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Qalubiya (Arab Republic of Egypt)Expand Collapse
Photo: commons.wikimedia.org
Document: Fraternity Agreement (2001)
Population: 5.6 million (2017)
Area of the city: 1124 km² (2017)
Time Zone: GMT +2
Website: http://www.kalyobiya.gov.eg/home.html
About the city:
Qalubiya is a governorate (administrative region) in the Arab Republic of Egypt, located in the north of the country. Qalubiya governorate consists of 8 districts, 2 cities, 2 separate urban districts and 46 rural local communities, which include 195 villages and 901 small settlements. The administrative center is the city of Benha. Agriculture plays an important role in the Qalubiya economy. The region's main industry is concentrated in the city of Shubra El Heima, where there is an electric cable factory, a plastics factory, an automobile plant, a refinery, and food and metal processing plants. In addition, the city of Abu Zaabal has a fertilizer production and chemical industry.
Joint activities, contacts:
Exchange of delegations in the health sector.
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Minsk (Republic of Belarus)Expand CollapseOn June 21-23, 2024, a delegation from Minsk headed by Nadezhda Lazarevich, the First Deputy Chairman of the Minsk City Executive Committee, visited Kazan to participate in the International Forum of the BRICS+ Cities.
Photo: common.wikimedia.org
Document: Agreement on Cooperation in the Economic, Scientific, Technical and Cultural Fields (1997), Agreement on the establishment of sister city relations and cooperation between the cities of Kazan of the Republic of Tatarstan (Russian Federation) and Minsk (Republic of Belarus) (2024).
Year of foundation: 1067
Population: 2 million (2021)
Area: 348.84 km² (2021)
Time zone: GMT +3
Website: http://www.minsk.gov.by/
About the city:
Minsk is the capital of Belarus, the administrative center of the Minsk agglomeration, the Hero City. During its rich history, Minsk has seen eras of prosperity and decline, and was both the rich capital of the principality, and the provincial town. Today it is the largest transportation hub, a political, economic, cultural and scientific center of the country. Minsk is home to the High Tech Park. More than 500 IT companies are located there, including the largest ones: EPAM, Wargaming, ISsoft, IBA Group.
Joint events, contacts:
On May 30, 2014, a meeting of representatives of executive committees of Kazan and Minsk was held at the Kazan City Hall. During the meeting they discussed the exchange of experience in the field of tourism and economy.
From April 4 to April 7, 2018, Kazan took part in the International Spring Fair of Tourist Services "Recreation-2018" held by the Ministry of Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Belarus in Minsk. The guests of the fair were treated the traditional Tatar dessert chak-chak and were introduced to the city through 3D glasses. The solemn signing of the agreement on cooperation in the sphere of tourism development between the Committee for Tourism Development of Kazan and the Republican Union of Tourism Industry of the Republic of Belarus took place in the framework of the event as well. A presentation of the tourist potential of Kazan was held for the leading tour operators of the Republic of Belarus and visitors to the exhibition on April 6.
Since December 14, 2018, Kazan and Minsk have been connected by a new railway route. The route covers such cities as Smolensk, Tula, Ryazhsk, Penza, Syzran and Ulyanovsk.
From September 19 to 12, 2019, a delegation from Minsk Tractor Works took part in the XIV International Foundrymen's Congress and the Casting 2019 exhibition in Kazan.
On September 23, 2020, representatives of Minsk took part in the Smart City Mayors’ Round Table within the framework of the international forum Kazan Digital Week-2020.
On August 16, 2022, Victor Shchetko, Head of the Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in the Russian Federation in Kazan, and Evgeniya Lodvigova, Deputy Head of the Kazan, met at the Kazan City Hall. The parties discussed new opportunities for the implementation of joint projects and further prospects of cooperation between the capital of Tatarstan and the Republic of Belarus, in particular, the development of twinning ties between Kazan and Minsk, cooperation in the field of urban passenger transport, exchange of experience in the field of urban economy and others.
In September 2022 a video message was sent by the Deputy Mayor of Kazan Evgeniya Lodvigova on the occasion of the 955th anniversary of Minsk.
