Kazan

Ka·zan  (k-zn, -zän)

A city of west-central Russia on the Volga River east of Moscow. Founded in 1401, the modern city became the capital of a powerful Tartar khanate in 1455 but was conquered by Czar Ivan IV in 1552. In the 18th century it was an outpost of Russian colonization to the east. Population: 1,110,000.

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Kazan, Elia 1909-2003.

Turkish-born American stage and film director whose credits include Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire (1947) and the movies On the Waterfront (1954) and East of Eden (1955).

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Kazan [kəˈzæn -ˈzɑːn (Russian) kaˈzanj]

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(Placename) a city in W Russia, capital of the Tatar Autonomous Republic on the River Volga: capital of an independent khanate in the 15th century; university (1804); a major industrial centre. Pop.: 1 100 800 (1999 est.)

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Kazan²

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(Biographies / Kazan, Elia (1909 M, USnational of birth: Turkish, THEATRE: stage director, FILMS AND TV: director, WRITING: writer) Elia (ˈiːljə), real name Elia Kazanjoglous born 1909, US stage and film director and writer, born in Turkey. His films include Gentleman's Agreement (1947) and On the Waterfront (1954) for both of which he won Oscars, and East of Eden (1955).

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Kazan - United States stage and screen director (born in Turkey) and believer in method acting (1909-2003) Elia Kazan, Elia Kazanjoglous
	2.	Kazan - an industrial city in the European part of Russia Russian Federation, Russia - a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state