Kazan
Kazan
Казань | |
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| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Tatarstan |
| Founded | 1101(see text) |
| Government | |
| • Body | City Duma[1] |
| • Mayor[2] | Ilsur Metshin[2] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 425.3 km2 (164.2 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,143,535 |
| • Estimate (2018)[5] | 1,243,500 |
| • Rank | 8th in 2010 |
| • Density | 2,700/km2 (7,000/sq mi) |
| • Subordinated to | city of republic significance of Kazan |
| • Capital of | Republic of Tatarstan[6] |
| • Capital of | city of republic significance of Kazan |
| • Urban okrug | Kazan Urban Okrug |
| • Capital of | Kazan Urban Okrug |
| Postal code(s)[7] | 420xxx |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 843[8] |
| City Day | 30 August[9] |
| Website | www |
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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.
Name[change]
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[change]
In 2021, nine people were killed in a mass shooting.
Images[change]
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One of the first (wooden) houses in Kazan
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Kremlin and City center, as seen from the State University
References[change]
- ↑ Official website of Kazan. Kazan City Duma Archived 4 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Official website of the Mayor of Kazan Archived 3 September 2011 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 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. 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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2018Projectionwas used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page). - ↑ "Welcome to the Republic of Tatarstan". tatarstan.ru. Archived from the original on 16 September 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "ARCHIVED COPY". Archived from the original on 8 December 2009.
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Other websites[change]
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