Kazan

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/kazan

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. Where is Kazan?Confluence of the Volga and Kazanka Rivers, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia
2. How many people live in Kazan?Approximately 1.3 million residents
3. How big is Kazan?614.3 square kilometers
4. What is the capital of Kazan?Kazan
5. What language do people speak in Kazan?Russian and Tatar (state languages)
6. When was Kazan built?1005

Confluence: The junction where two or more rivers meet and flow together.
Kazan Khanate: A historical Tatar state that emerged after the fragmentation of the Golden Horde in the 15th century.
Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (ASSR): A type of federal subject within the Soviet Union, granting a degree of self-governance to a specific ethnic group.