Kazan

:For the Japanese emperor, see Emperor Kazan.

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Kazan (Tatar Qazan, ?????, Russian ??????) 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 confluence of the Volga (?del) and Kazanka (Qazansu) rivers in central European Russia.

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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 qaz?an, Tatar for dug .

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"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 situated in a U - shape lowland.

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Tatarstan: The Republic of Tatarstan (Tatar: ????????? ????????????/Tatarstan Respublikas?; ) is a federal subject of the Russian Federation (a republic). The direct transliteration of the Russian name of the republic is Respublika Tatarstan....

Kazan related Images and Photos (experimental)

Kazan Cathedral St. Petersburg Printed by Lemercier Paris 1840s

Tsar Ivan IV Conquering Kazan in 1552 1894

Tsar Ivan IV Conquering Kazan in 1552 1894