My city
Submitted for:
Places and Perspectives
Middle School Learning Circle 1 (PPM1)
with iEARN, Spring 2009
Submitted by:
Grade 6 “B”,Gymnasium № 2 named after Shigabutdin Marzhani,Kazan , Russia:
Mukhutdinov Airat
Mustafina Aigul
Kamalov Almaz
Sibgatullina Sumaya
Students who also helped included:
Sharafutdinov Tagir, Grade 9 “V”
Porfiryeva Albina, Grade 9 “V”
Special thanks to Elena Babina, Gubkin
Location of Republic of Tatarstan on the map of Russia.
Coat of Arms of Tatarstan
Flag of Tatarstan
The map of the Republic of Tatarstan.
Kazan is the
capital city of the
Republic of
Tatarstan and one
of Russia's largest
cities. Kazan lies
at the confluence
of the Volga and
Kazanka Rivers
in central
European Russia.
The origin of the name is unclear. The literal translation of the Tatar word qazan
is a boiler or cauldron. Alternately, it may have been derived from qazğan, Tatar
for dug [ditch].
"Qazan" is originally a name for a special cooking pan, a variant of a wok,
but more solid and heavier. It was believed that the city of Kazan is named after
this object because of its geographical similarity with a "qazan"-pan; namely the
city is situated in a U-shaped lowland.
The place where West and East meet
Kazan is the home of people of many nationalities and
religions
Suyumbike Tower is the pearl of the
Kazan Kremlin
.
Here is the legend about the Suyumbike Tower.
Moscow tsar (King) Ivan the Terrible knew about the beauty of the Tatar
Queen. He wanted to marry her. He built a beautiful tower for her. Another legend
says that the Kazan people called the tower after Suyumbike who said “no” to the
Moscow tsar. It was very hard for Suyumbike to leave Kazan and become the
Russia tsarina (Queen). She went to the top of the tower, looked around for the last
time and threw herself down on the sharp stones…
Oh my language,
native language!
You’re my soul and
you’re my heart.
Many things I’ve
learnt in this life,
Through my
language, through
my tongue…
G.Tukai
Kazan State University
Kazan is one of the biggest scientific and educational centers of Russia and
the second biggest city by the number of students. About 10 000 young
people finish secondary schools every year. Approximately 120 thousands
study in 30 institutions of higher education and 23 schools and colleges.
The Kazan State University, one of the oldest sites of learning of Russia,
celebrated its 200th jubilee in 2004. One of the most important
peculiarities of education is the possibility to study in one’s native language
in accordance with the “Program of Conservation, Learning and
Development of Language of people, living in the Kazan city”.
We are extremely proud of our hockey
and football players