Kazan (disambiguation)

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Kazan is the capital city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia.

Kazan may also refer to:

Places

• Kazan, Ankara, former name of Kahramankazan, a suburb and a metropolitan district of Ankara, Turkey
• Kazan River, a river in the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut, Canada
• Kazan Region, a physiographic province of Canada
• Kazan Urban Okrug, a municipal formation into which the city of republic significance of Kazan in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia is incorporated
• Great Kazan and Small Kazan gorges, part of the Iron Gates gorge of the Danube River
• Old Kazan or İske Qazan, a historic town in modern-day Tatarstan
• Kazan Wildland Park, a provincial park in Alberta, Canada
• Kāsān, alternative name of the village of Kesar in Gilan Province, Iran
• Kazan-retto, a Japanese island group aka the Volcano Islands

Airports

• Kazan International Airport, southeast of Kazan
• Kazan-2 Airport, older airfield now in the northeastern part of the city
• Kazan-Borisoglebskoye or Borisoglebskoye Airfield, an experimental airfield north of the city

Arts, entertainment, and media

• Kazan (1921 film), a lost silent film
• Kazan (1949 film), an American drama film
• Kazan (novel), a 1914 book by James Oliver Curwood
• Kazan (manga), a manga by Gaku Miyao
• Kazan, a character in the 1997 movie Cube

Historical formations

• Khanate of Kazan (1438–1552), a medieval state in Europe
• Kazan Governorate (1708–1920), a division of the Tsardom of Russia, the Russian Empire, and the early Russian SFSR
• Kazan Principality, a principality within Volga Bulgaria and the Golden Horde

People

• Emperor Kazan (968–1008), Japanese emperor
• Abraham E. Kazan (1889–1971), American trade union activist
• Elia Kazan (1909–2003), American theatre and film director
• Frances Kazan, English-born author
• Lainie Kazan (born 1940), American actress
• Molly Kazan (1906–1963), American dramatist and playwright
• Nicholas Kazan (born 1945), American writer, producer, and director
• Rabia Kazan (born 1976), Turkish journalist
• Vangelis Kazan (1936/1938–2008), Greek character actor
• Watanabe Kazan (1793–1841), Japanese politician and painter
• Zoe Kazan (born 1983), American actress and playwright

Other uses

• Our Lady of Kazan, Orthodox icon of the Theotokos
• Kazan (cookware), a type of large cooking pot
• FC Rubin Kazan, a Russian football club based in the city of Kazan, Tatarstan republic
• Russian submarine Kazan (K-561)
• Kazan Helicopters, a Russian helicopter design bureau and manufacturer
• SS Kazan, a Hansa A Type cargo ship in service 1946-73

See also

• Kazanka (disambiguation)
• Kazansky (disambiguation)
• Kazan Cathedral (disambiguation)
• Kazon, fictional race in the Star Trek universe
• Qazan (disambiguation)
• Gazan (disambiguation)
• Ghazan (1271–1304), 13th century Mongol leader of the Ilkhanate
• Karzan (disambiguation)

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