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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».

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». 

On July 19-20, 2025, a delegation from Kazan took part in the Meeting of Municipal Employees from Partner Cities, organized by the Perm administration.

 

Document: Agreement on cooperation in the field of tourism development with the Department of Economy of Rostov-on-Don (2019)

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 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.

On August 18, 2025, the Rostov-on-Don 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».

On September 16-20, 2025, representatives of the Information Technology Department of the Rostov-on-Don City Administration visited Kazan as part of the Kazan Digital Week-2025 International Forum.

On November 24-25, 2025 in Dubai (UAE), the head of Rostov-on-Don, Alexander Scriabin, took part in the III module of the Program for the Development of competencies of heads of municipalities of the Russian Federation in the field of international cooperation «International School of Municipal Leadership», one of the co-organizers of which was the Kazan City Hall.

 

Documents: Industrial, Scientific, and Technological Cooperation Agreement (1998), Agreement on mutual cooperation in the field of tourism between the Committee for Tourism Development of Kazan and the Department of Economic Development, Investment and Trade of the Samara City District Administration (2025).

Year of foundation: 1586

Population: 1.1 million (2020)

Area of the city: 541 km² (2021)

Time zone: GMT +4

Website: https://samadm.ru/

 

About the city:

Samara is a major center of engineering and metalworking, food, and space and aviation industries. The city's calling card is the embankment - the longest in Russia. The city has more than 150 large and medium-sized industrial enterprises. Samara is considered the birthplace of the first accordion. The building of the Samara railway station is the highest building of this purpose in Europe. Samara State Aerospace University is one of the most prestigious aviation schools in Russia.

 

Joint activities, contacts:

Samara is a member of UCLG Eurasia since 2012, is a member and one of the founders of the Association of Cities of the Volga region since 1998, is active within the framework of these organizations.

It took an active part in the Great Volga Way project.

In 2013, a delegation fr om Samara City District visited Kazan to study the activities of the Department of the Executive Committee of Kazan responsible for the organization of Administrative Commission and Coordination of Administrative Control.

From May 25 to 28, 2016, the Head of Samara Urban District took part in the Executive Office of UCLG.

On March 7, 2019, the Committee of the Republic of Tatarstan for the Protection of Cultural Heritage held a meeting with a delegation from Samara region.

On June 3, 2019, a delegation from Samara region took part in the All-Russian Festival "Architectural Heritage - 2019".

Samara 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 October 19-20, 2020, Vladimir Reprintsev, Executive Director of the Association of Cities of the Volga Region, and Assistant Executive Director of the Association visited Kazan and personally participated (as listeners) in the Forum of Twin Cities and Municipal Entities of BRICS - 2020; Elena Lapushkina, Head of Samara Urban District, participated in the plenary session online.

December 18, 2020, the Head of Samara took part in the General Meeting of Members of the Association of Cities of the Volga Region, which took place in Kazan.

In December 2020, the Committee for Tourism Development of Kazan held a joint project with Samara. Invitations to visit Kazan appeared on advertising screens in Samara, and invitations to visit Samara appeared in Kazan.

On March 29, 2021, representatives of the Administration of Samara took part in the online seminar of the Eurasian branch of the World organization United Cities and Local Governments (Kazan) on Localization of the Sustainable Development Goals.

On April 9-10, 2021, the Department of economic development, investments and trade of Samara City District Administration took part in the 25th international specialized exhibition "Tourism. Sports. Active rest".

On the 2nd of June, 2021 the Deputy Head of Samara City District, Head of the Department of Economic Development, Investments and Trade Vladimir Zotov 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. Samara joined the Milan Pact of Urban Food Policy.

On September, 24th, 2021, the Head of Samara city district, Elena Lapushkina took part in the General Meeting of members of the Association of Cities of the Volga Region.

The Head of the Samara city district, Elena Lapushkina, took part in the General Meeting of Members of the Association of Volga Region Cities, which was held on May 26, 2022 in Izhevsk.

