All cities of Tatarstan have peculiar features, and at the same time, there is a connecting link that unites them. First of all, they are united by the fact that they are settlements of a single republic with a distinctive culture. But what are the cities of the Republic of Tatarstan? The list and population in these settlements, as well as other features, will be the subject of our study.
General information about the Republic of Tatarstan
Before starting to study the individual cities of Tatarstan, let's find out brief information about this republic as a whole.
Tatarstan is located in the middle Volga region, and is part of the Volga Federal District. In the south, it borders with the Ulyanovsk, Samara and Orenburg regions, in the southeast with Bashkiria, in the north-east with the Republic of Udmurtia, in the north with the Kirov region, in the west and north-west with the Republics of Mari El and Chuvashia.
The republic is in a temperate climate zone with a temperate continental type of climate. The total area of Tatarstan is 67.8 thousand square meters. km, and the population - 3868.7 thousand people. In terms of the number of inhabitants, this republic ranks seventh among all subjects of the federation. The population density is 57.0 people / sq. km
The capital of the Republic of Tatarstan is the city of Kazan.
Since ancient times, the territory of modern Tatarstan was inhabited by Finno-Ugric tribes. In the 7th century, the Turkic tribes of the Bulgars came here and founded their own state, which was destroyed by the Mongol-Tatars in the 13th century. After that, the lands of Tatarstan were included in the Golden Horde, and as a result of the mixing of the Bulgars with the alien Turkic peoples, modern Tatars were formed. After the collapse of the Golden Horde, an independent Kazan Khanate formed here, which was included in the Russian Empire under Ivan the Terrible in the 16th century. Since then, ethnic Russians began to actively inhabit the region. Here the Kazan province was formed. In 1917, the province was transformed into the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Republic of Tatarstan was formed in 1992.
List of cities of Tatarstan
Now let's list the cities of the Republic of Tatarstan. A list of population is provided below.
- Kazan - 1217.0 thousand inhabitants.
- Naberezhnye Chelny - 526.8 thousand inhabitants.
- Almetyevsk - 152.6 thousand inhabitants.
- Zelenodolsk - 98.8 thousand inhabitants.
- Bugulma - 86.0 thousand inhabitants.
- Elabuga - 73.3 thousand inhabitants.
- Leninogorsk - 63.3 thousand inhabitants.
- Chistopol - 60.9 thousand inhabitants.
- Zainsk - 40.9 thousand inhabitants.
- Nizhnekamsk - 36.2 thousand inhabitants.
- Nurlat - 33.1 thousand inhabitants.
- Mendeleevsk - 22.1 thousand inhabitants.
- Bavly - 22.2 thousand inhabitants.
- Buinsk - 20.9 thousand inhabitants.
- Arsk - 20.0 thousand inhabitants.
- Agryz - 19.7 thousand inhabitants.
- Menzelinsk - 17.0 thousand inhabitants
- Mommy - 15.6 thousand inhabitants.
- Aunts - 11.4 thousand inhabitants.
We have listed all the cities of Tatarstan by population. Now we will talk about the largest of them in more detail.
Kazan is the capital of the republic
The cities of Tatarstan should begin to be represented from its capital, Kazan. Presumably this city was founded around the year 1000, even during the existence of the Bulgarian kingdom. But the city reached its true peak during the Golden Horde. And, especially after the separation of the lands of the middle Volga region into a separate khanate, the capital of which was Kazan. This state was called Kazan Khanate. But even after the accession of these territories to the Russian kingdom, the city did not lose its significance, remaining one of the largest centers of Russia. After the formation of the USSR, it became the capital of the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, and after its collapse, it becomes the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan, which is a subject of the Russian Federation.
The city is located on the territory of 425.3 square meters. km and has a population of 1.217 million inhabitants., whose density is 1915 people. / 1 square. km Since 2002, the dynamics of changes in the number of people living in Kazan has been constantly growing. Among ethnic groups, Russians and Tatars predominate, making up 48.6% and 47.6% of the total population, respectively. Representatives of other nationalities, among which the Chuvash, Ukrainians and Mari should be distinguished, are much smaller. Their share in the total number does not even reach 1%.
