Where is it? The Republic of Tatarstan is located about 500 miles east of Moscow on the European side of Russia. It is bordered by the Kirov, Orenburg, Samara and Ulyanovsk regions, as well as the republics of Udmurtia, Baskortostan, Chuvashia and Mari El. It is in the Moscow time zone. Though it is called a republic and it has its own president, Tatarstan is not fully independent from Russia.
What's the biggest city? Kazan, whose population was 1.1 as of the 2002 census, out of some 3.8 million inhabitants in the region... more
