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Definition: Kazan from Philip's Encyclopedia

Port on the River Volga, E European Russia; capital of the Tatarstan. Founded in the 13th century, Kazan became the capital of the Tatar khanate (1438). Conquered by Ivan IV, it served as the E outpost of Russian colonization. Industries: electrical equipment. Pop. (2005) 1,108,000.


Kazan

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
City and port on the Volga , capital and economic centre of Tatarstan , in the western Russian Federation; population (2003 est) 1,113,600. Kazan is the centre of Tatarstan culture. It has large engineering plants (manufacturing ships, machine tools, compressors, and dental equipment), chemical works (producing explosives, synthetic rubber, soap, and photographic materials), shipyards, and a large leather and fur industry. It is also a major transportation centre, with its river port, airport, and location at a major railway junction. History Kazan was founded by Tatars in the late 14th century, 45 km/28 mi northeast of its present site; it was capital of the independent Kazan Khanate (part of the Golden Horde) from 1445, and was conquered by Ivan (IV) the Terrible in 1552. It became capital of the Volga region in 1708, and was seized and burnt in the Pugachev rebellion of 1774. Features Kazan is noted for its educational institutions; the university, which was founded in 1804, numbers…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
City and port on the Volga , capital and economic centre of Tatarstan , in the western Russian Federation; population (2003 est) 1,113,600. Kazan is the centre of Tatarstan culture. It has large engineering plants (manufacturing ships, machine tools, compressors, and dental equipment), chemical…
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(kӘzän', –zăn', Rus. kӘzä'nyӘ), city (1989 est. pop. 1,094,000), capital of Tatarstan , E European Russia, on the Volga. It is a major historic, cultural, industrial, and commercial center. Manufactures include chemicals, explosives, electrical equipment, building materials, consumer goods, and…
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From Encyclopedia of Empire
15th century 16th century Eastern Europe imperialism and conquest The Kazan Khanate emerged on the middle Volga in the mid-15th century as a successor to the declining Golden Horde. It was a multi-ethnic and multi-religious state: its ruling class was Tatar and Muslim, with non-Muslim Chuvashes and…
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(ĭlī'Ә, ēl'yӘ kӘzăn', –zän'), 1909–2003, American stage and film director, producer, writer, actor, b. Turkey, as Elia Kazanjoglous. Immigrating with his Greek family to the United States in 1913, Kazan studied at Williams College and the Yale Drama School before beginning his acting career with the…
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From Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary
Former political subdivision in E Russia in Europe, now included in Mari El and Chuvash republics and Tatarstan, Russia in Europe. City, ✽ of Tatarstan, cen. Russia in Europe, on short tributary 3 mi. (5 km.) from the Volga where it turns S 200 mi. (322 km.) E of Nizhniy Novgorod; pop. (2002c) …
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
(born Sept. 7, 1909, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire—died Sept. 28, 2003, New York, N.Y., U.S.) U.S. stage and film director. At age four he immigrated to the U.S. with his family. An actor with the Group Theatre (1932–39), he became a noted Broadway director with plays such as The Skin of Our Teeth…
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From The Great American History Fact-Finder
Film and stage director, producer, and writer. Kazan directed numerous critically acclaimed films, winning Academy Awards as best director for Gentleman's Agreement (1947) and On the Waterfront. (1954). He gained fame for his powerful and realistic direction of the stage productions of A Streetcar…
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From Chambers Biographical Dictionary
originally Elias Kazanjoglou 1909-2003 US stage and film director Born in Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey, he emigrated to the USA in 1913. He studied at Williams College and Yale, then acted in minor roles on Broadway and in Hollywood before becoming a theatre director. He was co-founder of the…
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From The Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance
American director. A veteran of the *Group Theatre and co-founder of the *Actors Studio (1948), Kazan's direction of *Miller and *Williams epitomized the *naturalistic *acting and poetic staging associated with serious post-war American theatre. Of Greek heritage, Kazan emigrated with his family…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
City (pop., 2006 est.: 1,112,673), capital of the Tatarstan republic, western Russia. Located at the confluence of the Volga and Kazanka rivers, it was founded in the 13th century by Mongols of the Golden Horde ; it became the capital of an independent khanate in the 15th century. In 1552 Ivan IV…
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