Tatarstan

Tatarstan (Tatar: Татарстан; Russian: Татарстан), officially the Republic of Tatarstan,[note 1] sometimes also called Tataria,[note 2] is a republic of the Russian Federation, located in Eastern Europe. It is a part of the Volga Federal District; and its capital and largest city is Kazan, an important cultural centre in Russia. The region's main source of wealth is oil with a strong petrochemical industry.

This article is about the republic in Russia. For the ship Tatarstan, see Gepard-class frigate.
Not to be confused with Tartary.
Republic of Tatarstan
Республика Татарстан
Republic
Official titular nation transcription(s)
 • TatarТатарстан Республикасы
Flag of Republic of Tatarstan
Flag
Coat of arms of Republic of Tatarstan
Coat of arms
Anthem:
Государственный гимн Республики Татарстан (Russian)
Татарстан Җөмһүрияте Дәүләт гимны (Tatar)
"State Anthem of the Republic of Tatarstan"[1]
Location of Republic of Tatarstan
Coordinates: 55°33′N 50°56′E
CountryRussia
District[2]Volga Federal
Region[3]Volga Economic
CapitalKazan[4]
Government
 • TypeState Council[5]
 • HeadRustam Minnikhanov[6]
Area
[7]
 • Total67,847 km2 (26,196 sq mi)
Population
 (2021 Census)[8]
 • TotalIncrease 4,004,809
 • Rank8th
 • Density59.03/km2 (152.9/sq mi)
 • Urban
76.8%
 • Rural
23.2%
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK[9])
ISO 3166 codeRU-TA
Vehicle registration16, 116, 716
Official language(s)Tatar[10] • Russian[11]
Websitehttp://tatarstan.ru/eng/

The republic borders the oblasts of Kirov, Ulyanovsk, Samara, and Orenburg, as well as the republics of Mari El, Udmurtia, Chuvashia, and Bashkortostan. The area of the republic is 68,000 square kilometres (26,000 sq mi), occupying 0.4% of the total surface of the country.[15] As of the 2021 Census, the population of Tatarstan was 4,004,809.[8]

Tatarstan has strong cultural, linguistic, and ethnic ties with its eastern neighbour, Bashkortostan.[16][17]

The official languages of the republic are Tatar and Russian.[18]

Etymology
Further information: Tatars and Tartary

"Tatarstan" derives from the name of the ethnic group—the Tatars—and the Persian suffix -stan (meaning "state" or "country" of, an ending common to many Eurasian countries). Another version of the Russian name is "Татария" (Tataria), which was official along with "Tatar ASSR" during Soviet rule.

Geography
Map of the Republic of Tatarstan

The republic is located in the centre of the East European Plain, approximately 800 kilometres (500 mi) east of Moscow. It lies between the Volga River and the Kama River (a tributary of the Volga), and extends east to the Ural mountains.

Oak is the dominant tree species at 87% of the total area, followed by aspen, linden, birch, and Scots pine. The total forest cover has decreased from 51.2% to 17.1% over the last 300 years.[15]

The Volga-Kama Nature Reserve is situated in Tatarstan.

Borders
  • Highest point: 381 m (1,250 ft)[19]
  • Maximum N–S distance: 290 km (180 mi)
  • Maximum E–W distance: 460 km (290 mi)

Rivers
View of the Volga River at the confluence with the Kama River
View over the Toyma River from Devil's Tower in Yelabuga
Sviyazhsk, located at the confluence of the Volga and Sviyaga rivers

Major rivers include:

Lakes

Major reservoirs of the republic include:

The biggest lake is Kaban. The biggest swamp is Kulyagash.