On December 15-18, 2022, a delegation from Minsk visited Kazan headed by G.N.Lavrinovich, Deputy Chairman of the Education Committee of the Minsk City. The guests familiarized themselves with the education system of the capital of Tatarstan, as well as with the work of the Department of Food and Social Nutrition.
In 2022, schools of Minsk city took part in the video conference mode in the festival "Day of Peace", in the forum dedicated to the Volunteer Day, in the teleconference "Victory Day", which were organized on the basis of Tatar-Russian secondary comprehensive school № 10 with advanced study of individual subjects of Privolzhsky district of Kazan.
The team of Lyceum № 177 of the Novo-Savinovsky District of Kazan took first place in the international competition of young traffic inspectors. The competition between schoolchildren from Kazakhstan, Belarus and Russia was held in Minsk from May 23 to 27, 2023.
On September 20-21, 2023 an official delegation from Minsk headed by the First Deputy Chairman of the Minsk City Executive Committee Nadezhda Lazarevich arrived in Kazan on a working visit. The head of the delegation made a report at the Mayors' Round Table "Artificial Intelligence in City Management" within the framework of the International Forum Kazan Digital Week-2023. Guests from Belarus familiarized themselves with the work of city structures, and also held a meeting with the Deputy Mayor of Kazan Evgeniya.Lodvigova, during which they agreed to develop cooperation between the cities.
Delegation from Minsk took part in the International Architectural and Construction Forum "Kazanysh", which was held on December 5-7, 2023 in Kazan.
On December 4-5, 2024, the Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin took an official visit to Minsk, during which the Kazan delegation visited municipal facilities. On December 5, the Mayor of Kazan, Ilsur Metshin, and the Chairman of the Minsk Executive Committee, Vladimir Kukharev, signed an agreement on establishing sister city relations and cooperation between the cities and discussed further cooperation in various fields.In 2024, Tatar-Russian secondary school No. 10 with in-depth study of individual subjects of Kazan Privolzhsky district and school No. 121 of Minsk held online meetings, friendship teleconferences with the aim of exchanging experience in educational and educational processes, developing partnerships between schools, and unlocking the potential of students.
In 2024, within the framework of the cooperation agreement dated April 1, 2024, Gymnasium No. 183 of the Sovetsky district of Kazan and secondary school No. 121 of Minsk carried out joint projects.
On February 6-8, 2025, the Chief Architect of Minsk Victor Gutko visited Kazan to participate in the international architectural and construction forum «Kazanysh» and to deliver a report 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.
On April 9-13, 2025, a delegation of the Kazan City Duma headed by the Secretary of the Kazan City Duma Albina Rafikova visited Minsk to exchange experiences. The visit was organized within the framework of international cooperation and is aimed at strengthening partnerships and studying the best practices of Belarusian colleagues in the field of patriotic education, tourism, culture and industrial development.
On June 8-10, 2025, the Days of Minsk were held in Kazan, within the framework of which a business forum “Minsk and Kazan: twinning is a new driver of development with the participation of the business communities of the cities, a football match between the teams of the cities, a theatrical and musical project “Beauty of the Belarusian Land”, an exhibition and fair of Belarusian goods were held. The Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin and the Chairman of the Minsk City Executive Committee Vladimir Kukharev signed the Program for the Development of Inter-Municipal Cooperation for 2025-2027.
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Nizhny NovgorodExpand Collapse
Photo: Official website of Nizhny Novgorod
Document: Treaty of Cooperation (1997)Year of foundation: 1221
Population: 1.2 million (2020)
Area of the city: 466 km² (2021)
Time zone: GMT +3
Website: http://нижнийновгород.рф/
About the city:
Nizhny Novgorod is an important economic, industrial, scientific, educational and cultural center of Russia, the largest transport hub and the administrative center of the Volga Federal District. Nizhny Novgorod is the largest center of river cruise tourism in Russia. Nizhny Novgorod is one of the largest and most famous Russian IT centers. In 2018 the city became one of the cities where the World Cup was held. In January 2019, Nizhny Novgorod ranked first among Russian cities and 109th in the world in terms of quality of life in the ranking of the research portal Numbeo. On July 2, 2020, Nizhny Novgorod received the honorary title "City of Labor Valor".
