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Document: Protocol on Cooperation between Twin Cities (2003)

Year of foundation: 150 BC

City area: 1,417 km2

Population: 2.4 million people (2020)

Time zone: GMT +3

Website: www.antalya.gov.tr

 

About the city:

Antalya is a resort and port city in southern Turkey on the Mediterranean coast, the administrative center of Antalya province. The main sectors of the economy are agriculture, tourism, trade and light industry. Antalya is an ancient city with a rich history and interesting sights, some of which belong to the ancient period. The symbol of the city is the Yivli Mosque with a high minaret.

 

Joint events, contacts:

There are active exchange of official delegations, mutual participation in forums and conferences. Exchange of experience in the field of heritage preservation, tourism, construction, education, museum exchange. Kazan and Antalya are connected by regular flights.

In February 2017, representatives of Kazan took part in the 24th International Exhibition of Food and Beverages.

As part of the promotion of Kazan on the international tourism market in 2018, information booklets about Kazan in Turkish were developed. They were subsequently sent to the tourist centers of Antalya.

On May 14, 2018, a branch of the Museum of Socialist Life was opened on the basis of a Private Moscow International School in Antalya.

Fr om October 11 to October 14, 2018, the delegation of Kazan participated in the Festival of Old Cities in Antalya, wh ere it presented its tourism potential.

In 2019, the branch of the Kazan Museum of Socialist Life in Antalya on the territory of the Moscow International School opened the Pushkin Museum for the 220th anniversary of his birth, as well as the Museum of Andrei Karlov (Russian diplomat).

On June 23, 2019, the Tatar national holiday Sabantuy was celebrated in Antalya.

In 2019, a week of Turkish cinema was held in Kazan.

From November 13 to December 14, 2020, the exhibition «Kaftan. Costumes of the Ottoman Empire through the eyes of modern Turkish designers». The exhibition presented reconstructions of the original Ottoman palace costumes created by designers of the Scientific and Educational Institute for the Study of Traditional Turkish Clothing and Art - the Olgunlashma Institute of Antalya and the Olgunlashma Sabanji Institute. The exhibition is organized by the Consulate General of the Republic of Turkey in Kazan in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan with the support of the State Historical, Architectural and Art Museum-Reserve n Kremlin», th«Kazae Institute named after Yunus Emre (Turkey).

On September 6-8, 2024, Kazan took part in the third International gastronomic festival Food Fest Antalya. The tourism and gastronomic potential of the capital of Tatarstan was presented by Director of the Committee for Tourism Development of Kazan Daria Sannikova, and the masterpieces of Tatar national cuisine were prepared under the guidance of the talented chef Alexander Ilyichev. As part of the visit to the sister city of Antalya, a meeting was held at the City Hall with the Deputy Secretary General of the Mayor in charge of tourism, Mr. Mustafa Gurbuz, and the Consul General of the Russian Federation in Antalya, Sergei Vetrik. They discussed further cooperation and plans for the development of tourism between the cities.

On October 11-13, 2024, a delegation from Kazan visited Antalya. The capital of Tatarstan was represented by Deputy Head of the City Executive Committee Guzel Sagitova and Head of the Education Department Irek Rizvanov. During the visit, a meeting was held with the Mayor of Antalya Mukhittin Becek and with the Vice Mayor of Antalya for Social Affairs Mustafa Gürbuz, with whom they agreed on cooperation.

On February 21, 2024, the Consulate General of the Kyrgyz Republic has opened in Kazan, the scope of which will cover the territories of Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, Mari El, Mordovia, Chuvashia, Udmurtia and Ulyanovsk region. The Council General is Eric Beishembiev. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan, Jeenbek Kulubaev, arrived at the opening ceremony as an honorary guest. The Secretary of Kazan City Duma Albina Rafikova greeted everyone gathered from the Kazan City Hall. 

On May 14, 2024, the Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin met with the Consul General of the Kyrgyz Republic in Kazan Erik Beishembiev at the city executive committee. The parties discussed prospects for cooperation in various areas: in the field of economics, urban management, socio-cultural sphere, etc.

In 2024, Lyceum No. 121 named after Hero of the Soviet Union Sabir Akhtyamov of Kazan and the national center for children and youth “Seitek” of Bishkek and school No. 24 of Bishkek held an online international conference by Chingiz Aitmatov, an international video conference between Tatarstan and Kyrgyzstan with creative teams of the national center for children and youth “Seytek”.