In 2022, Kazan and Samara implemented a «cross-blog tour» project of popular bloggers in order to promote the city of Kazan. A group of bloggers from Kazan visited Samara on June 6-7, and Samara bloggers visited Kazan from June 9 to 10.

Representatives of Samara city Administration took part online in the United Cities Forum (UCF) event, which was held on September 7 - 8, 2023 in Kazan within the International Forum «SPROUTS: Russia and China - mutually beneficial cooperation».

On September 20, 2023, representatives of the Samara City Administration took part as listeners in the Mayors' Round Table «Artificial Intelligence in City Management» within the framework of the International Forum Kazan Digital Week-2023.

On October 6, 2023, Perm hosted the General Meeting of the Association of Cities of the Volga Region, which was personally attended by Maxim Kharitonov, First Deputy Head of the Samara City District.

On December 8, 2023, within the framework of cooperation with partner cities, the Tourism Development Committee of Kazan took part in the online conference «Information and Presentation Events on the Tourism Potential of Samara Urban District», wh ere the partner cities shared their experience in the field of hospitality.

On June 21-23, 2024, Vladimir Reprintsev, Executive Director of the Association of Cities of the Volga Region, visited Kazan to participate in the International Forum of the BRICS+ Cities. 

On the night of August 17-18, 2024, participants from Samara took part in the "Night Bikefest" in Kazan.

A team of chess players from the city of Samara visited Kazan to participate in a chess tournament as part of the II International Forum «SPROUTS: Russia and China - Mutually Beneficial Cooperation», which was held on November 14-15, 2024 in Kazan.

On December 18, 2024, the Committee for Tourism Development of Kazan made a presentation of the tourism potential of the capital of Tatarstan at the round table «Interregional cooperation in the field of tourism» as part of the IX Forum in the field of tourism and hospitality «Tour Attraction 2024» in Samara.

On August 18, 2025, the Samara team took part in the online 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». An agreement on cooperation in the field of tourism between Kazan and Samara was signed within the framework of the forum. The document provides for the development of joint tourist routes, the exchange of experience and the implementation of measures to promote the tourism potential of the two cities.

From September 17-19, 2025, Alexander Yakushkin, Head of the Digital Development Department of the Samara City District Administration, visited Kazan for the Kazan Digital Week-2025 International Forum.

Document: Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation (1999)

Year of foundation: 1590

Population: 838,000 (2020)   

Area of the city: 394 km² (2021)

Time zone: GMT +4

Website: http://www.saratovmer.ru/

 

About the city:

Saratov is a major cultural, economic and educational center of the Volga region. According to the decree of the President of the Russian Federation of July 2, 2020, the city was given the title "City of Labor Valor". Yuri Gagarin studied in Saratov at the Industrial College. Saratov Regional Universal Scientific Library is one of the oldest libraries in Russia, and Saratov streetcar system is one of the oldest streetcar systems in the country. The city is one of the "aviation capitals" of Russia, along with Engels and others.

 

Joint activities, contacts:

Saratov is a member of UCLG Eurasia since 2006, a member and one of the founders of the Association of Cities of the Volga Region since 1998, the city plays an active role within the framework of these organizations.

Took an active part in the Great Volga Way project.

On October 19, 2020, the Deputy Head of Saratov Municipal Formation on Strategic Planning Elena Zlobnova took part (as a listener) in the Forum of Twin Cities and Municipal Formations of BRICS - 2020, which took place in Kazan in online format.

On December 18, 2020, the Head of Saratov Mikhail Isayev took part in the General Meeting of the members of the Association of Cities of the Volga Region, which took place in Kazan.

Deputy Head of Saratov Municipal Formation, Alexey Nikitin, took part in the General Meeting of the Association of Cities of the Volga Region, which was held on May 26, 2022 in Izhevsk.