Hills

Basins

Natural resources

Major natural resources of Tatarstan include oil, natural gas, gypsum, and more. It is estimated that the Republic has over one billion tons of oil deposits.[21]

Climate
  • Average January temperature: −15 °C (5 °F)
  • Average July temperature: +18 °C (64 °F)
  • Average annual temperature: +4 °C (39 °F)
  • Average annual precipitation: up to 500 to 550 mm (20 to 22 in)

Administrative divisions
Main article: Administrative divisions of the Republic of Tatarstan

Tatarstan's administrative and territorial divisions form 43 municipal districts and 2 urban districts (Kazan and Naberezhnye Chelny), as well as 39 urban settlements and 872 rural settlements. The republic also recognises cities of republican significance, the list of which is established by the Constitution of the Republic of Tatarstan. The districts consist of cities of district significance, urban-type settlements and rural settlements with subordinate territories that make up the primary level in the system of administrative-territorial structure of the Republic. Cities of national significance can be geographically divided into districts in the city.

History
Main article: History of Tatarstan
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History of Tatarstan
Coat of Arms of Tatarstan

Middle Ages
Further information: Turco-Mongols and Great Tartary

The earliest known organised state within the boundaries of Tatarstan was Volga Bulgaria (c. 700–1238). The Volga Bulgars had an advanced mercantile state with trade contacts throughout Inner Eurasia, the Middle East, and the Baltic, which maintained its independence despite pressure by such nations as the Khazars, the Kievan Rus, and the Cuman-Kipchaks. Islam was introduced by missionaries from Baghdad around the time of Ibn Fadlan's journey in 922.

Archaeological works at Bolgar

Volga Bulgaria finally fell to the armies of the Mongol prince Batu Khan in the late 1230s (see Mongol invasion of Volga Bulgaria). The inhabitants, a large amount of them killed and the rest mixing with the Golden Horde's Kipchaks, became known as the "Volga Tatars". In the 1430s, the region again became independent as the base of the Khanate of Kazan, a capital having been established in Kazan, 170 km (110 mi) up the Volga from the ruined capital of the Bulgars.

The Khanate of Kazan was conquered by the troops of Tsar Ivan the Terrible in the 1550s, with Kazan being taken in 1552. A large number of tatars were forcibly converted to Christianity and were culturally Russified.[22] Cathedrals were built in Kazan; by 1593 all mosques in the area were destroyed. The Russian government forbade the construction of mosques, a prohibition that was not lifted until the 18th century by Catherine the Great. The first mosque to be rebuilt under Catherine's auspices was constructed in 1766–1770.

19th century
An ancient mosque in Bolgar

In the 19th century, Tatarstan became a centre of Jadidism, an Islamic movement that preached tolerance of other religions. Under the influence of local Jadidist theologians, the Bulgars were renowned for their friendly relations with other peoples of the Russian Empire. However, after the October Revolution religion was largely outlawed and all theologians were repressed.

20th century
Further information: Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic and Idel-Ural State

During the Civil War of 1918–1920 Tatar nationalists attempted to establish an independent republic (the Idel-Ural State, Idel being the name of the Volga in Tatar) along with the neighbouring Bashkirs. Initially supported by the Bolsheviks, the state existed up until March 1918, when high-ranking members of its parliament were arrested by the Bolsheviks (who had turned on the state and denounced it as bourgeois) before the official declaration of its constitution. The Soviets later set up the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, which was established on 27 May 1920.[23] The boundaries of the republic did not include a majority of the Volga Tatars. The Tatar Union of the Godless were persecuted in Joseph Stalin's 1928 purges.

The left wing of the White Mosque

A famine occurred in the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in 1921–1922 as a result of the policy of war communism. The famine deaths of between 500.000 and 2 million Tatars in the Tatar ASSR and in the Volga-Ural region in 1921–1922 was catastrophic as half of the Volga Tatar population in the USSR died.[24]

Starting in the 1960s, schools opened in Tatarstan that taught Russian as an official second language, as it was necessary in order to individually advance in the broader Soviet society. By the 1980s, few schools still taught the Tatar language.[25]

Present day
Then-Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Tatarstan, June 2011

On 30 August 1990, Tatarstan declared its sovereignty with the Declaration on the State Sovereignty of the Tatar Soviet Socialist Republic[26] and in 1992 Tatarstan held a referendum on the new constitution,[27] promoted by Tatarstan's President Shaymiyev and supervised by Helsinki Commission staff. Parliament opposition revolved around the Russian faction Narodovlastie (People's Power).[28] Some 62% of those who took part voted in favour of the constitution, with ethnic Tatars supporting it much more than Russians.[28] In the new constitution, Tatarstan is defined as a Sovereign State. However, the referendum and constitution were declared unconstitutional by the Russian Constitutional Court.[29] Articles 1 and 3 of the Constitution as introduced in 2002[27] define Tatarstan as a part of the Russian Federation, removing the "sovereignty" term.

