-   There are more than 1000 small rivers in Tatarstan.

-   The longest river in Europe - the Volga (3690 km) -* flows across our country for 200 km long here.

-   The territory of the republic is 67. 836. 2 square km.

- The republic runs 290 km from north to south and 460 km from west to east.

-16,2 % of the total area is covered with forest.

-  The average temperature is -13° C in January, +25° C in July.

-  90% of the territory is 200 m above sea level.

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- The middle of the Kazanka river was populated with the Turkish tribe of Bulgarians.

-  In the 9th and 10th centuries there was a powerful state Volga (Volzhskaya) Bulgaria.

-  The Bulgars traded with many countries of the East and the West

-  Along the Volga the Bulgars built a lot of towns.

There were buildings with central heating.

The Bulgars minted their own coins.

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-  The total population of Tatarstan is more than 3 000 000 people.

-  More than 100 different nationalities live in Tatarstan.

-  There are different cultural ethnic societies and clubs.

-  74% of the population live in cities.

- The main idea of lifestyle in Tatarstan is peace, friendship and harmony.

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-  There are about 1600 streets with the total length about 1000 km in Kazan.

-  There are 20 parks and gardens in Kazan.

-  There are 34 bridges in Kazan.

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There are many legends connected with the name of the city.

-  There is a legend about the Khan's treasure hidden in Lake Kaban.

-  One of the most beautiful and sad legends is connected with Suyumbike.

-  There are a few legends about snakes.

 

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Major cities	Population
Kazan	1,165,000
Naberezhnye Chelny	526,000
Nizhnekamsk	210,000
Almetyevsk	138,000
Zelenodolsk	101,000
Bugulma	93,000
Chistopol	68,000
Leninogorsk	66,000
Yelabuga	65,000

 

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-  The first school in Kazan was so called "tsifirnaya" school (a "figures" school), opened in 1719.

-  The Latin-Greek-Slavic School was founded in Kazan in 1732, and it can be considered the "grandmother" of all educational institutions of our city.

-  There are more than 2500 comprehensive schools with more than 520 000 pupils in Tatarstan.

-  There is a highly developed network of national schools (there are 145 Chuvash, 45 Udmurt, 22 Mari, 5 Mordvinian and other nationalities' schools) in Tatarstan.

- 51,9% pupils are taught subjects in the Tatar language.

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-  There are more than 1000 sport constructions in Tatarstan.

-  There are 42 sports schools.

-  29 thousand children and teenagers train there.

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 There are 433 species of animals in Tatarstan:

-  52 fish species

-  295 bird species

-  75 mammal species

-  11 amphibian species

Forests and meadows cover 35% of the territory of the republic.

 

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-  Over 1.5 billion people in the world do not have clean drinking water.

-  The World Health Organization says that a person needs 19 litres of water a day.

-  One of three Asians do not have pure drinking water.

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-  The first public performances in Kazan took place at the beginning of the 18th century.

-  Students of the first Kazan Boys' Grammar School (opened in 1758) showed the first performance in 1760.

-  A permanent public theatre was established in 1791.

-  1791 is considered to be the beginning of the Russian Drama Theatre.

-  1906 is the birthday of the Tatar Theatre.

-  Now there are 12 theatres in Tatarstan.

-  There are over 300 departmental museums in the republic.