Kazan is one of the most beautiful and cleanest cities in the Volga region, as well as the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan. The year of its foundation is 1002nd. The area occupied by Kazan is 425, 3 square kilometers, and the number, as of the beginning of 2014, is 1, 19 million people. Thus, the density of one "Kazan" square kilometer is 1.915 thousand inhabitants.
Geographical position of Kazan
The capital of Tatarstan is actually located at the junction of the Kazanka River and the great Russian Volga. Such a rather advantageous geographical position has long ensured Kazan the status of a large trading city connecting the western and eastern parts of Russia.
Residents of Kazan, like the rest of Tatarstan, live according to Moscow time or according to the UTC + 4 time zone, but astronomically noon in the city comes 46 minutes earlier than in the Russian capital.
The length of the urban area from north to south is 29 kilometers, and from west to east - 31 kilometers. At the same time, Kazanka divides it into two parts - the southern historical part and the northern part of the river. Moreover, the Kazan metro line runs under the river, and there are also 5 dam-bridges on it. The maximum height of the central part of the urban area is 60 meters above sea level.
How to come to Kazan
The easiest, simplest and fastest way to get to the capital of Tatarstan is by air to the Kazan International Airport or KZN. In addition to local Ak Bars Aero and Kazan Aviation Enterprise, planes of a large number of other airlines also arrive there. Also, from Kazan airport you can get not only to Moscow or St. Petersburg, but for several years now, air flights have been carried out to Turkey, Bulgaria, Thailand, Spain, Egypt, Greece, the United Arab Emirates and other countries, which are popular among Russian tourists.
Also, from the Kazansky railway station in Moscow to the capital of Tatarstan, you can get on a large number of different routes. These are # 098X (travel time 13:18 hours), # 076E (the final station of arrival in Neryungri and 12:35 hours on the way), # 118E (Novokuznetsk, 12:35 hours), branded # 060U "Tyumen" (goes to Nizhnevartovsk, 11:35 hours), No. 050M (travel time is 12:48 hours), company No. 002Y "Premium" (11:19 hours) and No. 112M (11:26 hours). Train # 133A runs from St. Petersburg to Kazan with a travel time of 22:08 hours.
The distance that will need to be covered on the way to Kazan from Moscow is 810 kilometers, which will run through Vladimir, Nizhny Novgorod and Cheboksary. First you need to go to the Entuziastov highway, then to the Gorkovskoe highway, then to the M7 highway, which will lead you directly to Kazan. The distance between the capital of Tatarstan and the northern capital is 1,500 kilometers, first along the Moscow highway, then along the M10 highway and along the Leningradskoye highway to Moscow, and then along the same route.