On February 6-8, 2025, a delegation from Bishkek headed by the mayor of the city, Aybek Dzhunushaliev, visited Kazan to participate in the international architectural and construction forum «Kazanysh». The Mayor of Bishkek made a presentation at the plenary session: «Vigorous Cities: Unity of Diversity». Chief Architect of Bishkek Urmat Karybaev made a speech at the first meeting of the Architecture and Urban Development Committee of the Association of BRICS+ Cities and Municipalities, an association of chief architects of BRICS+ cities and at the panel session: «Enhancing investment attractiveness of development projects through effective city-planning policies».

 

Documents: Protocol of Intent between the Executive Power of Baku and the City of Kazan (2003)

Year of foundation: 400

Population: 2.2 million (2020)

Аrea: 2140 km² (2021)

Time Zone: GMT +4

Website: http://www.baku-ih.gov.az/

About the city:

Baku is the capital of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the largest port on the Caspian Sea and the largest city in the Caucasus. The largest industrial and economic center of Transcaucasia. Baku combines the dynamics of modern life and tradition of a rich culture. Within the territory of the Old City and in its vicinity one can see numerous monuments belonging to different epochs, religions and cultures. The main industries that ensure the economic development of the city are international trade, oil refining, chemical, engineering, food and textile industry.

Joint events, contacts:

The administration of Baku took an active part in the Great Volga Way project.

In 2011, the Kazan delegation studied the experience of urban development in Baku.

In 2014 the cooperation between the representatives of the construction sector of Kazan and the Azerbaijani side developed.

In 2014 representatives of Kazan visited Baku and discussed the prospects of cooperation in the field of tourism.

From April 6 to 8, 2017 in Baku, a delegation from Kazan took part in the XVI International Azerbaijani Tourist Exhibition "AITF" and received a certificate from the organizers of the exhibition for the best presentation of the city.

On October 25, 2018, the Kazan delegation met with representatives of the Tatar diaspora in Baku.

From April 4 to April 6, 2023, Baku hosted the international travel fair “Travel and Tourism” AITF 2023, which brought together leading tourism industry experts from 15 countries. Kazan, together with colleagues from St. Petersburg, the Leningrad region and Moscow, presented travel offers for travel around Russia.

On the eve of the start of the 2024 tourist season, information with an invitation to visit Kazan was posted on the social networks of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Tatarstan in Azerbaijan and the Russian house in Baku. Banners with an invitation to visit the city of Kazan were installed in Azerbaijan.

On June 21-23, 2024, a delegation from Baku headed by Anar Tagiev, the head of the department on working with territorial administration bodies and local self-government, visited Kazan to participate in the International Forum of the BRICS+ Cities. 

From September 8 to 11, 2024, in order to get acquainted with the experience and best practices in the field of architecture, urban planning and improvement of public spaces, a delegation from the Republic of Azerbaijan visited Kazan. 

On September 11-13, 2024, an employee of the Azerbaijani Translation Center under the Cabinet of Ministers of the country, writer, journalist and translator Etimad Bashkechid took part in the BRICS Literary Forum “World Literature in the New Reality. Dialogue of traditions, national values and cultures. These days, Etimad Bashkechid plans to collect a list of significant Tatar authors from the Chairman of the Union of Writers of Tatarstan Rkail Zaidullin in order to subsequently translate their works into the Azerbaijani language.

Document: Treaty of Friendship (1988)

Year of foundation: 1031

Population: 248 thousand (2020)

Area: 192.7 km² (2020)

Time zone: GMT +1

Website: https://www.braunschweig.de/english/index.php

 

About the city:

The Braunschweig region is currently an important European educational and scientific center. In 2007 Braunschweig was awarded the honorary title of "City of Science" by the Association of Science Foundations of Germany. One of the great mathematicians, Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855), was born in Braunschweig.

 

Joint activities, contacts:

Annual exchange of groups of schoolchildren.

Joint sports festivals and competitions.

In 2018, a presentation of the tourist potential of Kazan was organized in Braunschweig.

On June 25, 2018, a meeting with the delegation of Braunschweig was held at the Kazan City Hall.

On October 30, 2018, the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the twinning ties between the cities was held in Braunschweig.