On 15 February 1994, the Treaty On Delimitation of Jurisdictional Subjects and Mutual Delegation of Authority between the State Bodies of the Russian Federation and the State Bodies of the Republic of Tatarstan[30] and Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Tatarstan (On Delimitation of Authority in the Sphere of Foreign Economic Relations) were signed. The power-sharing agreement was renewed on 11 July 2007, though with much of the power delegated to Tatarstan reduced.[31]

On 20 December 2008, in response to Russia recognising Abkhazia and South Ossetia, the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People organisation declared Tatarstan independent and asked for United Nations recognition.[32] However, this declaration was ignored both by the United Nations and the Russian government. On 24 July 2017, the autonomy agreement signed in 1994 between Moscow and Kazan expired, making Tatarstan the last republic of Russia to lose its special status.[33]

Demographics

Population: 4,004,809 (2021 Census);[8] 3,786,488 (2010 Census);[34] 3,779,265 (2002 Census);[35] 3,637,809 (1989 Census).[36]

Settlements

Vital statistics
Life expectancy at birth in Tatarstan
Ethnic breakdown of population
Population density
Urban-rural population dynamics
Mintimer Shaimiyev, the president of the republic of Tatarstan, in the Qolşärif Mosque, Kazan
Russian Orthodox Church in Tatarstan

[37]

Average population (1000s) Live births Deaths Natural change Crude birth rate (per 1000) Crude death rate (per 1000) Natural change (per 1000) Fertility rates
1970 3,146 47,817 25,622 22,195 15.2 8.1 7.1
1975 3,311 55,095 29,686 25,409 16.6 9.0 7.7
1980 3,465 54,272 32,758 21,514 15.7 9.5 6.2
1985 3,530 64,067 34,622 29,445 18.1 9.8 8.3
1990 3,665 56,277 36,219 20,058 15.4 9.9 5.5 2.05
1991 3,684 50,160 37,266 12,894 13.6 10.1 3.5 1.88
1992 3,706 44,990 39,148 5,842 12.1 10.6 1.6 1.71
1993 3,730 41,144 44,291 −3,147 11.0 11.9 −0.8 1.57
1994 3,746 41,811 48,613 −6,802 11.2 13.0 −1.8 1.58
1995 3,756 39,070 48,592 −9,522 10.4 12.9 −2.5 1.47
1996 3,766 38,080 45,731 −7,651 10.1 12.1 −2.0 1.43
1997 3,775 37,268 46,270 −9,002 9.9 12.3 −2.4 1.38
1998 3,785 37,182 45,153 −7,971 9.8 11.9 −2.1 1.37
1999 3,789 35,073 46,679 −11,606 9.3 12.3 −3.1 1.29
2000 3,788 35,446 49,723 −14,277 9.4 13.1 −3.8 1.29
2001 3,784 35,877 50,119 −14,242 9.5 13.2 −3.8 1.30
2002 3,779 38,178 51,685 −13,507 10.1 13.7 −3.6 1.37
2003 3,775 38,461 52,263 −13,802 10.2 13.8 −3.7 1.36
2004 3,771 38,661 51,322 −12,661 10.3 13.6 −3.4 1.34
2005 3,767 36,967 51,841 −14,874 9.8 13.8 −3.9 1.26
2006 3,763 37,303 49,218 −11,915 9.9 13.1 −3.2 1.25
2007 3,763 40,892 48,962 −8,070 10.9 13.0 −2.1 1.36
2008 3,772 44,290 48,952 −4,662 11.8 13.0 −1.2 1.45
2009 3,779 46,605 47,892 −1,287 12.4 12.7 −0.3 1.55
2010 3,785 48,968 49,730 −762 12.9 13.1 −0.2 1.60
2011 3,795 50,824 47,072 3,752 13.4 12.4 1.0 1.65
2012 3,813 55,421 46,358 9,063 14.5 12.2 2.3 1.80
2013 3,830 56,458 46,192 10,266 14.7 12.1 2.6 1.83
2014 3,847 56,480 46,921 9,559 14.7 12.2 2.5 1.84
2015 3,862 56,899 46,483 10,416 14.7 12.0 2.7 1.86
2016 3,878 55,853 44,894 10,959 14.4 11.6 2.8 1.86
2017 3,889 48,115 43,957 4,158 12.4 11.3 1.1 1.65
2018 3,894 46,320 44,720 1,600 11.9 11.5 0.4 1.62
2019 42,871 42,691 180 11.0 11.0 0.0 1.54
2020 41,320 54,310 -12,981 10.6 13.9 -3.3 1.54

