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Coat of Arms of Kazan. This is a list of notable people who were born or have lived in Kazan, Russia. Gavrila Derzhavin (1743–1816) Peter Zheltukhin (1777–1829) Vera Figner (1852–1942) Feodor Chaliapin (1873–1938) Vadim Shershenevich (1893–1942) Valery Gerasimov (born 1955) Chulpan Khamatova (born 1975) MakSim (born 1983) Dmitri Obukhov
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.
Jews from Ukraine and other areas in Russia went to Kazan for university because the anti-Jewish quota was more relaxed. In 1970, the Jewish population was 8,000. About 4,000 Jews from Kazan left for the United States and Israel under Gorbachev. After the fall of the Soviet Union, the community reorganized and now has a number communal ...
Most Kazan Tatars practice Islam. The Kazan Tatars speak Kazan (normal) Tatar language, with a substantial amount of Russian and Arabic loanwords. Before 1917, polygamy was practiced [51] [citation needed] only by the wealthier classes and was a waning institution. [34]
Märcani Mosque in Kazan. Tatar and Russian peasants joined their forces multiple times in the past. For example, the 1606–1609 "mountaineer rebellion", in which the Chuvash and Mordvins also took part. The most famous of these, however, is the Pugachev rebellion, in which a large number of Tatars participated. According to Alfred Khalikov ...
The urban population also traded with the people of Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Russia. In the 16th century, Russia became the main trading partner of Kazan, and the khanate shared the economic system of Moscow. [citation needed] The major markets were the Taşayaq Bazaar in Kazan and the Markiz Isle fair on the Volga River. Agricultural ...
Tatarstan, [a] officially the Republic of Tatarstan, [b] sometimes also called Tataria, [c] is a republic of Russia located in Eastern Europe.It is a part of the Volga Federal District; and its capital and largest city is Kazan, an important cultural centre in Russia.
This is a category for people from Kazan. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. People from Kazan by occupation (11 C ...