Хакимов Ильсур, 5 класс МАОУ Гимназия №16 г.Люберцы, Московская область

1. Gymnasium №16 «Interest»
The Tatarstan
Republic
Prepared:
Khakimov Ilsur 5a
Teacher:
Jurkevishene A.S.
2014-2015

2. Geographic Location
Тatarstan is situated in the Eastern part of the
East European Plain at the confluence of two
biggest rivers – the Volga and the Kama.
The total area of the republic is 6783,7 thousand
hectares.

3. Territory
Tatarstan territory is a high stepped plain divided by
dense network of river valleys.
17 per cent of the republic territory is covered with
forests consisting of broad-leaved trees (oak, lime,
birch, aspen).

4. The soil and the climate
The soil varies from grey forest podsol to different
kinds of black earth soil.
The climate is moderate-continental with warm
summer and cold-temperate winter.

5. The National Flag
The national Flag of the Republic Tatarstan
represents rectangle cloth with horizontal
strips of green, white and red colours.

6. The State Emblem
The State Emblem of the Republic of
Tatarstan represents the image of a
winged leopard with a round shield on
one side, with the raised right forepaw
on a background of a disk of the sun
placed in a frame from the Tatar
national ornament in which basis an
inscription "Tatarstan", wings consist
of seven feathers, the socket on a
shield consists of eight petals.

7. Population
According to the 2010 All-Russian Population
Census Tatarstan’s population makes 3,786,400
people.

8. Nationalites
Tatarstan is one of Russia’s
most ethnically diverse areas.
Representatives of over 173
ethnic groups live here: Tatars,
Russians, Chuvashes, Udmurts,
Mordovians, Maris, Ukrainians
and Bashkirs.

9. History
• The Kazan Khanate emerged in 1438 and
was incorporated to Russia in 1552.
• In 1920 the Tatar Autonomous Soviet
Socialist Republic was declared.

10. Culture
The combination of at least three types of
cultural interaction (Turkic, Russian-
Slavic and Finno-Ugric) defines the
uniqueness of this area, has the
originality of cultural and historical
values.

11. Culture
Destinies of many outstanding cultural workers
are intertwined with Tatarstan: singer Feodor
Chaliapin, writers Leo Tolstoy, Sergey Aksakov
and Maxim Gorky, Vasily Aksenov, poets Evgeny
Boratinsky, Gavriil Derzhavin, Marina Tsvetaeva
and Nikita Zabolotsky, artists Ivan Shishkin and
Nikolay Feshin. Such classics of Tatar poetry as
Gabdulla Tukay, hero and poet Musa Jalil,
composers Farid Yarullin, Salih Saidashev, Nazib
Zhiganov, Sofia Gubaidulina and many others
made the Tatar culture famous.

12. Religion
The traditional religions of the
Republic of Tatarstan are Islam
and Orthodox Christianity.
Catholicism, Protestantism,
Judaism and other confessions
are also presented in Tatarstan.

13. Economy
• Тatarstan is one of the most economically
developed regions in Russia.
• There manufacturing synthetic rubber, tyres,
polyethylene, heavy trucks, helicopters, aircrafts,
aircraft engines, compressors, oil-gas-pumping
equipment, river and sea vessels, commercial
and motor cars), development of electric and
radio instrument engineering.

14. Education
• Moreover there are 1431 schools with 361,
000 pupils.
• 49 branches of higher educational
institutions, of which 27 are state and 22
non-state, are working in the republic.

15. The end