Note: TFR source.[38]

Ethnic groups
Ethnic
group		 1926 Census 1939 Census 1959 Census 1970 Census 1979 Census 1989 Census 2002 Census 2010 Census 2021 Census1[39]
Number  % Number  % Number  % Number  % Number  % Number  % Number  % Number  % Number  %
Tatars 1,263,383 48.7% 1,421,514 48.8% 1,345,195 47.2% 1,536,430 49.1% 1,641,603 47.6% 1,765,404 48.5% 2,000,116 52.9% 2,012,571 53.2% 2,091,175 53.6%
Russians 1,118,834 43.1% 1,250,667 42.9% 1,252,413 43.9% 1,382,738 42.4% 1,516,023 44.0% 1,575,361 43.3% 1,492,602 39.5% 1,501,369 39.7% 1,574,804 40.3%
Chuvash 127,330 4.9% 138,935 4.8% 143,552 5.0% 153,496 4.9% 147,088 4.3% 134,221 3.7% 126,532 3.3% 116,252 3.1% 90,474 2.3%
Others 84,485 3.3% 104,161 3.6% 109,257 3.8% 112,574 3.6% 140,698 4.1% 166,756 4.6% 160,015 4.2% 150,244 4.1% 146,914 3.8%
1 101,442 people were registered from administrative databases, and could not declare an ethnicity. It is estimated that the proportion of ethnicities in this group is the same as that of the declared group.[40]
Ethnic map of Tatarstan (2010)

There are about 2 million ethnic Tatars and 1.5 million ethnic Russians in Tatarstan, along with significant numbers of Chuvash, Mari, and Udmurts, some of whom are Tatar-speaking. The Ukrainian, Mordvin, and Bashkir minorities are also significant. Most Tatars are Sunni Muslims, but a small minority known as Keräşen Tatars are Orthodox Christians, some of whom regard themselves as being distinct from other Tatars even though most Keräşen dialects differ only slightly from the Central Dialect of the Tatar language.[41]

There is a fair degree of speculation as to the early origins of the different groups of Tatars, but most Tatars no longer view religious identity as being as important as it once was, and the religious and linguistic subgroups have intermingled considerably. Nevertheless, despite many decades of assimilation and intermingling, some Keräşen demanded and were awarded the option of being specifically enumerated in 2002. This has provoked great controversy, however, as many intellectuals have sought to portray the Tatars as homogeneous and indivisible.[42] Although listed separately below, the Keräşen are still included in the grand total for the Tatars. Another unique ethnic group, concentrated in Tatarstan, is the Qaratay Mordvins.