Joint activities, contacts:
Nizhny Novgorod is a member of UCLG Eurasia since 2019, is also a member and one of the founders of the Association of Cities of the Volga region since 1998, is active in these organizations.
Took an active part in the project Great Volga Way.
In 2012, in order to exchange experience in the implementation of municipal programs and the development of urban services, representatives of Nizhny Novgorod made an official visit to Kazan.
In 2016 an Agreement on Mutual Cooperation in the Field of Tourism was signed between the Committee for Tourism Development Assistance of Kazan and Nizhny Novgorod Tourism Authority.
Nizhny Novgorod provided great support to Kazan in Durban, South Africa in November 2019 when the Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin was elected President of the UN Advisory Council on Local Government.
The 24th Specialized International Exhibition "Tourism and Sports 2019" was held in Kazan fr om April 11 to 13, 2019, where Nizhny Novgorod was present as an exhibitor.
On December 18, 2020, the Head of Nizhny Novgorod Yuriy Shalabaev took part in the General Meeting of the Association of Cities of the Volga Region, which was held in Kazan.
On June 2, 2021, the Head of Nizhny Novgorod Yuriy Shalabaev took part in the International Forum "Healthy Cities. Healthy Food for Children", which was also the first Eurasian regional forum of the Milan Pact on Urban Food Policy. Nizhny Novgorod joined the Milan Pact on Urban Food Policy.
On September 24, 2021 the Mayor of Kazan held in Nizhny Novgorod the General Meeting of the Association of Cities of the Volga Region in an online format. Evgeniya Lodvigova, Deputy Mayor of Kazan, Iskander Giniyatullin, Deputy Head, responsible for Housing and Communal Services and Civil Defense, Ramil Salavatullin, Head of Intermunicipal Cooperation and Toponymy of the International and Intermunicipal Relations Department took part in the event.
From October 13 to 16, 2021 a delegation of the city of Kazan took part in the Forum of Cities of Labor Valor "Cities of Labor Valor. Victory was forged on the home front" in Nizhny Novgorod. The staff of the Kazan Tourism Development Committee presented the tour route Kazan - City of Labour Valour.
Head of Nizhny Novgorod Yuri Shalabaev took part in the General Meeting of the Association of Volga Region Cities held on May 26, 2022 in Izhevsk.
Representatives of the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning of Kazan visited Nizhny Novgorod to share the experience in urban planning, landscaping and transport development within the framework of the professional development program «Architects of the Russian Federation». They also took part in the foresight session «Scheme of Tourism Development of the Russian Federation until 2035» and in the session «Optimization of the system of strategic and territorial planning documents at the municipal level», which were held in July 2022.
On November 16-17, 2022, Deputy Head of the Kazan Municipality Evgeniya Lodvigova took part in the IV Congress of Russian Association for Local Self-Government Development, which was held in Nizhny Novgorod.
On December 5-7 2022, with the support of the Nizhny Novgorod administration, a trip to «Industrial Nizhny» was organized for students of Kazan school № 101 as a part of the project - the 800th anniversary of the founding of Nizhny Novgorod. City tour, quiz, acquaintance with the interactive exposition of the multimedia park, were organized for the children.
In 2022, advertising of the Kazan bike ride «Night Bikefest» was organized on the media facades of Nizhny Novgorod. A banner exchange was held in December 2022.
The team of chess players from Nizhny Novgorod took part in a tournament as part of the United Cities Forum (UCF) event, which took place on September 7 - 8, 2023 in Kazan within the International Forum «ROSTKI: Russia and China - mutually beneficial cooperation».
On October 6, 2023 the General Meeting of Association of Cities of the Volga Region was held in Perm, wh ere the Head of Nizhny Novgorod Yuri Shalabaev took part.
