Kazan

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Kazan

Total population

1,329,825

Coordinates55.79°, 49.11°

Demographic figures from Rosstat. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Kazan is the capital and largest city of Tatarstan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering an area of 425.3 square kilometres, with a population of over 1.3 million residents, and up to nearly 2 million residents in the greater metropolitan area. Kazan is the fifth-largest city in Russia, being the most populous city on the Volga and within the Volga Federal District.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Feodor Chaliapin

Russian opera singer and actor (1873-1938)

Söyembikä of Kazan

Regent of the Kazan Khanate (1516-1557)

Nikolay Bauman

Russian revolutionary (1873–1905)

Vera Vilkoviskaya

Russian painter (1890-1944)

Vladimir Vinogradov

Russian politician (1874-1934)

G

Georgi Vinogradov

Russian operatic tenor (1908–1980)

Aleksandr Vishnevsky

Soviet surgeon (1906-1975)

F

Fyodor Vishnevsky

V

Vladimir Gakov

Soviet writer and literary critic

D

David Volosov-Meriin

Soviet actor (1905-1971)

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Yury Voronin

Russian politician

Stella Ğabdraxmanova

A

Ayrat Ğäynullin

Russian association football player

E

Elmirä Ğälievä

Russian singer

İmil Ğäripef

Russian ice hockey player

W

Waleri Ğatayıf

Russian actor (1938–2011)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Tatarstan

• Padubysys I
  1001.3 mi away · pop. 66
• Eimučiai
  1001.9 mi away · pop. 16
• Pieštvėnai
  1002.1 mi away · pop. 37
• Seredžius
  1002.6 mi away · pop. 590
• Pakarklys
  1002.7 mi away · pop. 7
• Pagausantys I
  1003.1 mi away · pop. 16
• Juodaičiai
  1003.2 mi away · pop. 385
• Pagausantys II
  1003.5 mi away · pop. 23
• Belvederis
  1003.6 mi away · pop. 41
• Klausučiai
  1004.1 mi away · pop. 902
• Mišiūnai
  1004.3 mi away · pop. 29
• Užringis
  1005 mi away

Browse all places in Tatarstan →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Kazan

"Bȯtendȯnʹi͡a tatar kongressy" ijtimagyĭ berlăshmălărenen͡g Khalykara berlege khăbărlăre, gyĭnvar-ii͡unʹ 2008 el

Bȯtendȯnʹi͡a Tatar kongressy (2008 Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia) · 2008

"Bȯtendȯnʹi͡a tatar kongressy" ijtimagyĭ berlăshmălărenen͡g Khalykara berlege khăbărlăre, gyĭnvar-ii͡unʹ 2009 el

Bȯtendȯnʹi͡a Tatar kongressy (6th 2009 Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia) · 2009

"Bȯtendȯnʹi͡a tatar kongressy" ijtimagyĭ berlăshmălărenen͡g Khalykara berlege khăbărlăre, ii͡ulʹ-dekabrʹ 2008 el

Bȯtendȯnʹi͡a Tatar kongressy (5th 2008 Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia) · 2008

Bȯtendȯnʹi︠a︡ Tatar kongressy

Bȯtendȯnʹi︠a︡ Tatar kongressy (4th 2 007 Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia) · 2008

The Constitutional Status of the Regions in the Russian Federation and in Other European Countries

2004

Kazanʹ 1005-2005

I. B. Khaĭbullin · 2005

Kazan : The Capital of Tatarstan

Andrey Vlasov · 2020

Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Islamic Civilisation in Volga-Ural Region, Kazan, Tatarstan 24-26 June, 2005

Russia) International Symposium on Islamic Civilisation in the Volga-Ural Region (2nd 2005 Kazanʹ · 2008

Search results from Open Library.

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Kazan, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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