Jews
Main article: History of Jews in Udmurtia and Tatarstan

Tatar and Udmurt Jews are special territorial groups of the Ashkenazi Jews, which started to be formed in the residential areas of mixed Turkic-speaking (Tatars, Kryashens, Bashkirs, Chuvash people), Finno-Ugric-speaking (Udmurts, Mari people) and Slavic-speaking (Russians) populations. The Ashkenazi Jews first appeared in Tatarstan in the 1830s.[43] The Jews of Udmurtia and Tatarstan are subdivided by cultural and linguistic characteristics into two territorial groups: 1) Udmurt Jews (Udmurt Jewry), who lived on the territory of Udmurtia and the north of Tatarstan; 2) Tatar Jews, or Kazan Jews (Tatar Jewry or Kazan Jewry), who lived mainly in the city of Kazan and its agglomeration.[44]

Languages

In accordance with the Constitution of the Republic of Tatarstan, the two state languages of the republic are Tatar and Russian. According to the 2002 Russian Federal Law (On Languages of Peoples of the Russian Federation), the official script is Cyrillic. Linguistic anthropologist Dr. Suzanne Wertheim notes that "some men signal ideological devotion to the Tatar cause by refusing to accommodate to Russian-dominant public space or Russian speakers", whilst women, in promoting "the Tatar state and Tatar national culture, index their pro-Tatar ideological stances more diplomatically, and with linguistic practices situated only within the Tatar-speaking community... in keeping with normative gender roles within the Tatar republic."[45]

Religion
Main article: Islam in Tatarstan
Religion in Tatarstan as of 2012 (Sreda Arena Atlas)[46][47]
Islam
 
 53.8%
Russian Orthodoxy
 
 30.5%
Atheism and irreligion
 
 5.7%
Other Christians
 
 2%
Other Orthodox
 
 1%
Rodnovery and other native faiths
 
 0.5%
Spiritual but not religious
 
 1%
Other and undeclared
 
 2.5%
Qolşärif Mosque in Kazan

As of 2012, Islam was the most common faith in Tatarstan, adhered to by 53.8% of the estimated 3.8 million population. Most of the remaining population is either Russian Orthodox Christian or non-religious.[48][46][47]

Established in 922, the first Muslim state within the boundaries of modern Russia was Volga Bulgaria from which the Tatars inherited Islam. Islam was introduced by missionaries[49] from Baghdad around the time of Ibn Fadlan's journey in 922. Islam's long presence in Russia also extends at least as far back as the conquest of the Khanate of Kazan in 1552, which brought the Tatars and Bashkirs on the Middle Volga into Russia.

Sergius Church, at the island-city Sviyazhsk

In the 1430s, the region became independent as the base of the Khanate of Kazan, a capital having been established in Kazan, 170 km up the Volga from the ruined capital of the Bulgars. The Khanate of Kazan was conquered by the troops of Tsar Ivan IV the Terrible in the 1550s, with Kazan being taken in 1552. Some Tatars were forcibly converted to Christianity and cathedrals were built in Kazan; by 1593, mosques in the area were destroyed. The Russian government forbade the construction of mosques, a prohibition that was not lifted until the 18th century by Catherine II.

In 1990, there were only 100 mosques, but by 2004 this number had risen to well over 1,000. As of 1 January 2008, as many as 1,398 religious organizations were registered in Tatarstan, of which 1,055 were Muslim. In September 2010, Eid al-Fitr as well 21 May, the day the Volga Bulgars embraced Islam, were made public holidays.[50]

The Russian Orthodox Church is the second largest active religion in Tatarstan, and has been so for more than 150 years,[51] with an estimated 1.6 million followers made up of ethnic Russians, Mordvins, Armenians, Belarusians, Mari people, Georgians, Chuvash and a number of Orthodox Tatars which together constitute 38% of the 3.8 million population of Tatarstan. On 23 August 2010, the "Orthodox monuments of Tatarstan" exhibition was held in Kazan by the Tatarstan Ministry of Culture and the Kazan Eparchy.[52] At all public events, an Orthodox Priest is called upon along with an Islamic Mufti.[53]

The Muslim Religious Board of Tatarstan frequently organizes activities, like the 'Islamic graffiti Contest' which was held on 20 November 2011.[54]

Politics
Cabinet of Ministers building

Tatarstan's unicameral State Council consists of 100 seats: fifty for representatives of the parties and fifty for deputies from the republic's localities. The Chairman of the State Council is Farit Mukhametshin, who has served since 27 May 1998. The government is the Сabinet of Ministers. The Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan is Alexei Pesoshin.

