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20 unusual facts about Kazan


Alexander Nedoshivin

Aleksandr Mixaylovich Nedoshivin (March 14, 1868, Kazan - ?) was 27 years a tax specialist at the Ministry of Finance in Imperial Russia, later a lawyer for 10 years.

Athanasius, Metropolitan of Moscow

Athanasius accompanied the tsar during his military campaign against Kazan in 1552 and held a service during the laying of the foundation stone of the Annunciation Cathedral in that city.

Cheboksary Physics and Mathematics School

Graduated in physics and mathematics school came to study at universities in Moscow, Leningrad, Cheboksary, Kazan and other cities, also in the military academies.

Çimşit

Çimşit, Kazan, a village and neighborhood in the district of Kazan, Ankara Province

Continental climate

Places with continental climates are as a rule either far from any moderating effects of oceans (examples: Omaha, Nebraska, USA and Kazan, Russia) or are so situated that prevailing winds tend to head offshore (example: Vladivostok, Russia).

Daniil Kholmsky

The result of this event was the deposition of Ivan III's adversary and his replacement by the Moscow-friendly Möxämmädämin.

He became famous after his brilliant victory over Kazan tatars near Murom in 1468, where he was successful with an unexpected strike from the besieged city.

However, since the Tatar assaults on Russian borders continued, the Muscovite army started a campaign against Kazan.

Empress Alexandra Russian Muslim Boarding School for Girls

Taghiyev also received congratulatory messages from scholars of Saint Petersburg, Kazan, Crimea, and Central Asia.

Hermann Rorschach

Rorschach graduated in medicine at Zurich in 1909 and at the same time became engaged to Olga Stempelin, a girl from Kazan (in the present-day Republic of Tatarstan, Russia).

Ivan Mikhailovich Viskovatyi

Viskovatiy was accused of his alleged intentions to give Novgorod to the Polish king and Astrakhan and Kazan to the Turkish sultan.

Kazanskaya Mountain

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Kerem Gürgen

At the 3rd World University Championship held between September 20–27, 2008 in Kazan, Russia, he gained the silver medal.

Legends of Catherine the Great

After Catherine granted to Kazan's Muslims the right to build mosques, the city's Christian leadership decided that mosques were being built too high—higher than churches.

Sophie Perry

In July 2013 Perry played for Ireland at the Summer Universiade in Kazan.

Tatarstan Airlines Flight 363

Tatarstan Airlines Flight 363 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by Tatarstan Airlines on behalf of Ak Bars Aero from Moscow to Kazan, Russia.

Uçarı

Uçarı, Kazan, a village and neighborhood in the district of Kazan, Ankara Province

Uzhhorod National University

Scientific, technical, political and science-fiction literature and text books were sent to Uzhhorod from universities in Baku, Kazan, Tbilisi as well as other towns and cities of the former Soviet Union.

Yakovlev UT-3

Production was ordered in 1940 at two factories, No. 135 in Leningrad and No. 272 in Kazan.

Yayalar

Yayalar, Kazan, a village and neighborhood in the district of Kazan, Ankara Province


1899 Russian student strike

By 1914 there were ten universities, half in Russia proper (Moscow, St Petersburg, Saratov, Kazan and Tomsk) and the other half in minority regions (Warsaw, Odessa, Kiev, Kharkov and Iurev).

2015 World Aquatics Championships

Kazan is located at the confluence of the Volga and Kazanka Rivers in the European part of Russia just one hour from Moscow by air.

Adhu

The film, that has Aravind, a newcomer, Suha, Kazan Khan and Vijayan in supporting and Abbas in a cameo role, is a remake of the 2002 Hong Kong-Thai-Singaporean film The Eye, which was remade later in the United States under the same title and in Hindi as Naina, starring Jessica Alba and Urmila Matondkar in the lead roles respectively.

Alisha Sufit

She also joined the live band The Amorphous Androgynous for performances in Kazan and Moscow in 2008, and in Kiev and at the Green Man and Electric Picnic festivals in 2009.

America America

In this tale, loosely based upon the life of Kazan's uncle, the director uses little-known cast members, with the entire storyline revolving around the central performance of Greek actor Stathis Giallelis (born 1941), twenty-two years old at the time of production, who is in virtually every scene of the nearly three-hour movie.

Anton Buslov

Has reached out the repeal of a law which was restricted to took a photography in the subways of Samara, Kazan, Yekaterinburg and Nizhny Novgorod.

Aurieyall Scott

Scott was entered into the Athletics competition at the 2013 Summer World University Games (Universiade) in Kazan, Russia, initially competing in 200 metres and the 4x100 relay.

Belarusian State University

The university staff was formed by professors and lecturers transferred from universities of Moscow, Kazan and Kiev.

Fumio Hayasaka

This film shared the 1954 Silver Lion prize from the Venice Film Festival with Kazan’s On the Waterfront, Fellini’s La Strada, and Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai.

