Kazan

Kazan Казань / Казан
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Information
Country:	Russia
Republic:	Tatarstan
Population:	1,176,187
Licence plate:	16, 116
Major roads:	M7
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Kazan (In Russian: Казань, in Tatar: Казан) is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia.

There are federal highway connections to Moscow and Ufa (E22), Orenburg (R-239), Ul'yanovsk (R-241) and Igra (R-242). There are also R-175 federal highway and «Northern Europe — Western China» (in construction) route near the city.

Hitching out

West toward Cheboksary, Nizhny Novgorod, Moscow (M7) E 22

From the station for local trains (пригододный вокзал), take an električka train to the stop Zajmišča (Займища). Walk back a hundred metres in the direction the train came from and walk up the stairs onto the bridge. This is the M7, where you can stop a southbound car. The cars are going somewhat fast, but they have an enormous amount of room to stop.

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Federal cities: Moscow • St. Petersburg

Autonomous oblasts: Jewish

Autonomous okrugs: Chukotka • Khantia-Mansia • Nenetsia • Yamalia

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