On October 6, 2023 the General Meeting of the Association of Cities of the Volga Region, attended by representatives of the Saratov city Administration, was held in Perm.

Document: Agreement on inter-municipal cooperation (2013)

Year of foundation: 1586

Population: 807 thousand people (2020)

Area of the city: 698 km² (2021)

Time zone: GMT +5

Website: http://www.tyumen-city.ru/

About the city:

Tyumen is a major industrial center, a city of science, culture and sports. Tyumen is the administrative center of Tyumen Region. In 2003, 2005-2008 Tyumen won prizes in the All-Russian contest «The Most Comfortable Town in Russia» held by the Government of the Russian Federation. According to a study of the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, in 2014 - 2015 - the city ranked first among cities with the best quality of life.

The main source of pride for Tyumen residents is the city's wooden architecture. Another brand of Tyumen are the famous Tyumen carpets, which have not only a rich history, but also a serious reputation in the art world.

Joint events, contacts:

The city of Tyumen is a member and one of the founders of UCLG-Eurasia since 2004.

On October 15, 2019, a delegation of the Tyumen region visited the Republic of Tatarstan. The delegation visited several industrial parks and industrial sites, including the agro-industrial park Kazan - the largest multifunctional technological complex in the Republic in the field of agriculture.

On October 16, 2019, President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov met with the Head of the Tyumen Region at the Palace of the Kazan Kremlin.

September 23, 2020, Deputy Director of the Department of Road Infrastructure and Transport of the Administration of Tyumen city Evgeny Tashlanov and director of the Committee on Informatization of Tyumen Leonid Akulenko took part (as listeners) in the Mayors’ Round Table "Smart City" within the International Forum Kazan Digital Week-2020.

On September 21, 2021 the delegation of Tyumen headed by the Deputy Mayor - Director of the Department of Municipal Services of Tyumen Administration Semyon Tegentsev took part in Mayors’ Round Table "Evolution of smart cities" within the framework of the International Forum Kazan Digital Week -2021. Semyon Tegentsev made a presentation on "Digitalization of the city of Tyumen".

Ruslan Galiakhmetov, Head of International Relations Department of Kazan City Council Office, took part in the International Forum of Local Authorities: «Cities of the Present and Future», which was organized by the Union of Russian Cities and held in Tyumen on October 20, 2022.

On May 25 - 26, 2023, representatives of the Tyumen City Administration took part in the Eurasian training «Eurasian Cities and Global Trends», which was held in Kazan.

On September 19 - 22, 2023 the delegation of the Tyumen City Administration visited Kazan within the framework of the International Forum Kazan Digital Week-2023. On September 20, 2023 Vladimir Kiltau, Deputy Mayor of Tyumen, Director of Municipal Economy Department, made a report at the Mayors' Round Table «Artificial Intelligence in City Management».

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

On the night of August 17-18, 2024, participants from Tyumen took part in the «Night Bikefest» in Kazan.

On September 8-11, 2024 the delegation of the Tyumen City Administration visited Kazan within the framework of the International Forum Kazan Digital Week-2024. On September 9, 2024 Vladimir Kiltau, Deputy Mayor of Tyumen, Director of Municipal Economy Department, made a report at the Cities' Round Table «Modern Urban Services».

A team of chess players from Tyumen took part in a chess tournament 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.

On August 18, 2025, the Tyumen 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».

 

Document: Treaty of Cooperation (2003)

Year of foundation: 1666

Population: 434 thousand persons. (2020)

Area of the city: 365.7 km² (2021)

Time zone: GMT +8

Website: https://ulan-ude-eg.ru/

 

About the city:

Ulan-Ude is the capital of the Republic of Buryatia. Major cultural, scientific and industrial center of Eastern Siberia. There are offices of the largest Russian and regional banks, the Russian-Japanese Baikal Forest Company, and the Buryatzoloto Company in Ulan-Ude. There are 234 objects with the status of cultural heritage in the city. The city is part of the "Great Tea Route". Every year Ulan-Ude hosts Tsagan Sar - the New Year according to the lunar-solar calendar. The Trans-Siberian Railway and Baikal Federal Highway pass through Ulan-Ude.

