Kazan is one of the oldest and most beautiful cities in the Volga region. Kazan is a thousand-year-old city with rich and unique history. In 2005 the people of Tatarstan, Russia and the whole world celebrated its millennium anniversary.

Kazan is located in a very picturesque place. Two rivers - the Volga river and the Kazanka river, which played an important role in the history of the peoples of the country - meet here.

Thick forests with lots of animals, vast fields, big and small rivers and deep lakes with lots of fish make the nature of the Kazan area beautiful.

Lake Kaban, unique in its nature, "a mirror of clear water", is in the centre of Kazan. There are a lot of legends and mysteries connected with this lake. Some of them are sad. The Bulak river (known as the Bulak canal) is very short. It is only 2 km long and stretches from Lake Kaban to the Kazanka river.                                                              

Archaeologists are trying to find out more about the past and reconstruct the picture of the great city, to find out the information about the ways the people lived, about their customs and traditions.

Kazan is one of the most important economic centres of the Russian Federation. Large enterprises produce planes, helicopters, compressors, computer systems, optic, chemicals, clothes, consumer goods and so on. It is one of the largest river ports on the Volga and also a large railroad, an automobile road and an air route centre.

Kazan is open to guests from all over the world. It's great fun to visit Kazan.