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Tatarstan – the land of opportunities
Tatarstan is situated at the confluence of two large rivers – the Volga and the
Kama, being a kind of bridge connecting Russia’s European and Asian parts. The
republic borders with Kirov, Ulyanovsk, Samara, and Orenburg Oblasts, and with
the Mari El, Udmurt, and Chuvash Republics, as well as with the Republic of
Bashkortostan. The area of the republic is 68,000 square kilometres. The unofficial
Tatarstan motto is: Bez Buldırabız! (We can!). As of the 2010 Census the
population of Tatarstan was 3.8 mln people. Throughout many centuries, Tatars
(53.2%) and Russians (39.7%), Chuvashes and Udmurts, Mordovians and Maris,
Ukrainians and Bashkirs - altogether representatives of more than 173 ethnic
origins – have lived in Tatarstan in peace and harmony.
The capital of the republic is the city of Kazan with a population of over 1.1
million. In 2005, it celebrated its 1000th anniversary. More than forty percent of its
residents are young people for whom Tatarstan offers an outstanding opportunity
to attend its forty universities, including Kazan University that celebrated its 200th
anniversary in 2004 .
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 head of the government in
Tatarstan is the President. Since March 2010, the President has been Rustam
Minnikhanov. Tatarstan's unicameral State Council has 100 seats: fifty are for
representatives of the parties, and the other fifty are for deputies from the republic's
localities.
Islam and Orthodox Christianity are traditional religions in Tatarstan, while
Catholicism, Protestantism, Judaism and other faiths are also presented here.
Tatarstan is implementing a large-scale project to restore historical and cultural
monuments and sacred places in the ancient town of Bolgar and the island town of
Sviyazhsk. The panorama of the Kazan Kremlin with the Kul Sharif Mosque and
the Annunciation Cathedral standing surrounded by the fortress walls has become
Tatarstan’s symbol recognizable all around the world.
Tatarstan is a dynamically developing region, with its success being based on
a solid foundation of economic stability. The republic is highly industrialized, and
ranks second only to Samara Oblast in terms of industrial production per km2
.
Tatarstan's GDP per capita was USD 12,325 in 2004, with GDP in 2008 at about
930 billion rubles. Tatarstan consists of three distinguished industrial regions. The
northwestern part is an old industrial region where engineering, chemical and light
industry dominate. In the new industrial Northeast region with its core in the
Naberezhnye Chelny-Nizhnekamsk agglomeration, major industries are
automobile construction, 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. Soils are very
diverse, the best fertile soils covering 1/3 of the territory. Due to high development
of agriculture in Tatarstan(it contributes 5,1% of total revenue of republic), forests
occupy only 16% of its territory. 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. The republic is an oil production and petrochemical
center; it makes KAMAZ heavy-duty trucks and Mi helicopters; it doesn’t forget
about agriculture being one of Russia’s leaders.
Among the republic’s famous cultural events are large international festivals
such as the Feodor Chaliapin International Opera Festival, the Rudolf Nuriev
International Classical Ballet Festival, the Europe-Asia Contemporary Music
Festival, the Rashit Vagapov Tatar Song Festival. Each fall, Kazan hosts the Kazan
International Muslim Film Festival. The Creation of the World Music Festival has
been held here annually since 2008. Tatarstan has more than a hundred museums
attended by more than 1.7 million visitors a year.
Tatarstan has Rubin Kazan, a major European football team which has played
in the Champions League and the Europa League. 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. Kazan hosted
the XXVII Summer Universiade in 2013. Kazan also hosted the FINA World
championship in aquatic sports in August 2015.