 

Joint activities, contacts:

The city of Ulan-Ude has been a member of the Eurasian branch of the UCLG since 2005.

In 2012 the official visit of representatives of Ulan-Ude city to Kazan took place.

On September 19-23, 2023 the delegation of Ulan-Ude City Administration visited Kazan within the framework of the International Forum Kazan Digital Week-2023. On September 20, 2023, Igor Shutenkov, Mayor of Ulan-Ude, gave a welcome speech at the Mayors' Round Table «Artificial Intelligence in City Management».

On June 15, 2024, Rasikh Sagitov, Secretary General of UCLG-Eurasia, took part in the celebration of Ulan-Ude City Day. He has a meeting with Igor Shutenkov, Mayor of the city. The main topic of the negotiations was the development of cooperation within the framework of the UCLG-Eurasia’s activities, as well as the definition of the main vectors of work.

On September 24-27, 2024, a delegation of the Administration of Ulan-Ude, headed by Deputy Mayor, Chief of Staff of the Administration of Ulan-Ude Nikolai Namsaraev, visited Kazan on an official visit.

In 2024, within the framework of the cooperation agreement dated October 3, 2024, the municipal budgetary educational institution “Multidisciplinary Lyceum No. 187” of the Sovetsky district of Kazan and the state budgetary educational institution “Republican Buryat National Boarding Lyceum No. 1” of Ulan-Ude held seminars, pedagogical readings on current issues in the development of educational systems, and exchange of educational materials.

In 2024, within the framework of the cooperation agreement dated November 29, 2024, multidisciplinary Lyceum No. 187” of the Sovetsky District of Kazan and secondary School No. 7 of Ulan-Ude held joint seminars, pedagogical readings on current issues in the development of educational systems, and exchange of educational materials.

On August 18, 2025, the Ulan-Ude city team took part in the online 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 3rd place in the individual competition among girls.

From November 30 to December 3, 2025, a delegation of the Ulan-Ude City Administration headed by Dmitry Fedorov, Chairman of the City Economy Committee, made a working visit to Kazan to exchange experience in the field of urban space management, parking facilities, public safety and digital technologies.

 

Documents: Cooperative Agreement (1998), Agreement on mutual cooperation in the field of tourism between the Department of Property Relations, Economics and Competition Development of the Ulyanovsk City Administration and the Committee for Tourism Development of Kazan (2019)

Year of foundation: 1648

Population: 627,000. (2020)

Area of the city: 316 km² (2021)

Time zone: GMT +4

Website: http://www.ulmeria.ru/

 

About the city:

Ulyanovsk is the administrative center of Ulyanovsk region. The basis of the city's economy - is the automotive industry, engine building, aircraft construction, instrumentation, machine building and metal working, also developed power generation, retail trade and capital construction. Decree of the President of the Russian Federation on July 2, 2020 the city was awarded the title “City of Labor Valor”.

 

Joint activities, contacts:

Ulyanovsk has been a member of the UCLG Eurasia since 2007, is also a member and one of the founders of Association of Cities of Volga Region since 1998, is active within the framework of these organizations.

Took an active part in the project Great Volga Way.

On June 6, 2015, the Head of Zavolzhsky District Administration of Ulyanovsk and the Head of Aviastroitelny and Novo-Savinovsky Districts Administration of Kazan signed a cooperation agreement. The agreement provides for the implementation of joint projects and initiatives in the social and industrial spheres, small business development, scientific and technical developments and improvement of the management system.

On April 5, 2016, a delegation fr om Ulyanovsk, headed by the Deputy of the Ulyanovsk City Duma Alsu Aizatullina, visited Kazan. As part of the visit there was a meeting with the Director of the Department of Food and Social Nutrition.

