"GRUZOVOZOFF" branch office in Kazan


Address:
10 Rodina Str., 420089, Kazan, Russia


Telephone/Fax:
+7(8432) 73-37-76, 67-94-78, 67-94-85, 60-37-03, 60-37-32


E-mail:
kazan@gruzovozoff.ru


Open hours:
Monday - Friday: 9:00 - 19:00
Saturday: 10:00 - 16:00
Sunday: closed


Head of the branch office:
Andrei Dolgov

The foundation of Kazan is connected with the setting up of the first feudal state of the Volga Region - Volga Bulgaria - at the end of the 9th - the beginning of the 10th centuries. This state was founded by the ancient Bulgar tribes which arrived from the Black Sea Region. In the 11-12th centuries Volga Bulgaria became an important political center of the Middle and the Lower Volga Regions controlling the major Volga trade-route between forest zone of Biarmiya (White Sea Region), Baltic States and the Caspian Region. Archaeologists assert that Kazan was founded at the end of the 10th - the beginning of the 11th centuries. Probably it was the time of the foundation of Kerman, the Bulgaria outpost, at the northern frontier of Bulgaria, which passed along the Kazanka River. The city received its present-day name in the 14th century. In the 12th - 13th centuries Kazan occupied a wide area. There were many strong fortifications in Kazan such as wooden walls with towers and earthworks. Kazan could have remained border fortress, but history changed the course of events. In 1223-1240 the Bulgaria people stood up to the invasions of Mongolian Hordes. But as far as the forces were unequal, Bulgaria was conquered, its cities were destroyed and the economical and cultural life was undermined. The territory of ruined Volga Bulgaria became a part of the Golden Horde State but its capital of Bilyar did not recover from Mongolian destruction. Kazan however played an important strategic role and by the end of the 14th century was regenerated. After the collapse of the Golden Horde in the first half of the 15th century Kazan became the capital of the newly formed state, the Kazan Khanate. In 1552 troops of Ivan the Terrible conquered Kazan, and the territory of Kazan Khanate was integrated to Russia. The Russian tsar realized that Kazan was playing an important strategic role. He ordered the construction of strong fortifications around the city. In 1708 Kazan became the center of the Province, and in the middle of the 18th century it was one of the largest province centers of Russia. It was not only an important political and administrative center of Kazan, but the cultural capital of the Region. In the 19th century many large enterprises were founded in Kazan. Those companies worked in various industries of economy, such as agriculture and metal production, woodworking, soap making, flax spinning and weaving etc. On August 30, 2005 Kazan will celebrate its 1000th anniversary. This memorial date is historically significant not only for Kazan, Tatarstan and Russian people, but for the whole world, because Kazan is a multinational city. It has a great variety of nationalities, confessions and religious associations on its territory. Historical dates: In 1399 the capital of the Kazan Khanate was destroyed by troops of Moscow prince Yuri Dmitrievich. The city was re-edified in the first half of the 15th century. In 1556 an artel of Russian masters started the construction of a new white stone Kremlin in place of the old wooden one. In 1722 Peter the Great visited Kazan on his way to Persia. In 1774 troops of Yemelian Pugatchov conquered and burned down the city. In 1804 by Decree of Alexander I the Kazan University was founded. It is one of the first Universities of Russia. In 1898 the first tramway started in Kazan.