Among religions, Sunni Islam and Orthodox Christianity are most prevalent.
The basis of the city’s economy is the petrochemical and machine-building industries, but, as in any major center, many other production sectors, as well as trade and services, are developed.
Kazan is the largest city of Tatarstan. Photos of this important center in the European part of Russia are located above. As you can see, this village has a modern look.
Naberezhnye Chelny - the center of mechanical engineering
Speaking about other cities of Tatarstan, one cannot but mention Naberezhnye Chelny. The first settlement here was founded by Russians in 1626. Its initial name was Chalninsky repair, but then the village was renamed Mysovye Chelny. In 1930, a new renaming took place, as the city began to be called Krasnye Chelny, which had an ideological connotation. In addition, not far away was the village of Berezhnye Chelny, which in the same 1930 received the status of a city. From the merger of these two settlements, Naberezhnye Chelny was formed.
The city developed most intensively in the 1960-1970s, in the Brezhnev era. It was then that the city-forming enterprise for the production of KamAZ trucks was built. From the small town of Naberezhnye Chelny turned into the second largest settlement of the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic after Kazan. After the death of the Secretary General of the CPSU, in 1982, the city was renamed in his honor Brezhnev. But in 1988, Naberezhnye Chelny was returned to its former name.
Naberezhnye Chelny is the second inhabited locality in the region in terms of the number of residents and occupied space. It covers an area of 171 square meters. km, which housed a population of 526.8 thousand people. Its density is 3080.4 people / 1 sq. Km. km Since 2009, the population in the city is constantly growing.
Tatars and Russians also live here the most - 47.4% and 44.9% respectively. More than 1% of the total number are Chuvashs, Ukrainians and Bashkirs. Slightly less Udmurts, Mari and Mordovians.
Nizhnekamsk is the youngest city of Tatarstan
Nizhnekamsk has the title of the youngest city in the republic. The districts of Tatarstan cannot boast of a city that was founded later than it. The construction of Nizhnekamsk was planned in 1958. The beginning of the construction itself dates back to 1960.
Currently, in Nizhnekamsk, located on an area of 63.5 square meters. km, 236.2 thousand people live, which makes it the third most populated city in the region, after Kazan and Naberezhnye Chelny. The density is 3719.6 people / 1 sq. km
Tatars and Russians are approximately equal in number and make up 46.5% and 46.1%, respectively. Chuvash in the city of 3%, 1% of Bashkirs and Ukrainians.
The basis of the city’s economy is the petrochemical industry.
Almetyevsk - one of the oldest cities in Tatarstan
But the first village on the territory of modern Almetyevsk, on the contrary, was laid down relatively long ago. Originally it was called Almetyevo, and its foundation dates back to the 18th century. But the status of the city received only in 1953.
The population of Almetyevo is 152.6 thousand people. It is located on a territorial area of 115 square meters. km and has a density of 1327 people / 1 square. km
The vast majority are Tatars - 55.2%. Russians are slightly less - 37.1%. Then the Chuvashs and Mordovians go in numbers.
Zelenodolsk - a city on the Volga
The foundation of Zelenodolsk differs from the appearance of most other cities in Tatarstan in that it was laid not by the Russians or Tatars, but by the Mari. Its original name was Porat, then it was replaced by Kabachischi and Paratsk. In 1928 it received the name Zeleny Dol, and in 1932, in connection with the transformation into the city, Zelenodolsk.
The population in the city is 98.8 thousand people. with an area of 37.7 square meters. km, and density - 2617.6 people / 1 sq. km. km Among the nationalities, Russians (67%) and Tatars (29.1%) predominate.
Bugulma - district center
The district center of the Bugulma district is the city of Bugulma. The settlement in this place was founded in 1736, and it received the status of a city in 1781.
The population in Bugulma is 86.1 thousand inhabitants. The territory of the city is 27.87 square meters. km Density - 3088.8 people / 1 sq. Km. km In the national composition of the population, Russians and Tatars prevail.