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OrelExpand Collapse
Photo: commons.wiki.org
Year of foundation: 1566
Population: 308 thousand persons. (2020)
Area of the city: 121 km² (2021)
Time zone: GMT +3
Website: http://www.orel-adm.ru/
About the city:
Orel was founded in 1566 at the confluence of the Orlik River into the Oka, a settlement that existed as early as the 12th century. Many great people were born or lived in the city of Orel. Among them, Leonid Andreev, Ivan Turgenev, Ivan Bunin and Nikolai Leskov are worth mentioning. An important tourist spot of Orel is the Noble's Nest, a cultural preserve. There are also monuments of Russian manor culture in Orel: Spasskoye-Lutovinovo and Saburovo-Kamenskoye manor museums surrounded by magnificent parkland.
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OrenburgExpand Collapse
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Document: Agreement on cooperation between the administration of the city of Kazan and the administration of the city of Orenburg (2001)Year of foundation: 1743
Population: 572 thousand people. (2020)
City area: 259 km² (2021)
Time zone: GMT +5
Website: http://www.orenburg.ru/
About the city:
Orenburg is the administrative center of the Orenburg region. Orenburg is special city because it is located simultaneously in two parts of the world: Europe and Asia. Modern Orenburg is a center of science and higher education. One of the brands of the city is Orenburg down scarves. The leading position in the industry of Orenburg belongs to the gas extraction and gas processing industries, mechanical engineering and metal-working. There are also well-developed chemical, food and light industries.
Joint activities, contacts:
Orenburg has been a member and one of the founders of the UCLG Eurasia since 2004, and has also been a member of Association of Cities of Volga Region since 2015 and has been active within these organizations.
In February 2014, a delegation from Orenburg visited Kazan in order to learn and study in detail the experience of implementing programs to overhaul the common property in apartment buildings, maintenance of road facilities.
October 30, 2019 Orenburg entrepreneurs arrived in Kazan with a business mission.
On December 18, 2020, Deputy Mayor of Orenburg Tatyana Malysheva took part in the General Meeting of Members of the Association of Cities of the Volga Region, which was held in Kazan.
On September 24, 2021, Dmitry Bevz, Deputy Mayor of Orenburg, Head of Administration office, took part in the General Meeting of members of the Association of Cities of the Volga Region, which was held in Nizhny Novgorod.
In 2021 a delegation from Orenburg visited the Committee on transport and municipal unitary enterprises of urban passenger transport in Kazan to exchange experiences.
The representative of Orenburg city Administration took part in the General Meeting of members of the Association of Volga Cities, which was held on May 26, 2022 in Izhevsk.
On October 6, 2023 the General Meeting of the members of the Association of Volga Cities, which was personally attended by Dmitry Musin, Deputy Head of Orenburg, was held in Perm.
In December 2023, Natalia Ibragimova, Minister of Architecture Spatial and Urban Development of the Orenburg region, took part in the Internation architectural and construction forum «Kazanysh», which was held on December 5-7 in Kazan.
On February 6-8, 2025, a delegation from the Orenburg city administration visited Kazan to participate in the international architectural and construction forum «Kazanysh».
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PermExpand Collapse
Photo: Perm City Administration
Document: Co-operation Agreement between the Municipality of Kazan and the Municipality of Perm (2023)
Year of foundation: 1723
Population: 1,034,002 (2021)
The area of the city: 799 km² (2020)
Time zone: GMT +5
Website: https://gorodperm.ru/
About city:
Perm is the administrative center of Perm Region. It is a major diversified industrial, scientific and cultural center of the Urals. Perm stretches along the Kama River for 65 kilometers. The first university in the Urals was opened in Perm in 1916. Perm is the leader among the Urals cities in terms of industrial production.
Joint activities, contacts:
In 2011, during the traditional White Nights in Perm festival, Kazan Mayor Ilsur Metshin signed an agreement for Kazan to join the Cultural Alliance project.
On March 19, 2014, a delegation of representatives of the Kazan Executive Committee paid a working visit to the city of Perm.
On September 24, 2021, under the chairmanship of the Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin, a general meeting of members of the Association of Volga Region Cities was held, during which the participants discussed the issues of formation of a comfortable urban environment and the treatment of homeless animals. The meeting also tackled the issue of amending the federal legislation on production and consumption waste - Igor Subbotin, Deputy Head of the Perm Administration, made a report on this topic.
