Слайд 2Kazan. This city has so many interesting and important areas that
it is difficult to determine what is most important and where to start. Kazan was founded in 1005, the year, and was the capital of the ancient state of Volga Bulgaria (now is the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan) and is situated at the confluence of the Kazanka and Volga rivers. Advantageous geographical position contributed to the prosperity of the Volga Bulgaria - agricultural development, trade skills, trade their goods, and as a trading intermediary between the East and European countries. Hardly in Russia can be somewhere else to see such a harmonious blend of the cultures of the ancient East and the modern West. Kazan is one of the oldest centers of Eurasian civilization, a city of unique monuments of the past, known for its traditions is a University, scientific, cultural. Around Kazan grew up not one generation of great educators and poets, scientists and artists, heroes and generals. The history of the city of Kazan connected with the names and fate of such greats as G. Derzhavin, A. Pushkin, F. Chaliapin, L. Tolstoy, N. Lobachevsky G. Tukay, and others.