KAZAN, Russia -- A single-person picket has been held in Kazan, the capital of Russia's Tatarstan region, to protest against a decision to cancel a planned rally to commemorate Tatars fallen during ...

KAZAN, Russia -- Police have detained two activists in the Russian Republic of Tatarstan and ordered them not to mark the day of Commemoration of Tatars who died during the 1552 siege of Kazan by ...

A population of 3.8 million; a significant tourism hub; home to many religions and ethnicities... Kazan has quite a few feathers to flaunt. The capital of Tatarstan, a republic within the Russian ...

Built on an ancient site, the Kazan Kremlin dates from the Muslim period of the Golden Horde and the Kazan Khanate. It was conquered by Ivan the Terrible in 1552 and became the Christian See of the ...

The Kul Sharif Mosque is a landmark in Kazan and is one of the largest mosques in Europe. [Photo by Xu Lin/China Daily] Kazan, the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, is where you can enjoy ...

Kazan, Tatarstan – Okay, this isn’t really Olympics-related, but while I wandered around this city, the site of the future 2013 Universiade Games, I came across some images I’d like to share. Visit ...

President Putin is set to join the festivities in the Russian region of Tatarstan, to mark the millennium of its capital city, Kazan. He will chair a Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) summit in ...