In May 2022, Anna Panteleeva, a student of Gymnasium №2 in Perm, won the video competition «I Support the Olympic Winter Games in Beijing» organized by the Consulate General of China in Kazan.
On September 21, 2022, representatives of the city of Perm took part in the Mayors' Round Table on «Digital Transformation of City Management» as a part of the Kazan Digital Week.
On 20 January 2023, the Union of Russian Cities (URG) together with the Administration of the City of Perm held an extended meeting of the URG Board. During the event, Ildar Shakirov, Deputy Head of the Executive Committee of Kazan, made reports from the city of Kazan.
From the 30th of January to the 1st of February 2023, a delegation from the City of Perm visited Kazan, headed by the Mayor of Perm Aleksey Demkin. The delegation studied Kazan's experience in tackling local issues in various areas of urban economy, in particular, in the areas of landscaping, construction, communal services, and industry. On January 31, an agreement on cooperation between the cities of Kazan and Perm was signed at the Kazan City Hall as part of the visit.
On 25-26 May 2023, a representative of the Perm City Administration took part in the Eurasian training «Eurasian Cities and Global Trends», which was held in Kazan.
A representative of the city of Perm took part in the event «United Cities Forum" (UCF), which took place on 7-8 September 2023 in Kazan within the framework of the International Forum «ROSTKI: Russia and China - mutually beneficial cooperation».
On September 20, 2023, the Head of Perm Eduard Sosnin made an online report at the Mayors' Round Table «Artificial Intelligence in City Management» within the framework of the International Forum Kazan Digital Week-2023.
On October 6, 2023, the General Meeting of the Association of Volga Region Cities members was held in Perm as a part of the celebration of the 300th anniversary of Perm. The Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin and Deputy Head of the Municipality Evgeniya Lodvigova took part in it.
On June 21, 2024, the Head of Perm Eduard Sosnin visited Kazan to participate in the International Forum of the BRICS+ Cities.
On February 6-8, 2025, Sergey Karasev, Acting Chief Architect of Perm, visited Kazan to participate in the international architectural and construction forum «Kazanysh».
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Paris (French Republic)Expand Collapse
Photo: flickr.com/photos/mroach
Year of foundation: 300 B.C.
Population: 2.2 million people (2021)
City area: 105.4 km²
Time zone: GMT +1
Website: http://www.paris.fr/
About the city:
Paris is the capital and largest city of France. It is one of the engines of global economy. Headquarters of UNESCO, OECD and some other international organizations are based in Paris. Paris is one of the most visited cities in the world, amazing with its history, architecture, museums and sights, including the world-famous Louvre, the Eiffel Tower, Notre-Dame de Paris and others. The banks of the Seine are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The city has head offices of major companies such as Christian Dior, Danone, Peugeot. Paris is a fashion capital, giving the world such famous couturiers as Christian Dior, Chanel, Christian Lacroix, Pierre Cardin and many others.
Joint actions, contacts:
Since the signing of the agreement, active work has been underway. There was a visit of a delegation from Paris to Kazan.
On May 25, 2017 on the Champ de Mars in Paris there was Sabantuy with participation of Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin, Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo, Ambassador of Russia in France Alexander Orlov. A presentation on Kazan's touristic potential was also held.
In order to increase the flow of foreign tourists, as well as to make Kazan more recognizable outside the Russian Federation and in the framework of twinning and partnership relations, a banner advertising exchange with the city of Paris was carried out in 2018.
On the territory of the trade mission of the Russian Federation in Paris, a branch of the Kazan Museum of Socialist Life regularly holds its expositions.
December 14, 2020 Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin made a video address at the international conference in Paris, dedicated to the anniversary of the signing of the Paris Agreement.
Footage of the visit of the Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo to Kazan and exclusive footage of Sabantuy celebration on the Champ de Mars in Paris were shown in the capital of Tatarstan at the International specialized exhibition "Tourism. Sports. Active Recreation", held on April 9 and 10, 2021 in the exhibition center Kazanskaya Yarmarka. The event coincides with the 5th anniversary of signing the Cooperation Agreement between Kazan and Paris.