According to the Constitution of the Republic of Tatarstan, the President can be elected only by the people of Tatarstan, but due to Russian federal law, this law was suspended for an indefinite term. The Russian law on the election of governors says they should be elected by regional parliaments and that the candidate can be presented only by the president of Russia.

In December 2022, regional lawmakers voted to change the title of the head of the republic from president to rais (an Arabic title for "leader"); lawmakers were expected to adopt new amendments to Tatarstan's constitution so that it would be in line with the 2020 amendments to the Constitution of Russia and a federal law in 2021 which abolished regional presidencies. The title of president was seen as the last remaining symbol of federalism following the centralisation reforms under Vladimir Putin.[55] Incumbent president Rustam Minnikhanov however will retain the title of president until his term expires in 2025 under transitional agreements.[56]

Political status
Presidential Palace

The Republic of Tatarstan is a constituent republic of the Russian Federation. Most of the Russian federal subjects are tied with the Russian federal government by the uniform Federal Treaty, but relations between the government of Tatarstan and the Russian federal government are more complex and are precisely defined in the Constitution of the Republic of Tatarstan. The following passage from the Constitution defines the republic's status without contradicting the Constitution of the Russian Federation:

"The Republic of Tatarstan is a democratic constitutional State associated with the Russian Federation by the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the Constitution of the Republic of Tatarstan and the Treaty between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tatarstan On Delimitation of Jurisdictional Subjects and Mutual Delegation of Powers between the State Bodies of the Russian Federation and the State Bodies of the Republic of Tatarstan, and a subject of the Russian Federation. The sovereignty of the Republic of Tatarstan shall consist in full possession of the State authority (legislative, executive and judicial) beyond the competence of the Russian Federation and powers of the Russian Federation in the sphere of shared competence of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tatarstan and shall be an inalienable qualitative status of the Republic of Tatarstan."[57]

Economy
Bauman street in Kazan
A neighbourhood in Kazan

Tatarstan is one of the most economically developed regions of Russia. The republic is highly industrialised and ranks second to Samara Oblast in terms of industrial production per km2.[58]

In 2021, Tatarstan's gross regional product was €40 billion, while GRP per capita was €10,000.[59]

The region's main source of wealth is oil. Tatarstan produces 32 million tonnes of crude oil per year and has estimated oil reserves of more than 1 billion tons.[21][60] Industrial production constitutes 45% of the Republic's gross regional domestic product. The most developed manufacturing industries are petrochemical industry and machine building. The truck-maker KamAZ is the region's largest enterprise and employs about one-fifth of Tatarstan's workforce.[60] Kazanorgsintez, based in Kazan, is one of Russia's largest chemical companies.[61] Tatarstan's aviation industry produces Tu-214 passenger airplanes and helicopters.[21] The Kazan Helicopter Plant is one of the largest helicopter manufacturers in the world.[62] Engineering, textiles, clothing, wood processing, and food industries are also of key significance in Tatarstan.[58]

Hydroelectric power station in Naberezhnye Chelny

Tatarstan consists of three distinct industrial regions. The northwestern part is an old industrial region where engineering, chemical, and light industry dominate. In the newly industrial northeast region with its core in the Naberezhnye Chelny–Nizhnekamsk agglomeration, major industries are automobile construction, the chemical industry, and power engineering. The southeast region has oil production with engineering under development. The north, central, south, and southwest parts of the republic are rural regions.[63] The republic has huge water resources—the annual flow of rivers of the Republic exceeds 240 billion m3 (8.5 trillion cu ft). Soils are very diverse, the best fertile soils covering one-third of the territory. Due to the high development of agriculture in Tatarstan (it contributes 5.1% of the total revenue of the republic), forests occupy only 16% of its territory. The agricultural sector of the economy is represented mostly by large companies as Ak Bars Holding and "Krasnyi Vostok Agro".

The republic has a highly developed transport network. It mainly comprises highways, railway lines, four navigable rivers — Volga (İdel), Kama (Çulman), Vyatka (Noqrat) and Belaya (Ağidel), and oil pipelines and airlines. The territory of Tatarstan is crossed by the main gas pipelines carrying natural gas from Urengoy and Yamburg to the west and the major oil pipelines supplying oil to various cities in the European part of Russia.

