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ARTICLES RELATED TO Kazan - Kremlin | | | |  Kazan - Kremlin: Encyclopedia II - Kazan - HistoryIt is disputed when Kazan was founded by the Volga Bulgars, as written records for that period are sparse. Estimates range from the early 11th century to the late 13th century (see Iske Qazan). It was a block-post on the border between Volga Bulgaria and Finnish tribes (Mari, Udmurt). Another question was where the citadel was built originally. The archeologic explorations gave rests of the urban settlement in 3 parts of the modern city: in the Kremlin, in Bişbalta in the place of modern Zilantaw monastery and near the Qaban lake. The oldest was the Kremlin which cou ...
See also:Kazan, Kazan - Name, Kazan - History, Kazan - Historical population, Kazan - Historical naming, Kazan - Central Kazan, Kazan - Kremlin, Kazan - Bistä or Posad, Kazan - Wooden Kazan, Kazan - The University, Kazan - Administrative system, Kazan - Economy, Kazan - Languages, Kazan - City ethnic communities, Kazan - Tatars and Russians, Kazan - Other communities, Kazan - Transport Read more here: » Kazan: Encyclopedia II - Kazan - History |
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| | | | Kazan - Kremlin: Encyclopedia II - Kazan - Languages Russian and Tatar languages are widely spoken in the city. Russian is understood by practically all the population, apart from some older Tatars. Tatar is widely spoken only by Tatars. Native Tatars are also bilingual in Kazan. The offensive term Mankurt (Mañqort) is used for Tatars who do not speak the native language.
Not much English is spoken in the city, but young people tend to understand it.
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See also:Kazan, Kazan - Name, Kazan - History, Kazan - Historical population, Kazan - Historical naming, Kazan - Central Kazan, Kazan - Kremlin, Kazan - Bistä or Posad, Kazan - Wooden Kazan, Kazan - The University, Kazan - Administrative system, Kazan - Economy, Kazan - Languages, Kazan - City ethnic communities, Kazan - Tatars and Russians, Kazan - Other communities, Kazan - Transport Read more here: » Kazan: Encyclopedia II - Kazan - Languages |
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| | | | Kazan - Kremlin: Encyclopedia II - Kazan - City ethnic communities
Kazan - Tatars and Russians.
The city's population is mainly composed of Tatars (41–43%) and Russians (50–51%, includes number of Tatar-Russians speaking Russian only). Nearly a third of all marriages in city are between Tatars and Russians.
Most official posts are occupied by Tatars, but others by Russians and some minorities which lived in the city before 1990s.
Kazan - Other communities.
Native Tatastanlı na ...
See also:Kazan, Kazan - Name, Kazan - History, Kazan - Historical population, Kazan - Historical naming, Kazan - Central Kazan, Kazan - Kremlin, Kazan - Bistä or Posad, Kazan - Wooden Kazan, Kazan - The University, Kazan - Administrative system, Kazan - Economy, Kazan - Languages, Kazan - City ethnic communities, Kazan - Tatars and Russians, Kazan - Other communities, Kazan - Transport Read more here: » Kazan: Encyclopedia II - Kazan - City ethnic communities |
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| | | | Kazan - Kremlin: Encyclopedia II - Kazan - Transport Kazan is served by the Kazan airport approximately 15 kilometers from the city centre.
Kazan is connected with Moscow, Ulyanovsk, Yoshkar-Ola and Yekaterinburg by railways and highways. There are highway connections to Samara, Orenburg, Ufa, Cheboksary, Naberezhnye Chelny (Yar Çallı), Almetyevsk (Älmät), Bugulma (Bögelmä), and Chistopol (Çístay).
There are municipal tramways, trolleybuses and buses, and also a lot of private mini-buses, called marshrutka. There are four bridges connecting banks of Kazanka (Qazansu), and one bridge connecting Kazan with another bank of Volga.< ...
See also:Kazan, Kazan - Name, Kazan - History, Kazan - Historical population, Kazan - Historical naming, Kazan - Central Kazan, Kazan - Kremlin, Kazan - Bistä or Posad, Kazan - Wooden Kazan, Kazan - The University, Kazan - Administrative system, Kazan - Economy, Kazan - Languages, Kazan - City ethnic communities, Kazan - Tatars and Russians, Kazan - Other communities, Kazan - Transport Read more here: » Kazan: Encyclopedia II - Kazan - Transport |
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| | | | Kazan - Kremlin: Encyclopedia II - Kazan - Economy The capital of the Republic of Tatarstan is Kazan - a large railway, highway and airway knot, the largest port on the Volga River. Kazan is the main economic centre of Tatarstan. 35% of population, employed in economic branches, concentrate in Kazan. 151 large and medium-size companies are situated in the city, including 98 JSC.
