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Year of foundation: 1000 BC

Population: 887 thousand people (2019)

City area: 2,678 km2 (2020)

Time zone: GMT +3

Website: http://www.eskisehir-bld.gov.tr/

About the city:

Eskişehir is a large city in the north-west of Turkey. At the beginning of the 14th century, the city served as the third capital of the Ottoman Empire, and today it is the administrative center of the province of Eskişehir. Translated from Turkish, its name literally means «Old Town». The image of Eskişehir combines both antiquity and modernity, which only complement each other and create a harmonious picture. Its ancient Odunpazary district has become a true embodiment of centuries-old history. According to the decision of the Summit of the Heads of the Turkic-speaking states, in 2013 Eskisehir became the «Cultural capital of the Turkic World».

The city of Eskişehir has developed mechanical engineering and aircraft construction, as well as energy and metallurgical industries. The status of the scientific and educational center of Eskisehir was given by the Anatolian University, as well as the Yunus Emre Cultural Center and Osman Gazi University. The «Cultural House of Kazan Tatars» functions in the city.

Joint events, contacts:

The celebration of the Tatar national holiday Sabantuy is held in Eskisheher.

In 2013, the delegation of the Executive Committee of Kazan took part in the Days of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan in Eskişehir, in 2014 – in the closing ceremony of the year «Eskisehir – the cultural capital of the Turkic world».

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

On September 7, 2019, a delegation from Tatarstan took part in the opening of the Museum of Modern Art in Eskisehir. During the trip, the delegation of the Republic also held a meeting with the Mayor of Eskişehir Mr. Yılmaz Büyükerşen. The parties discussed further development of cooperation between the cities.

On September 23, 2020, representatives of Eskişehir took part in the Mayors’ Round Table «Smart City» within the framework of the forum Kazan Digial Week-2020.

On July 2-6, 2023, the delegation of Eskişehir, headed by the General Secretary of the Metropolitan Municipality of Eskişehir Ayshe Unlike arrived in Kazan to participate in the Forum «Rebus 2023: Economics of construction in the historical center». The delegation also included a member of the city council and Deputy Chairman Hasan Unal, Head of Strategy, Development Department Burhan Degirmencioglu, Chief Architect of Eskişehir Serkan Kara. During the visit, the guests visited the sights of Kazan and held a number of meetings.

The Chairman of the Eskisehir administration participated online in the work of the United Cities Forum (UCF), which was held on September 7-8, 2023 in Kazan as part of the International Forum «SPROUTS:Russia and China - mutually beneficial cooperation».

On June 21-23, 2024, a delegation from Eskişehir headed by Mayor of Eskişehir Ms. Ayşe Ünlüce, visited Kazan to participate in the International Forum of the BRICS+ Cities.

On February 6-8, 2025, a delegation from Eskisehir visited Kazan to participate in the international architectural and construction forum «Kazanysh».

On June 19, 2025, the «Kazan and Eskişehir Friendship Concert» was held in Kazan, a sister city of Turkey. Kazan was represented at the event by Radik Shafigullin, Deputy Head of the Kazan City Executive Committee. During the visit, an official meeting was also held with Ayşe Ünlüce, the Mayor of Eskişehir, during which Radik Shafigullin invited the Mayor to participate in the annual Kazan Digital Week 2025 International Forum.

On September 16-20, 2025, the delegation of Eskişehir to participate in the Round Table «How Digitalization is Transforming Cities» within the framework of Kazan Digital Week-2025, at which the Head of Strategy Development Department of Eskişehir Sıla Senem Bükülmez made a presentation.

On September 20-28, 2025, the delegation of Eskişehir took part in the BRICS Youth Festival. Within the framework of the festival, on September 23, the Meeting of the Committee on Youth Policy and Education of the BRICS+ Association of Cities and Municipalities took place, at which the Architect of the Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality Onur Adalioğlu made a presentation. 

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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 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.

On June 18-21, 2025, a delegation of the Volgograd administration headed by Deputy Chairman of the Volgograd City Duma Gennady Kuznetsov visited Kazan to exchange experience in the field of urban management.

On June 27, 2025, as part of the Russian Cycling Championship, the city of Kazan was visited by the former chairman of the Volgograd City Executive Committee of the Council of People's Deputies, honorary citizen of the hero city of Volgograd, Yuri Starovatykh.

On August 18, 2025, the Volgograd city team took part online in the Friendly Chess Tournament between teams from sister and partner cities of Russia and China as part of the III International Business Forum «SPROUTS: Russia and China – Mutually Beneficial Cooperation» and took 1st place in the individual competition among young men.

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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».

On August 18, 2025, the Grozny city team took part online in the Friendly Chess Tournament between teams from sister and partner cities of Russia and China as part of the III International Business Forum «SPROUTS: Russia and China – Mutually Beneficial Cooperation».

Photo: Administration of the Derbent City

Document: Cooperation agreement between the municipal formation of the city district «Derbent city» of the Republic of Dagestan and the municipal formation of the city of Kazan of the Republic of Tatarstan (2023)

Year of foundation: 438

Population: 125,832 (2023)

The area of the city: 69.63 km²

Time zone: GMT +3

Website: http://www.derbent.ru/

About city:

Derbent is one of the oldest and most beautiful cities of the North Caucasus. Settlements on this territory existed more than 5,000 years ago. The southernmost city in Russian Federation. It is located on the western coast of the Caspian Sea, on the Sukhodol river, north of the mouth of the Rubas River, where the mountains of the Greater Caucasus come closest to the Caspian Sea, leaving only narrow three-kilometer strip of plain. Closing it, the city formed the so-called Derbent or Caspian passage. In ancient times the role of Derbent and Derbent passage was great, it was situated in one of the most strategically significant and topographically convenient places of the famous Caspian Sea route connecting Eastern Europe and Near Sea.

Derbent fortress complex as monumental witness of the Migrant Period and outstanding monument of defensive architecture served a defensive function for 1,500 years. It includes the Naryn-Kala fortress, which completely blocked the passage and went into the sea, forming a port. In 2003, UNESCO recognized the old part of Derbent with traditional buildings as a World Heritage Site.

Joint actions, contacts:

Since 2008, Derbent has been a member of Eurasia Regional Section of the World organization UCLG and actively participates in events held by organization.

The signing ceremony of the agreement took place on October 7, 2023 in the Naryn-Kala fortress in Derbent. The document was signed by the Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin and the Head of Derbent Rustambek Pirmagomedov.

Derbent delegation took part in the Kazanysh International Architecture and Construction forum, which was held on December 5-7, 2023 in Kazan.