From May 25 to 28, 2016, the delegation headed by Sergey Panchin, Mayor of Ulyanovsk, took part in the Executive Bureau of the UCLG.

On August 12, 2016 the Agreement on Mutual Cooperation in the Field of Tourism was signed between the Department of Entrepreneurship Development, Investments and Consumer Market of Ulyanovsk Administration and Committee of Tourism Development Assistance of Kazan.

From April 11 to 13, 2019 the 24th Specialized International Exhibition "Tourism and Sports 2019" took place, wh ere Ulyanovsk was present as an exhibitor.

On August 7, 2019, the Ulyanovsk delegation took part in the Agency for Strategic Initiatives Strategic Session in Kazan.

City, provided great support to Kazan in Durban, South Africa in November 2019 when Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin was elected President of the UN Advisory Council on Local Government.

On October 19-20, 2020, a delegation from Ulyanovsk led by Ulyanovsk Mayor Sergey Panchin visited Kazan and personally participated (as listeners) in the Forum of Twin Cities and Municipal Entities of BRICS - 2020.

On December, 18, 2020, Head of Ulyanovsk Sergey Panchin took part in the General Meeting of Members of the Association of Cities of the Volga Region in Kazan.

On April 9-10, 2021 the Department of property relations, economy and development of competition Ulyanovsk city administration took part in the 25th international specialized exhibition "Tourism. Sports. Active recreation".

On September, 24th, 2021 the Deputy Head of Ulyanovsk city Elena Cherkas took part in the General meeting of members of the Association of Volga region cities, which took place in Nizhny Novgorod.

In 2022, as part of the «blogger exchange» project, Kazan and Ulyanovsk implemented a joint project on «cross-blogging tour» of popular bloggers. On April 25-26, a group of bloggers from Ulyanovsk visited Kazan. On April 28- 29, a group of bloggers from Kazan paid a return visit to Ulyanovsk.

Dmitry Vavilin, Head of Ulyanovsk, took part in the General Meeting of the Association of Volga Region Cities, which was held on May 26, 2022 in Izhevsk.

Deputy Head of the Municipality of Kazan Evgenia Lodvigova took part in the XXII Federal Sabantuy, which was held on June 17 - 18, 2022 in Ulyanovsk.

Representatives of the Ulyanovsk Administration took part in the I Kazan International Legal Forum, which was held on September 29 - 30, 2022.

Chairman of the Ulyanovsk City Council Ilya Nozhechkin was a member 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 November 2, 2022, representatives of the Ulyanovsk Administration visited Kazan to study the experience of the Joint Stock Company «Department of Food and Social Nutrition of Kazan».

Organization of a cross-blog tour within the framework of the agreement reached between Kazan and Ulyanovsk on mutual visits of their active representatives of the Internet community and opinion leaders with subsequent publication of materials about the host city. Each party organized a full program of stay for the visiting group. The group from Ulyanovsk stayed in Kazan on April 25 - 26, 2022, and the group from Kazan stayed in Ulyanovsk on April 28 - 29, 2022.

On May 25 - 26, 2023, Ilya Nozhechkin, Chairman of the Ulyanovsk City Council, personally participated in the Eurasian training «Eurasian Cities and Global Trends», which was held in Kazan.

A team of chess players from Ulyanovsk took part in a tournament within the framework of the event «United Cities Forum» (UCF), which was held on September 7 - 8, 2023 in Kazan during the International Forum «SPROUTS: Russia and China - mutually beneficial cooperation».

On October 6, 2023 the General Meeting of the Association of Cities of the Volga Region was held in Perm, which was personally attended by the Chairman of the Ulyanovsk City Council Ilya Nozhechkin.

Delegation of Ulyanovsk took part in the International Architectural and Construction Forum «Kazanysh», which was held from December 5 - 7, 2023 in Kazan. 