In June 2021 Mr. Jean-Yves Camus, Special Advisor of Department of International Relations of the Paris City Hall, took part in the 17th World Conference of Historic Cities in Kazan. Also the participants were welcomed on behalf of the Mayor of Paris Ms. Anne Hidalgo by the Deputy Mayor of Paris Arnaud Ngacha, also he made a presentation at one of the thematic sessions of the conference.
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Rostov-on-DonExpand Collapse
Photo: tourism.rostov-gorod.ru
Year of foundation: 1749
Population: 1 million people (2020)
Area of the city: 348,5 km² (2021)
Time zone: GMT +3
Website: https://rostov-gorod.ru
About the city:
Rostov-on-Don is one of the largest megalopolises of modern Russia, a political, economic, cultural and scientific center of the south of the country, an important hub of transport routes. Today in Rostov-on-Don there are more than 800 objects of cultural heritage, including 470 monuments of architecture, 55 monuments of archeology, 106 monuments of art and military glory. In 2012, Rostov-on-Don took first place in the ranking of the quality of urban environment, which was compiled by the «Urbanistics» Institute for Territorial Development. Rostov-on-Don is a major educational and scientific center. The city ranks third in the country by the number of universities (after Moscow and St. Petersburg). Rostov-on-Don is also one of the largest jazz centers in the country. In 2018, Rostov-on-Don was one of the cities that hosted World Cup matches.
Joint events, contacts:
Rostov-on-Don has been a member of the UCLG-Eurasia since 2004.
On August 23, 2019, the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov met with the Governor of Rostov region Vasiliy Golubev.
November 12-14, 2019, Autonomous Nonprofit Organization Rostov Regional Business Support Agency and the Union Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Rostov region formed a business mission of Rostov enterprises in Kazan.
Rostov-on-Don 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 Government.
On September 23, 2020, Denis Karasev, Director of the Intellectual System Center, took part (as a listener) in the Smart City Mayors’ Round Table of cities within the framework of the Kazan Digital Week-2020.
In September 2020, the Kazan Tourism Development Promotion Committee conducted a joint project with Rostov-on-Don. In the streets of Rostov-on-Don a banner advertisement appeared, inviting residents and guests of the city to visit the capital of Tatarstan. Kazan, in turn, also placed similar banners of Rostov-on-Don on several billboards.
April 9-10, 2021 the Department of Economics of Rostov-on-Don took part in the 25th international specialized exhibition "Tourism. Sport. Active Recreation".
Deputy Chairman of the Rostov-on-Don City Council Sergey Sukhariev as a part of the delegation of the Eurasian branch of UCLG, headed by the Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin, attended the World Congress of Local and Regional Authorities in Daejeon on October 10 - 14, 2022.
In 2022, a banner exchange was held in conjunction with the Tasty Kazan Festival.
The representative of the Rostov-on-Don took part in the event «United Cities Forum» (UCF), which was held on September 7- 8, 2023 in Kazan within the International Forum «SPROUTS: Russia and China - mutually beneficial cooperation». The team of chess players from Rostov-on-Don took part in a tournament during the forum.
On June 21-23, 2024, a delegation from Rostov-on-Don headed by Zinaida Neyarokhina, Chairman of the City Duma - Head of the Rostov-on-Don city, visited Kazan to participate in the International Forum of the BRICS+ Cities.
September 9-12, 2024, the Information technology department of the Rostov-on-Don City Administration visited Kazan as part of the International Forum Kazan Digital Week-2024.
Deputy Chairman of the Rostov-on-Don City Duma Sergei Sukhariev took part as a speaker 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 the city of Rostov-on-Don took part in a chess tournament as part of the Forum.
In 2024, as part of an agreement on cooperation and partnership within the framework of a long-term consortium for the development of school engineering and technological education in the Russian Federation dated September 28, 2020, cooperation between Lyceum No. 35 - the educational center "Galaxy" of the Privolzhsky district of Kazan and school No. 60 of the city of Rostov-on-Don.