Gagino, Moscow Oblast

The All-Merciful Savior church is notable for Feodor Chaliapin's wedding, while Our Lady of Kazan church (colloquially called "Kazanskaya") annually serves as an offstage for the Chaliapin festival.

Germanus of Kazan and Svjazsk

Upon organizing his congregation in Kazan, St. Guriy called for Gherman and appointed him head of Bogoroditsky Monastery in Sviyazhsk.

Hatı Çırpan

Hatı Çırpan (formerly Satı Kadın, 1890, Kazan, Ankara – March 21, 1956, Ankara) was one of the first female members of parliament in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, elected in the 1935 general elections.

Ihor Radivilov

At the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Igor along with the Ukrainian team (Oleg Vernyayev, Oleg Stepko, Petro Pakhnyuk and Maksym Semiankiv) led to a second place finish in the team final.

Institute of International Programs of PetrSU

By that time such centres had existed in Saint-Petersburg, Saratov, Kazan, Kaliningrad, at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow), Moscow State International Institute of International Relations and Moscow State University.

Kashira

The coat of arms of Kashira contains the image of Zilant, a heraldic symbol of Kazan.

Kazan Governorate

There were 7,272 settlements, including 13 towns: Kazan, Arsk, Sviyazhsk, Kozmodemyansk, Laishev, Mamadysh, Spassk, Tetyushi, Tsaryovokokshaysk, Tsivilsk, Cheboksary, Chistopol, Yadrin; and two posads: Mariinsky Posad and Troitsky Posad.

Kazan State Technical University named after A. N. Tupolev

KSTU includes 11 associated branch institutes outside Kazan in the towns of Almetevsk, Bugulma, Chistopol, Elabuga, Leninogorsk, Naberezhnye Chelny, Nizhnekamsk, Volzhsk, Vyatskie Polyany, Zainsk, and Zelenodolsk.

Kazan–Passazhirskaya

As a preparation for the 2013 Summer Universiade, Russian Railways plans to create a high-speed rail service between the station and the airport (aeroexpress).

Köräş

It was organised in Kazan about 15 times, but also in other cities, such as Salavat, Orenburg, Oktyabrsky, Tuymazy, Chelyabinsk, Cheboksary, Almetievsk, Samara, Ulyanovsk, Naberezhnye Chelny.

Maria Rumyantseva

When Anna Ivanovna stripped her spouse of rank and exiled him to Kazan village, she and the children were sent to live in Alatyr village, where they spent about three years.

Mohamed Riad Ibrahim

He officiated as International Referee at World Qualification Tournament for the 2012 London Olympic Games that held in Baku, Azerbaijan 2011, and Asian Qualification Tournament that held in Bangkok, Thailand 2011, and European Qualification Tournament that held in Kazan, Russia 2012.

Nicholas Kazan

Through his mother, Kazan is a direct descendant of classicist and college administrator Thomas Anthony Thacher, Yale president Jeremiah Day, and founding father Roger Sherman.

Nogai Horde

Yosuf Khan (1549–55): (on Yaik, anti-Moscow) circa 1535: near Kazan.

Osip Bodyansky

Bodyansky's publication of Giles Fletcher's sketch of Muscovy was deemed an act of Russophobia and incurred the displeasure of Tsar Nicholas I, leading to the scholar's departure from Moscow to Kazan.

Sergei Osipov

Sergei Vladimirovich Osipov (b. 1968), Russian footballer with FC Rubin Kazan and FC Baltika Kaliningrad, later manager

Summer Cup

Kazan Summer Cup, an annual professional tennis tournament, held in Kazan, Russia

Tatar State University of Humanities and Education

They included the Kazan State Pedagogical University, the third oldest pedagogical university in Russia, after Moscow State Pedagogical University and Hertzen Russian State Pedagogical University in Saint Petersburg.

Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Reimerdes

On January 14, 2000, eight movie studios filed a lawsuit against Eric Corley (publisher of 2600: The Hacker Quarterly Magazine,) Shawn Reimerdes, Roman Kazan and 2600 Enterprises, Inc.

Vavamuffin

The band members are Pablopavo, Reggaenerator, Gorg, Emili Jones, Jahcob Junior, Raffi Kazan, Mothashipp, Dubbist and Barton.

Volga–Urals Military District

The Kazan Military District, with its headquarters in Kazan, took in the Orenburg, Kazan, and Ufa provinces, part of the Perm province, and the Ural and Turgay regions.

Vostok watches

2013, Vostok is the official watch merchandise of the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan.

Zeki Velidi Togan

From 1912–1915 Velidi taught in the madrassa (school) in Kazan (Qasímiä), and from 1915 to 1917 he was a member of bureau, supporting Muslim deputies at the State Duma.

Zerich

The Company has a wide range of agency outlets countrywide (more than 30 towns of Russia including major financial centers: St.Petersburg, Ekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Nizhni Novgorod, Rostov-on-Don, Samara, Kazan, Tyumen, Yaroslavl etc.).