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The Khanate of Kazan [a] was a Tatar state that occupied the territory of the former Volga Bulgaria between 1438 and 1552. The khanate covered contemporary Tatarstan, Mari El, Chuvashia, Mordovia, and parts of Udmurtia and Bashkortostan; its capital was the city of Kazan.
Kazan [a] is the largest city and capital of Tatarstan, Russia.The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka Rivers, covering an area of 425.3 square kilometres (164.2 square miles), with a population of over 1.3 million residents, [14] and up to nearly 2 million residents in the greater metropolitan area.
This fragmented Volga Bulgaria grew in size and power and gradually freed itself from the influence of the Khazars. Sometime in the late 9th century, unification processes started and the capital was established at Bolghar (also spelled Bulgar) city, 160 km south of modern Kazan.
New Kazan (modern) was founded in 1438 as the capital of the Kazan Khanate by Ulu-Mukhamed. Sources say that Kazan was founded by Perekop refugees (Tatars) from Crimea . Translate: The Kazan, former Tatar, Kingdom received its name from its capital city, and it from the name of the river Kazanka (Kasanska), flowing around it with its winding bed.
During the Time of Troubles, the Kazan khanate regained its independence with the aid of factions within the Russian army. Cangali bek , a Tatar nobleman, led another revolution in 1616. Other insurrections among the Volga Tatars included the Bolotnikov movement (1606–1607), Batırşa movement (1755–1756), and Pugachev 's war (1773–1775).
Bolghar (Russian: Болгарское городище) was intermittently the capital of Volga Bulgaria from the 10th to the 13th centuries, along with Bilyar and Nur-Suvar. It was situated on the bank of the Volga River, about 30 km downstream from its confluence with the Kama River and some 130 km from modern Kazan in what is now Spassky ...
In the 1430s, the Khanate of Kazan emerged on the mid-Volga, breaking away from the Golden Horde, and roughly comprising the area of former Volga Bulgaria. [1] The Russo-Kazan conflicts began in 1437, when the skirmish at Belyov took place, the outcome of which has been discussed among historians.
1438 - Khanate of Kazan begins. [1] 1486 - Kazan and the Russians sign a peace treaty. [2] 1552 - Siege of Kazan; Russians in power. [3] [4] 1562 - Annunciation cathedral founded. [5] 1579 - Bogoroditski convent built. [5] 1708 - Kazan becomes the capital of the Kazan Governorate. [2] 1742 - The peak of persecution of the Muslims of Kazan by ...