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Kazan is a city in the Russian Federation, located at N 55º50′ and E 49º04′, 797 kilometres east of Moscow, at the confluence of the Volga and Kazanka rivers. Kazan was founded by the Volga Bulghārs in the late 300s/900s or early 400s/1000s as an entrepôt between the Baltic region and lands to the east. A commercial settlement is known to have existed in the vicinity of the modern city by the 500s/1100s. Its population grew significantly in the 630s-640s/1230s-1240s, swelled by refugees fleeing
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- Language:eng
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