KAZAN, Russia -- Authorities in Kazan have allowed activists to gather in the capital of Russia's Republic of Tatarstan next week for a public event commemorating the 1552 siege of Kazan by Russian ...

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 ...

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 ...