukarram in D...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islam In Russia: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam In Russia - Islam Today
Relations between the Russian government and Muslim elements of the population have been marked by mistrust and suspicion. In 1992, for e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ivan Iv Of Russia: Encyclopedia Ii - Ivan Iv Of Russia - Early Reign
Ivan (or Ioann, as his name is rendered in Church Slavonic) was a long-awaited son of Vasily III. Upon his father's death, he formally ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kavminvodyavia: Encyclopedia Ii - Kavminvodyavia - Services
Services are provided to 48 cities in Russia and CIS. International operations include services to Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Syria, Isra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kazan Cathedral: Encyclopedia Ii - Kazan Cathedral - The Icon
Our Lady of Kazan was discovered on July 8, 1579, underground in the city of Kazan, after the Blessed Virgin Mary herself reportedly reve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Belsky: Encyclopedia Ii - Belsky - First Princes
The first Prince of Biely about whom anything certain is known was Olgierd's grandson, Prince Ivan Vladimirovich, who married a certain P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - College Station Texas: Encyclopedia Ii - College Station Texas - Geography And Climate
College Station is located at 30°36'5" North, 96°18'52" West (30.601433, -96.314464)GR1. According to the United States Census Bureau, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Móric Beňovský: Encyclopedia Ii - Móric Beňovský - Biography
For more details see: Benovsky's life Benyowsky was born in Vrbové near Trnava in present-day Slovakia (at that time part of Hungary). T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World Chess Championship: Encyclopedia Ii - World Chess Championship - History Of The World Chess Championship
World Chess Championship - Three pioneering titans Pre-1900. The first match proclaimed by the players as for the world championship wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Astrakhan Khanate: Encyclopedia Ii - Astrakhan Khanate - Demography And Society
Most of the population of the Astrakhan khanate were sedentary Astrakhan Tatars and nomadic Nogays. The Nogays mostly engaged in cattle-b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vorotynsky: Encyclopedia Ii - Vorotynsky - The Vorotynskys And Ivan The Terrible
Ivan Mikhailovich had three sons, all of whom played a part in Muscovite politics as boyars and voivods. The eldest of these, Prince Vlad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bashkortostan: Encyclopedia Ii - Bashkortostan - Geography
Bashkortostan contains part of the southern Urals and the adjacent plains. Area: 143,600 km². Borders: Bashkortostan borders Perm Krai ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Silk Road: Encyclopedia Ii - Silk Road - Origins
Silk Road - Cross-continental travel. As accomplished waterway shipping and domestication of efficient pack animals both increased the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cantonist: Encyclopedia Ii - Cantonist - Cantonists In Russia
Cantonists (Russian language: Кантонисты) were sons of Russian private soldiers who from 1805 were educated in special "canton ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Volga Bulgaria: Encyclopedia Ii - Volga Bulgaria - Origin
First-hand information on Volga Bulgaria is rather sparse. As no authentic Bulgar records have survived, most of our information comes fr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chuvashia: Encyclopedia Ii - Chuvashia - Economy
Chuvashia is Russia’s center for hops growing and is famous throughout the country for its long history of beer brewing. It is also a m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vyacheslav Molotov: Encyclopedia Ii - Vyacheslav Molotov - Postwar Career
In the postwar period Molotov's position began to decline. In 1949 he was replaced as Foreign Minister by Andrei Vishinsky, retaining his...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander Rodchenko: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexander Rodchenko - Life And Career
Rodchenko was born in St. Petersburg. His family moved to Kazan in 1902 and he studied at the Kazan School of Art under Nikolai Feshin an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bratva: Encyclopedia Ii - Bratva - Events
In February 2000 Bratva member Natan Gozman was extradited from Poland to the United States and convicted for the 1995 abduction and murd...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rostov: Encyclopedia Ii - Rostov - Layout
The central square of Rostov is occuped by the enormous Assumption cathedral. It is not known when the present building was erected, mid-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wehrmacht: Encyclopedia Ii - Wehrmacht - War Crimes
While the predominant number of war crimes were attributed to Nazi organizations like the Schutzstaffel (SS), a number of Wehrmacht offic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Turkic Peoples: Encyclopedia Ii - Turkic Peoples - Religion
Various pre-Islamic Turkic civilizations of the 6th century were Shamanist and Tengriist. The Shamanist religion is based on spiritual an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blitzkrieg: Encyclopedia Ii - Blitzkrieg - Interwar Period
Blitzkrieg - Reichswehr. Blitzkrieg's immediate development began with Germany's defeat in the First World War. Shortly after the war, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Istanbul: Encyclopedia Ii - Istanbul - History
Byzantium was the original name of the modern city of İstanbul. Byzantium was originally settled by Greek colonists from Megara in 667 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tatars: Encyclopedia Ii - Tatars - European Tatars
