Kazan
Kazan (Russian: Каза́нь, IPA: [kɐˈzanʲ]; Tatar: Казан) is the capital city of Tatarstan and one of Russia's largest cities. It is a major industrial, commercial and cultural center, and remains the most important center of Tatar culture. Kazan lies at the meeting of the Volga (İdel) and Kazanka (Qazansu) rivers in central European Russia.
| Kazan (English) Казань (Russian) | |
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| - City - City of republic significance | |
 Left to right, top to bottom: Spasskaya Tower, Söyembikä Tower, Qol Sharif Mosque, Farmers' Palace, Epiphany Cathedral, view of Kazan | |
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| City Day | 30 August[1] |
| Administrative status | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Tatarstan |
| Administratively subordinated to | city of republic significance of Kazan |
| Capital of | Republic of Tatarstan[2] |
| Municipal status | |
| Urban okrug | Kazan Urban Okrug |
| Mayor[3] | Ilsur Metshin[3] |
| Representative body | City Duma[4] |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 425.3 km2 (164.2 sq mi)[5] |
| Population (2010 Census, preliminary) | 1,143,535 inhabitants[6] |
| - Rank in 2010 | 8th |
| Population (2018 est.) | 1,243,500 inhabitants[7] |
| Density | 2,689/km2 (6,964/sq mi)[8] |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+04:00) |
| Founded | 1005(see text) |
| Postal code(s) | 420xxx[9] |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 843[10] |
| Official website | |
Name
The origin of the name is unclear. The literal translation of Tatar qazan is a boiler or cauldron. Or, it may have come from qazğan, Tatar for dug [ditch].
"Qazan" is originally a name for a special cooking pan, a kind of a wok, but heavier. It was believed that the city of Kazan is named after this object because of its geographical similarity with a "qazan"-pan; namely the city is in a U - shape lowland.
Another, more romantic legend tells a story of a Tatar princess Söyembikä, who dropped a golden dish (golden qazan) into the river on which the city is located while washing it.
Nevertheless, Chuvash legends refer to Bulgarian prince Khusan (Chuvash rendering of Muslim name Hassan) and Chuvashes call this city Хусан after the name of this prince.
History
In 2021, nine people were killed in a mass shooting.
Images
One of the first (wooden) houses in Kazan
Kremlin and City center, as seen from the State University
Kazan Media
A view of Kazan by Adam Olearius, 1630
A view of the city c. 1767
Annunciation Cathedral of Kazan Kremlin, 1561–1562
Kazan city map from the 19th century, Russian edition
Dmitry Medvedev visits Kazan.
Millennium Bridge Kazan
Kazan districts map
IT-Park building in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia.
Korston-Kazan with local World Trade Center
References
- ↑ "ARCHIVED COPY". Archived from the original on 8 December 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "Welcome to the Republic of Tatarstan". tatarstan.ru. Archived from the original on 16 September 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Official website of the Mayor of Kazan Archived 3 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- ↑ Official website of Kazan. Kazan City Duma Archived 4 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- ↑ площадь собственно города, Федеральная служба государственной статистики Archived 15 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1[[Category:Articles containing Russian language text]]". Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
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- ↑ "Kazan Russia - a thousand-year Russian city travel guide". aboutkazan.com. Archived from the original on 28 August 2007. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ↑ "Current Local Time in Kazan, Russia". www.timeanddate.com. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
Other websites
Media related to Kazan at Wikimedia Commons
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