Tourism
Kazan Kremlin

There are three UNESCO world heritage sites in Tatarstan—Kazan Kremlin, Bulgarian State Museum-Reserve, and Assumption Cathedral and Monastery of the town-island of Sviyazhsk.[64]

The annual growth rate of tourist flow to the republic is on average 13.5%; the growth rate of the volume of services in the tourism sector is 17.0%.[65]

At the end of 2016, on the territory of the Republic of Tatarstan there were 104 tour operators, of which 32 dealt in domestic tourism, 65 in domestic and inbound tourism, 1 in domestic and outbound tourism, and 6 in all three.

As of 1 January 2017, 404 collective accommodation facilities (CSR) operate in the Republic of Tatarstan; 379 CSR are subject to classification (183 in Kazan, 196 in other municipalities of the Republic of Tatarstan).[66] 334 collective accommodation facilities received the certificate of assignment of the category, which is 88.1% of the total number of operating.

In 2016, special attention was paid to the development of tourist centres of the Republic of Tatarstan—Kazan, Bolghar, the town-island of Sviyazhsk, Yelabuga, Chistopol, and Tetyushi. The growth of tourist flow in the main tourist centres of the Republic compared to 2015 amounted to an average of 45.9%.

Spasskaya

Currently, sanatorium and resort recreation is developing rapidly in Tatarstan. There are 46 sanatorium-resort institutions in the Republic of Tatarstan. The capacity of the objects of the sanatorium-resort complex of Tatarstan is 8847 beds; more than 4300 specialists are engaged in the service of residents. In 2016, more than 160 thousand people rested in the health resorts of the Republic of Tatarstan.[67] 22 health resort institutions of the Republic of Tatarstan are members of the Association of health resort institutions "Health resorts of Tatarstan," including 11 sanatoriums of PJSC "Tatneft."

Since 2016, the Republic of Tatarstan has been operating the Visit Tatarstan program, the official tourism brand of the Republic, the purpose of which is to inform tourists, monitor the reputation of the Republic, develop the tourism potential of the regions of Tatarstan, conduct market research, create partner projects with local companies, and expand internationally. "Tatarstan: 1001 pleasure" is the main message that tourists receive. The Visit Tatar website, where there is information about the main sights and recreation in Tatarstan, is available in 8 languages: Tatar, Russian, English, Chinese, German, Spanish, Finnish, and Persian.[68][69]

Tourist resources of historical and cultural significance
Kazan Federal University
Kazan Millennium Bridge

Culture
Main article: Culture of Tatarstan

Due to Islamic rules on artistic depictions,[70] Tatars developed a uniquely geometric artistry, of which the craft of leather mosaic is a staple.[71] They also observe certain pre-Islamic holidays, such as Sabantuy, which celebrates “the completion of spring sowing works.”[70]

All Religions Temple, a building and cultural centre built by the local artist Ildar Khanov
Russian President Vladimir Putin at Sabantuy, a Tatar festival

Major libraries include Kazan State University Nikolai Lobachevsky Scientific Library and the National Library of the Republic of Tatarstan. There are two museums of republican significance, as well as 90 museums of local importance. In the past several years, new museums appeared throughout the Republic.

There are twelve theatrical institutions in Tatarstan.[72] The state orchestra is the National Tatarstan Orchestra.[73]

In 1996, the Tatar singer, Guzel Ahmetova, cooperated with the German Eurodance group named Snap!, when she sang the lyrics of the song "Rame".[74][75]

Aida Garifullina was born in 1987 to a Tatar family in Kazan. Following studies in Nuremberg, Germany and Vienna, Austria, she has achieved fame as a lyric soprano, in high demand both on the international operatic stage and concert platform. She is also a celebrated recording artist and a promoter of the Tatar culture.

