Kazan (disambiguation)

Kazan is the capital city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia.

Kazan may also refer to:

Places

 * Kazan, Ankara, former name of Kahramankazan, a suburb and a metropolitan district of Ankara, Turkey
 * Kazan River, a river in the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut, Canada
 * Kazan Region, a physiographic province of Canada
 * Kazan Urban Okrug, a municipal formation into which the city of republic significance of Kazan in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia is incorporated


 * Great Kazan and Small Kazan gorges, part of the Iron Gates gorge of the Danube River
 * Old Kazan or İske Qazan, a historic town in modern-day Tatarstan
 * Kazan Wildland Park, a provincial park in Alberta, Canada
 * Kāsān, alternative name of the village of Kesar in Gilan Province, Iran
 * Kazan-retto, a Japanese island group aka the Volcano Islands

Airports

 * Kazan International Airport, southeast of Kazan
 * Kazan-2 Airport, older airfield now in the northeastern part of the city
 * Kazan-Borisoglebskoye or Borisoglebskoye Airfield, an experimental airfield north of the city

Arts, entertainment, and media

 * Kazan (1921 film), a lost silent film
 * Kazan (1949 film), an American drama film
 * Kazan (novel), a 1914 book by James Oliver Curwood


 * Kazan (manga), a manga by Gaku Miyao
 * Kazan, a character in the 1997 movie Cube

Historical formations

 * Khanate of Kazan (1438–1552), a medieval state in Europe
 * Kazan Governorate (1708–1920), a division of the Tsardom of Russia, the Russian Empire, and the early Russian SFSR
 * Kazan Principality, a principality within Volga Bulgaria and the Golden Horde

People

 * Emperor Kazan (968–1008), Japanese emperor
 * Abraham E. Kazan (1889–1971), American trade union activist
 * Elia Kazan (1909–2003), American theatre and film director
 * Frances Kazan, English-born author
 * Lainie Kazan (born 1940), American actress
 * Molly Kazan (1906–1963), American dramatist and playwright
 * Nicholas Kazan (born 1945), American writer, producer, and director
 * Rabia Kazan (born 1976), Turkish journalist
 * Vangelis Kazan (1936/1938–2008), Greek character actor
 * Watanabe Kazan (1793–1841), Japanese politician and painter
 * Zoe Kazan (born 1983), American actress and playwright

Other uses

 * Our Lady of Kazan, Orthodox icon of the Theotokos
 * Kazan (cookware), a type of large cooking pot
 * FC Rubin Kazan, a Russian football club based in the city of Kazan, Tatarstan republic
 * Russian submarine Kazan (K-561)
 * Kazan Helicopters, a Russian helicopter design bureau and manufacturer
 * SS Kazan, a Hansa A Type cargo ship in service 1946-73