Main branches of municipal industry are as follows: automotive, chemical and petroche ...
See also:Kazan, Kazan - Name, Kazan - History, Kazan - Historical population, Kazan - Historical naming, Kazan - Central Kazan, Kazan - Kremlin, Kazan - Bistä or Posad, Kazan - Wooden Kazan, Kazan - The University, Kazan - Administrative system, Kazan - Economy, Kazan - Languages, Kazan - City ethnic communities, Kazan - Tatars and Russians, Kazan - Other communities, Kazan - Transport Read more here: » Kazan: Encyclopedia II - Kazan - Economy |
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| | | | Kazan - Kremlin: Encyclopedia II - Kazan - The University The Kazan State University was founded in 1804 and has had several prominent students, including Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky, Leo Tolstoy and Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin.
Kazan State Technical University was established in 1932. Today the University is one of the leading institutions in the development of aircraft and rocket engineering, engine- and instrument-production, computer science and radio engineering.
There are nearly 20 institutes and universities in Kazan, but they are not so prominent and the ...
See also:Kazan, Kazan - Name, Kazan - History, Kazan - Historical population, Kazan - Historical naming, Kazan - Central Kazan, Kazan - Kremlin, Kazan - Bistä or Posad, Kazan - Wooden Kazan, Kazan - The University, Kazan - Administrative system, Kazan - Economy, Kazan - Languages, Kazan - City ethnic communities, Kazan - Tatars and Russians, Kazan - Other communities, Kazan - Transport Read more here: » Kazan: Encyclopedia II - Kazan - The University |
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| | | | Kazan - Kremlin: Encyclopedia II - Kazan - Historical naming Probably, that "Qazan" as informal name also was used during 1278-1430.
See also: Iske Qazan
Tatar (now, 1928–1939): Qazan;
(1939–2000): Казан;
(1918–1928): قازان ;
(1922–1918), Arab: قزان ;
Russian: Каза́нь [Kazań];
Arab (hist.): Bulgar al-Jadid (in Tatar transliteration:Bolğar âl-Cädid) - New Bolğar;
German: Kasan, Latin: Casan, French: Kazan
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| | | | Kazan - Kremlin: Encyclopedia II - Kazan - Central Kazan
Kazan - Kremlin.
The main article is Kazan Kremlin
The city has a beautiful citadel (Russian: kreml, or, sometimes, Tatar: kirman), which was declared the World Heritage Site in 2000. Major monuments in the kremlin are the 5-domed 6-columned Annunciation Cathedral (1561-62) and the mysterious leaning Soyembika Tower, named after the last queen of Kazan and regarded a ...
See also:Kazan, Kazan - Name, Kazan - History, Kazan - Historical population, Kazan - Historical naming, Kazan - Central Kazan, Kazan - Kremlin, Kazan - Bistä or Posad, Kazan - Wooden Kazan, Kazan - The University, Kazan - Administrative system, Kazan - Economy, Kazan - Languages, Kazan - City ethnic communities, Kazan - Tatars and Russians, Kazan - Other communities, Kazan - Transport Read more here: » Kazan: Encyclopedia II - Kazan - Central Kazan |
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| | | | Kazan - Kremlin: Encyclopedia II - Kazan - Name The origin of the name is unclear. The literal translation of Tatar qazan is a boiler or cauldron. Alternately, it may have been derived from qazğan, Tatar for dug [ditch].
"Qazan" is originally a name for a special cooking pan, a variant of a wok, but more solid and heavier. It is believed among Tatars that the city of Kazan is named after this object because of its geographical similarity with a "qazan"-pan; namely the city is si ...
See also:Kazan, Kazan - Name, Kazan - History, Kazan - Historical population, Kazan - Historical naming, Kazan - Central Kazan, Kazan - Kremlin, Kazan - Bistä or Posad, Kazan - Wooden Kazan, Kazan - The University, Kazan - Administrative system, Kazan - Economy, Kazan - Languages, Kazan - City ethnic communities, Kazan - Tatars and Russians, Kazan - Other communities, Kazan - Transport Read more here: » Kazan: Encyclopedia II - Kazan - Name |
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| | | | Kazan - Kremlin: Encyclopedia II - Kazan - Administrative system The main body of legislative authority of the city is the Kazan City Council. Executive power is exercised by Kazan City Administration.
Kazan is divided into 7 administrative districts.
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