On October 29, 2018, a bronze plate with the coat of arms of Kazan was unveiled on the main street of Braunschweig in front of the city hall.

From June 20 to 23, 2019, a cultural night was held in Braunschweig, which was attended by artists from Kazan: the Panther dance ensemble, composer Elmir Nizamov and singer Elmira Kalimullina.

In December 2019, information about the New Year traditions of Kazan was posted on the official website of Braunschweig.

On October 19-20, 2020, Gerhard Vermes, head of the Braunschweig Department of Public Health, and Barbara Frisch, an employee of the Braunschweig Department of International Relations, took part in the BRICS Twinned Cities and Municipalities Forum 2020.

Besides, in 2020 information about Kazan's New Year's traditions was posted on the official website of Braunschweig (in the "Twin Cities Traditions" section).

The year 2021 saw the election of the Mayor of Braunschweig, Mr. Thorsten Kornblum, for the position of Oberbűrgermeister. The Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin exchanged greetings and discussed a plan of twinning relations development.

In January 2022, a program for the development of partnership relations was signed, providing for the exchange of groups of schoolchildren.

In March 2022 a letter was received from the Mayor of Braunschweig Mr. Thosten Kornblum about his readiness to support the further development of relations between the cities.

Document: Agreement between the Kazan City Administration and the Volgograd City Administration on trade, economic, scientific, technical, and cultural cooperation (2005)

Year of foundation: 1589

Population: 1 million people. (2020)

Area of the city: 859.353 km² (2021)

Time zone: GMT +3

Website: http://www.volgadmin.ru/

 

About the city:

Volgograd is a Hero-City. Here is the main height of Russia Mamaev Kurgan and the sculptural composition The Motherland Calls, recognized as one of the seven wonders of Russia, a unique museum-panorama The Battle of Stalingrad, Pavlov's House and many other memorable places of military history. In Volgograd you can find the biggest river island in Europe, the only in Russia underground tramway, which occupies the fourth line in the list of the most interesting streetcar routes according to Forbes magazine, the largest river port in Europe, unique museums and the famous dancing bridge over the Volga. There is also the world's largest monument to a real man - a monument to Lenin, 57 meters high, set at the entrance to the Volga-Don Canal, the longest street in Russia - More than 50 km long, the longest house in the world, which length is 1142 meters. The conclusion of the twinning agreement between Volgograd (Stalingrad) and Coventry in 1944 marked the beginning of the international movement of twin cities. In 2018, Volgograd hosted four matches of the FIFA World Cup.

 

Joint activities, contacts:

Volgograd is a member of UCLG-Eurasia since 2006 and the Association of Cities of the Volga Region since 2005, is active within the framework of these organizations.

Actively participated in the Great Volga Way project.

From May 26 to 28, 2016 Volgograd City Duma Deputy, Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Youth Policy, Sports and Tourism Irina Fomina took part in the Executive Bureau of UCLG and made a report at a meeting of the Association of Volga region cities.

Participant of the 2016 press tour.

In 2016, the Agreement on mutual cooperation in the field of tourism between the Committee for Tourism Development of Kazan and the Committee of Youth Policy and Tourism of Volgograd was signed.

On September 23, 2020 the deputy head of Volgograd Sergey Razumniy took part (as a listener) in the work of the Mayors’ Round Table of Smart City within the framework of the International forum KAZAN DIGITAL WEEK - 2020.

On October 19-20, 2020, the specialists from Volgograd represented by Sergey Ushakov, Deputy Head of the Foreign and Regional Relations Department of the Volgograd Mayor's Office, and Alexander Kiselev, Head of the Regional Relations Department of the Foreign and Regional Relations Department of the Volgograd Mayor's Office, took part (as listeners) in the Forum of Twin Cities and Municipal Entities of BRICS - 2020.

In October-November 2020, the Kazan Tourism Development Promotion Committee conducted a joint project with Volgograd. In the streets of Volgograd a banner advertisement appeared, inviting residents and guests of the city to visit the capital of Tatarstan. Kazan, in turn, also placed similar Volgograd banners on several billboards.

On December 18, 2020, Andrey Lyakh, Deputy Mayor of Volgograd, took part in the General Meeting of Members of the Association of Cities of the Volga Region held in Kazan.

On September, 24th, 2021, Oleg Teteriatnik, the Deputy Mayor of Volgograd, took part in the General Meeting of the Association of the Volga Region Cities in Nizhny Novgorod.