The discrimination of the separate stems included under the name is still far from complete. The following subdivisions, however, may be ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zilant: Encyclopedia Ii - Zilant - Nomenclature And Etymology
The word Zilant is the English transcription of Russian Зилант, itself a rendering of Tatar yılan (i.e., "snake", sometimes pronou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nicholas Ii Of Russia: Encyclopedia Ii - Nicholas Ii Of Russia - Family Background And Early Life
Nicholas was born in Saint Petersburg, the eldest son of Emperor Alexander III and his Empress Maria Fyodorovna (born Princess Dagmar of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander I Of Russia: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexander I Of Russia - Influence On European Politics
Alexander I of Russia - Views held by his contemporaries. Autocrat and "Jacobin", man of the world and mystic, he appeared to his conte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Slavic Dragon: Encyclopedia Ii - Slavic Dragon - East Slavic
In Russia and Ukraine, a particular dragon-like creature, Zmey Gorynych, has three heads, is green, walks on two back paws, has small fro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tatarstan: Encyclopedia Ii - Tatarstan - History
The main article is History of Tatarstan Tatarstan - Middle Ages. The earliest known organized state within the boundaries of Tatarstan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tsar: Encyclopedia Ii - Tsar - Russia
In 1547, Ivan IV of Russia, of the Moscovian dynasty, changed his title from "Veliki Kniaz (Grand Duke) of the whole Rus" to "tsar of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Qur'an: Encyclopedia Ii - Qur'an - Origin And Development Of The Qur'an
This is a topic of some controversy, since Islamic scholars proceed with the assumption that the Qur'an is a divine and uncorrupted text,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blitzkrieg: Encyclopedia Ii - Blitzkrieg - Interwar Period
Blitzkrieg - Reichswehr. Blitzkrieg's immediate development began with Germany's defeat in the First World War. Shortly after the war, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demographics Of Russia: Encyclopedia Ii - Demographics Of Russia - Ethnic Groups
The Russian Federation is home to as many as 160 different ethnic groups and indigenous peoples. As of the 2002 census, 79.83% of the pop...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Streltsy: Encyclopedia Ii - Streltsy - Creation And Structure
The first Streltsy unit was created between 1540s and 1550s on the basis of the harquebus units. Initially, they recruited free tradepeop...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cube Film: Encyclopedia Ii - Cube Film - Power Struggles And Character Development
The director and writers have stated (On the DVD Commentary) that each of the characters in the film was designed to play through a certa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Silk Road: Encyclopedia Ii - Silk Road - Origins
Silk Road - Cross-continental travel. As accomplished waterway shipping and domestication of efficient pack animals both increased the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Siberia Airlines: Encyclopedia Ii - Siberia Airlines - History
Siberia Airlines was established in May 1992 at Ob, a city near Novosibirsk. It is a successor of former Tolmachevo United Avia Squadron ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Russian Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Russian Architecture - Medieval Rus' 988–1230
The medieval state of Kievan Rus' incorporated parts of what is now Ukraine and was centered around Kiev. Its influence on architectural ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Europe - The Origins
Homo erectus and Neanderthals settled Europe long before the emergence of modern humans, Homo sapiens. The bones of first Europeans are f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rapid Transit: Encyclopedia Ii - Rapid Transit - History
The 2750-foot (850-m) Cobble Hill Tunnel in Brooklyn, New York (now part of New York City) is claimed to be the "world's oldest subway tu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shuisky: Encyclopedia Ii - Shuisky - The Regency
Vasily's grand nephew, Prince Vasily Vasilievich Nemoy ("the Mute") was Vasily III's taciturn aide-de-camp who accompanied him on every m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tatar Alphabet: Encyclopedia Ii - Tatar Alphabet - Latin Version
The Latin version of the Tatar alphabet contains 35 letters. There are 10 vowels and 25 consonants. There are 10 extra letters: Çç, Ğ�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tupolev Tu-204: Encyclopedia Ii - Tupolev Tu-204 - Variants
Tupolev Tu-204 - Tu-204/204C. The Tu-204 is the basic passenger airline model, and the Tu-204C is the basic freight or cargo model. Tu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Volga Tatars: Encyclopedia Ii - Volga Tatars - Kazan Qazan Tatars
The majority of Volga Tatars are Kazan (Qazan) Tatars. They are the main and indigenious population of Tatarstan. During the 11-16th cent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mat: Encyclopedia Ii - Mat - Historically
As of 1911, matting is a general term embracing many coarse woven or plaited fibrous materials used for covering floors or furniture, for...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Volga River: Encyclopedia Ii - Volga River - Description
Rising in the Valdai Hills 225 m (740 ft) above sea level north-west of Moscow and about 320 kilometres south-east of Saint Petersburg, t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Qur'an: Encyclopedia Ii - Qur'an - Origin And Development Of The Qur'an
This is a topic of some controversy, since Islamic scholars proceed with the assumption that the Qur'an is a divine and uncorrupted text,...   » Read the article