Kazan is a city located on the territory of Russia and is the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan. In addition to its great cultural significance, Kazan has the status of an important and large Volga port at the confluence of the smaller river Kazanka into the Volga. The main attraction of the city - the Kazan Kremlin - is included in the UNESCO list, and a huge number of interested tourists come to see it every year. But how to get to the Tatar capital from the Russian capital?
Geographical location of Kazan
The capital of Tatarstan is located at the confluence of the Volga and Kazanka. The distance from Kazan to Moscow is about 820 kilometers. Even in the past centuries, this city was a very important cultural and economic point of the Volga region, connecting the Western and Eastern parts of the country. The exact geographical coordinates of Kazan (along the so-called zero kilometer) are 55 ° 47 ′ s. sh. 49 ° 06 ′ east etc.
Residents of Kazan - residents of Kazan and Kazanka - lead their lives in a time similar to Moscow, that is, +4 to UTC.
The length of the city from north to south is 29 kilometers, and from west to east - 31 kilometers. The length of the city line along the Volga bank is 15 kilometers. Residents of the city also have the opportunity to move to the other side of the longest river in Russia through a bridge located at the extreme western border of Kazan.
The second river - Kazanka - divides the capital of Tatarstan into two parts: a historical one and a later one. There are several large and small bridges across the river and on the river, as well as dams and crossings.
For an inquisitive tourist, the origin of the city's name may also be interesting. On this score, there are a large number of plausible and implausible myths and legends. It’s impossible to list everything. But the most popular one says that one shaman ordered the representatives of the Bulgar peoples to start building a big city in the place where a cauldron of water buried in the ground would boil for no reason.
How to get to Kazan from Moscow?
The fastest way is by flights of numerous airlines from the capital's airports, connected by air with the Kazan international airport.
The journey by car between the two cities can take 13-16 hours, depending on the condition of the roads, the speed of the car and the presence of traffic jams. To do this, you need to follow strictly along the M-7 highway, which leads directly from Moscow to Kazan through the Vladimir and Nizhny Novgorod regions, and then through the Republic of Chuvashia to the very borders of Tatarstan. You can get to the M-7 highway from the southern and southeastern sides of the capital.
Direct communication between the two cities is carried out by trains of LLC Russian Railways No. 098, No. 050, No. 002, departing from the Kazansky railway station of the capital. You can also get to the capital of Tatarstan by passing trains to Ulan-Ude, Krasnoyarsk, Yekaterinburg, Izhevsk, Barnaul and many other Russian cities. Therefore, the road from Kazan to Moscow is not difficult to access if you have free time, desire to travel and funds for it.