On October, 30th, 2021 the staff of the Committee on tourism development of Kazan made a presentation of Kazan city at the round table on activities of city administrations on development of domestic tourism on the Volga and the Volga river in the conditions of COVID-19, organized by the Volgograd city administration and the Association of Volga region cities.

A representative of the Volgograd City Administration took part in the General Meeting of the Association of Volga Region Cities held on May 26, 2022 in Izhevsk.

On October 27 - 28, 2022, a delegation from Volgograd visited Kazan to exchange experience in information technology, landscaping, architecture and urban planning.

In 2022, advertising of the Kazan bicycle ride «Night Bike Fest» was organized on media facades of Volgograd.

On October 6, 2023, the General Meeting of the Association of Volga Cities was held in Perm, and was personally attended by the Chairman of the Volgograd City Council Vladlen Kolesnikov.

On June 21-22, 2024, the head of Volgograd Vladimir Marchenko visited Kazan to participate in the International Forum of the BRICS+ Cities.

The delegation of the city of Volgograd, headed by the director of secondary school No. 54 of the Sovetsky district of Volgograd, Nadezhda Belibikhina, took part in the session “School Exchanges as a Key for Intermunicipal Cooperation” within the framework of the II International Forum “SPROUTS: Russia and China - Mutually Beneficial Cooperation”, which took place November 14-15, 2024. A team of chess players from Volgograd took part in a chess tournament within the Forum and took 2nd place in the team competition.

On May 14-16, 2025, the General Meeting of the Association of Volga Cities was held in the hero city of Volgograd. The three-day forum was dedicated to the exchange of experience and best municipal practices of representatives of 30 Volga cities. The city of Kazan was represented by the Deputy Mayor of Kazan Evgeniya Lodvigova and the Head of the Department of Inter-Municipal Cooperation and Toponymy of International Relations Department of the Kazan City Duma Ramil Salavatullin.

Document: Agreement on Friendship and Cooperation (2012), Agreement on intermunicipal cooperation (2022), Agreement on mutual cooperation in the field of tourism between the Committee for Tourism Development of Kazan  and the Ministry of the Chechen Republic for Tourism (2024)

Year of foundation: 1818

Population: 305 thousand people. (2020)

Area of the city: 324 km² (2021)

Time zone: GMT +3

Website: http://www.grozmer.ru/

About the city:

The city of Grozny is the capital of the Chechen Republic. One of the major cities of the North Caucasus.

In the 19th century Grozny was not only the administrative center of the Chechen District, but also the largest industrial center in the North Caucasus, the center of oil production and refining. Today the capital of the Chechen Republic is a modern, well-appointed city with almost 300,000 inhabitants, green public gardens, residential quarters that have grown from the ruins, and social facilities that function perfectly. The mosque Heart of Chechnya named after Akhmad Kadyrov, built in 2006 in the center of Grozny and opened to the public in 2008, has become one of the largest in the world. In 2015, the Fortress Grozny driving range was opened, hosting international level competitions.

Joint events, contacts:

Grozny has been a member of the UCLG-Eurasia since 2005.

In 2012 Grozny representatives paid an official visit to Kazan in order to exchange experience in the implementation of municipal programs and the development of municipal services.

On May 25 - 28, 2016 the delegation of Grozny took part in the Executive Bureau of UCLG.

On April 27, 2019, Kazan took part in the III International Festival of Tourism and Active Recreation «Shashlyk-mashlyk» under the brand of the famous gastronomic festival «Tasty Kazan». The Kazan delegation, headed by the Director of the Committee for Tourism Development Daria Sannikova, included representatives of the Kazan Cooperative Institute and the Brew Barrel restaurant. An agreement was reached with the Ministry of Tourism of the Chechen Republic on mutual cooperation and exchange of info tours among tour operators.

Grozny provided great support to Kazan in Durban (South Africa) in November 2019 when Kazan Mayor Ilsur Metshin was elected President of the UN Advisory Council on Local Governance.

On September 23, 2020 the First Deputy Mayor of Grozny Magomed-Ali Turaev took part (as a listener) in the Mayors’ Round Table within the International Forum Kazan Digital Week - 2020.

A bilateral banner exchange was held in April 2021.