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Riga (Republic of Latvia)Expand Collapse
Photo: riga.lv
Document: Agreement on cooperation between the city of Kazan and the city of Riga (2017)
Year of foundation: 1201
Population: 627,000 (2020)
City area: 304 km2
Time zone: GMT +3
Website: http://www.riga.lv/
About the city:
Riga is the capital of the Republic of Latvia, the largest city on the coast of the Baltic Sea. Riga is famous for its sights and the old city, which is included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The historic center is an amazing mix of the most diverse architecture from medieval to art nouveau. Almost all of Latvia's largest companies are based in Riga. Riga was European Capital of Culture for 2014 in 2010.
Joint events, contacts:
In April 2017, the Riga official delegation visited Kazan and an agreement was signed.
On 18 August 2017 a round table with the leading tour operators of Kazan was held in Riga at the Riga Tourism Development Bureau.
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Samarkand (Republic of Uzbekistan)Expand Collapse
Photo: Khokimiyat of Samarkand region
Year of foundation: VI century BC
Population: 551,746 people (2021)
The area of the city: 123.82 km²
Time zone: GMT +5
Website: samshahar.uz
About city:
It is the third most populous city in Uzbekistan, the administrative center of the Samarkand region.
The total area of city’s territory is 123,82 km². Population as of January 1, 2023 was 573,2 thousand people. The city is located at about 720 meters above the sea level. The historical center of the city is the Registan Square.
In 2001 city and its historical architectural and archaeological sites were included in the UNESCO World Heritage List under the name "Samarkand — the crossroads of cultures".
According to archaeological data, Samarkand is one of the oldest cities in the world, founded in the middle of the VIII century BC (Ancient Marakanda), the capital of the Timurid state, became the first capital of Soviet Uzbekistan in 1924. For more than 2 millennia the city was a key point on the Great Silk Road between China and Europe and also was one of the main centers of science in the Medieval East.
Samarkand is the oldest city in Uzbekistan, which turned 2,756 years old in 2023.
Joint activities, contacts:
The delegation of Kazan represented by Daria Sannikova, the Director of the Committee for Tourism Development, participated in celebrations in Samarkand during the 25th session of the UNTWTO on October 17-20, 2023. The business visit in Samarkand took place thanks to invitation of the Khokimiyat of the city and assisted by Consulate General of the Republic of Uzbekistan in Kazan.
The Consulate General of the Republic of Uzbekistan is also located in Kazan since June 13, 2019. Our parties actively participate in bilateral informational tours. Every year banner exchange between parties is held, which contributes to the development of the tourist potential of cities Kazan and Samarkand.
In October 2023, as part of the implementation of the agreement on mutual cooperation in the field of tourism, regular passenger flights on the Kazan – Samarkand – Kazan route were launched. Also, on November 15, 2023, banners were installed in Samarkand with an invitation to visit the city of Kazan. Advertising structures were installed on two streets of the Uzbek city.
In 2023, a video message congratulating the City Day of Samarkand on behalf of the Deputy Head of the municipality Evgeniya Lodvigova was posted in the information sources of the Khokimiyat of Samarkand.
On May 13-17, 2024, as part of the forum “Russia – Islamic World: KazanForum 2024”, an information tour of the delegation from Uzbekistan took place. A round table was organized at the site with the participation of the Uzbek delegation and tour operators of the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan, at which a presentation of the tourism potential of Kazan, Samarkand, Tashkent and Bukhara, and tourism projects aimed at attracting guests took place. The result of the round table was the signing of an Action Plan for the implementation of the Agreement on mutual cooperation in the field of tourism between the Committee for Tourism Development of Kazan, represented by Director Daria Sannikova, and the khokimiyat of Samarkand for 2024-2025, represented by the deputy khokim of the city for investments, foreign trade and tourism Erkinjon Radjabov.
On June 21-23, 2024, a delegation from Samarkand headed by Fazliddin Umarov, Khokim of Samarkand, visited Kazan to participate in the International Forum of the BRICS+ Cities.