Sports
Ak Bars Arena in Kazan

With 9,175 sports venues in Tatarstan, the republic is one of the leading sports regions in Russia.[76] Since 1973, Kazan has been making efforts to expand its sports infrastructure, with sports being a "great source of pride" for the people of Kazan.[77]

Tatarstan has Rubin Kazan, a major European football team which has played in the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. Twice Russian champions, Rubin Kazan play in the Russian Premier League. Also, Tatarstan has Unics Kazan which has gained a significant role in European basketball, playing in Euroleague and EuroCup for decades.

It also has two KHL teams, the successful Ak Bars Kazan, which is based in the capital city of Kazan, and the Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, who play in the city of Nizhnekamsk. The state also has a Russian Major League team (the second highest hockey league in Russia), Neftyanik Almetyevsk, who play in the city of Almetyevsk. There are also two Minor Hockey League teams which serve as affiliates for the two KHL teams. A team also exists in the Russian Hockey League, the HC Chelny, which is based in the city of Naberezhnye Chelny. Another team plays in the MHL-B (the second level of junior ice hockey in Russia).

Nail Yakupov is an ethnic Tatar who was drafted first overall in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft.

Former ATP No. 1 Marat Safin and former WTA number 1 Dinara Safina are of Tatar descent.

Victor Wild and Danil Sadreev are both Tatarstan Olympians, having won a bronze in parallel giant slalom and a silver in ski jumping, respectively.[78]

Kazan hosted the XXVII Summer Universiade in 2013, the FINA World championship in aquatic sports in August 2015, and the World Junior Championship for swimming in 2022.[79] Kazan also was offered to host the 2036 Summer Olympics, but due to political circumstances, Tatarstan's sport minister admitted the likelihood of it happening was uncertain.[79]

Education

The most important facilities of higher education include Kazan Federal University, Kazan State Medical University, Kazan National Research Technological University, World Information Distributed University, Kazan National Research Technical University named after A.N.Tupolev and Russian Islamic University. All of these are located in the capital city, Kazan.

Public spaces

Tatarstan takes a unique participatory approach to the development of public spaces that has earned it recognition. The Tatarstan Public Spaces Development Programme aims to create spaces for meeting or recreation.[80] The programme covers a wide spectrum of projects, including streets, squares, parks, river banks, pavilions, and sports facilities.[80]

Since 2016[80] (and continuing until 2022), the Architecturny Desant Architectural Bureau in Kazan[81] has improved public spaces in each of Tatarstan's 45 municipal districts, from large cities to small villages.[82] As of April 2019, the project had revamped 328 public spaces.[83] By creating and rehabilitating public spaces, the programme aims to be a catalyst for positive social, economic, and environmental change.[84]

One notable example is the "Beach" at Almetyevsk, which includes public swimming pools and a terrace.[80] Other examples include an amphitheatre in Black Lake Park, Kazan; the Central Square in Bavly; a children's playground in Bogatye Saby village, which has a unique wooden play structure; the Cube container centre in the green beach at Gorkinsko-Ometievsky forest, Kazan; and the square on Festival Boulevard, Kazan.[84]

The programme used an innovative participatory design approach,[85] which later became mandatory for similar projects across Russia.[84] This approach partners specialists with local residents at every stage of the project, from development, to implementation, to the ongoing use of the space.[85]

The Tatarstan Public Spaces Development Programme was announced as one of the six winners of the 2019 Aga Khan Award for Architecture.[86][87][88] The jury was impressed by the programme's systematic approach and involvement of residents to decide the future of each space.[85][89]

Each public space expresses the unique identity of that particular place,[84] tying in its history while incorporating traditional materials.[85] Major goals of the projects include improving the quality of life for residents and improving the environment.[85] The Arhitekturnyi Desant team aims to provide a high quality public space, no matter the size of the settlement, including quality design, infrastructure, and materials.[85]

Spending on the public spaces projects is helping the local economy.[80] The number of street furniture manufacturers in the area, for example, has increased from 12 to 75 since the programme started.[80]

See also

Notes
  1. Tatar: Татарстан Республикасы, romanized: Tatarstan Respublikası; Russian: Республика Татарстан, romanized: Respublika Tatarstan
  2. Tatar: Татария;[12][13][14] Russian: Татария

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