On May 11-13, 2022, Kazan hosted the Days of Chechen Culture in the Republic of Tatarstan with the participation of Aishat Kadyrova, Minister of Culture of the Chechen Republic. Aishat Kadyrova met with Rustam Minnikhanov, Head of Tatarstan, and also held a meeting with Irada Ayupova, Minister of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan. The Chechen delegation visited cultural institutions in Kazan. Azat Abzalov, head of the Culture Department of the Kazan Executive Committee, presented the cultural sector of Kazan at the Saidash Cultural Center.

First Deputy Chairman of the Grozny City Council Magomed-Ali Turaev was a part of the delegation of the Eurasian Branch of UCLG, headed by the Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin, and took part in the World Congress of Local and Regional Authorities in Daejeon on October 10 - 14, 2022.

On June 10, 2022, a delegation from Grozny, including the Mayor of Grozny Khas-Magomed Kadyrov and the Mayor of Argun Iles Masayev, visited Kazan. Over the course of four days, the guests studied the experience of Kazan in solving local issues in various areas of urban economy, particularly, in the areas of landscaping, construction, housing and communal services, industry and economy. The delegation of the Chechen Republic also met with the Head of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov.

Within the framework of the Grozny delegation, an agreement on inter-municipal cooperation between Kazan and Grozny was signed.

The signed agreement provides preparation and holding of joint events to strengthen friendship and cooperation between the residents of the two cities. Kazan and Grozny plan to exchange information on programs and technologies that are being implemented and introduced in the two capitals, as well as to cooperate in other areas of urban economy to study the best municipal practices.

On October 5, 2022, representatives of the municipal educational system of Kazan participated in the celebration dedicated to the 204th anniversary of founding of the city of Grozny.

From April 25 to April 29, 2023, the delegation of the municipal educational system of Grozny, consisting of 12 people, made a working visit to familiarize with the educational institutions of Kazan.

On May 25 - 26, 2023, the delegation of Grozny administration headed by Magomed-Ali Turaev, took part in the Eurasian training «Eurasian Cities and Global Trends» held in Kazan.

The Chief Architect of Grozny took part in the International Architectural and Construction Forum «Kazanysh», which was held in Kazan on December 5 - 7, 2023.

On December 16, 2023, the Kazan delegation took part in the tourism exhibition of the North Caucasus Federal District in the format of Workshop «Open Caucasus – 2023», which was held in Grozny. Aliya Zhavoronkova, Head of the Promotion Department of the Tourism Development Committee of Kazan, made a presentation of the tourism potential of Kazan at the business part of the program.

On June 21-23, 2024, the delegation of Grozny headed by Khas-Magomed Kadyrov, the Mayor of Grozny, visited Kazan to participate in the International Forum of the BRICS+ Cities. As part of the Forum in Kazan, the opening of the Representative Office of the Head of the Chechen Republic in Tatarstan took place.

Deputy Head of the Department for Physical Culture, Sports and Youth Policy of the City Hall of Grozny Said Goltakov took part as listener in the session “School Exchanges as a Key for Intermunicipal Cooperation” within the framework of the II International Forum “SPROUTS: Russia and China - Mutually Beneficial Cooperation”, which was held on November 14-15, 2024 in Kazan. A team of chess players from Grozny took part in a chess tournament as part of the Forum.

On December 14, the tourism exhibition “Open Caucasus - 2024” took place in Grozny, at which the capital of Tatarstan was represented by the Committee for Tourism Development of Kazan. During the visit to Grozny, several events were held from Kazan: the signing of an agreement on mutual cooperation in the field of tourism between the Committee for Tourism Development of Kazan and the Ministry of Tourism of the Chechen Republic, a drawing of branded souvenirs, the organization of a stand of Kazan with authentic souvenirs, a presentation of the tourist potential of Kazan, and also, the organization of a culinary master class.

In 2024, within the framework of an agreement on network interaction and cooperation dated June 11, 2022, the municipal budgetary educational institution “Multidisciplinary Gymnasium No. 189 “Zaman”” of the Kirovsky district of Kazan and the state budgetary educational institution “Republican Complex of General and Additional Education “Kvant” of Grozny interacted in educational and cultural fields, as well as in the field of the Olympiad movement.

On February 6-8, 2025, the Chief Architect of Grozny, Alikhan Tokshaev, visited Kazan to participate in the international architectural and construction forum «Kazanysh».