On the night of August 17-18, 2024, participants from Ulyanovsk took part in the "Night Bikefest" in Kazan.

A team of chess players from the city of Ulyanovsk took part in a chess tournament 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.

In 2024, within the framework of the cooperation agreement dated November 23, 2024, multidisciplinary Gymnasium No. 189 “Zaman” of the Kirovsky district of Kazan and the Secondary School No. 63 of the city of Ulyanovsk implemented joint projects of a methodological, educational, educational, sports and cultural nature, exchanged experience in the field of inclusive education of primary schools and the implementation of additional education programs.

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 with the Governor's Engineering Lyceum No. 102 of the city of Ulyanovsk and Gymnasium No. 30 of the city of Ulyanovsk.

Document: Agreement on Cooperation between the Administration of Kazan and the Administration of Ufa (1999),  Agreement on Сooperation in the field of tourism development between the municipality of Kazan (Republic of Tatarstan) and the Administration of Ufa (Republic of Bashkortostan) (2016), Protocol of Intentions between the cities of Kazan, Ekaterinburg, Ufa, Khabarovsk, Guangzhou, Qiqihar (2022)

Year of foundation: 1574

Population: 1.1 million people (2020)

City area: 708 km² (2021)

Time zone: GMT +5

Website: http://уфа.рф/

 

About the city:

Ufa is the capital of the Republic of Bashkortostan. It ranks among the largest economic, cultural and scientific centers of the Russian Federation. By decision of the Interstate Union of Cities-Heroes, Ufa was awarded the honorary international title "City of Labor Valor and Glory". The city's enterprises are engaged in oil refining, chemistry, and mechanical engineering.

 

Joint events, contacts:

Ufa is one of the members and founders of UCLG Eurasia since 2019, as well as a member of the Association of Cities of the Volga region since 2015, the city plays an active role within the framework of these organizations.

In 2016, an agreement on cooperation in the field of tourism development between the Kazan Municipality and the Administration of the Urban District of Ufa was signed.

On January 23, 2019, a delegation fr om the Republic of Bashkortostan visited Kazan.

On December 10, 2019, a delegation fr om Ufa visited renovated facilities in the Kirovsky and Moskovsky districts of Kazan.

On March 10, 2019, a delegation fr om Kazan visited Ufa on a working visit.

Fr om 11 to 13 April 2019, the 24th specialized international exhibition "Tourism and Sports 2019" was held, wh ere Ufa took part as an exhibitor.

On December 11, 2019, a delegation fr om Ufa presented a personnel management system to representatives of the Executive Committee of Kazan.

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

On September 24, 2021, Rustam Galeev, Advisor of the Head of Ufa City District Administration, took part in the General Meeting of the Association of Volga Region Cities, which was held in Nizhny Novgorod.

In 2021 the delegation of Ufa visited the Committee on Transport and municipal unitary enterprises of urban passenger transport of Kazan to exchange experience.

Ratmir Mavliev, the Head of Ufa City District Administration, took part in the General Meeting of the Association of Volga Region Cities, which was held on May 26, 2022 in Izhevsk.

On June 17, 2022, a six-party agreement was signed between Kazan, Yekaterinburg, Ufa, Khabarovsk and the Chinese cities of Guangzhou and Qiqihar. The meeting was held via videoconference between the cities of Russia and China.

On September 21, 2022, Ratmir Mavliev, the Head of Ufa City Municipal District Administration, made a report at the meeting of the Mayors' Round Table «Digital Transformation of Management in the City», which was held within the framework of International Forum Kazan Digital Week - 2022.

On September 29 - 30, 2022 representatives of the Ufa Administration participated in the I Kazan International Legal Forum.

In 2022, advertising of the Kazan bicycle ride «Night Bikefest» was organized on media facades of Ufa.

On April 21, 2023, an online chess tournament «Friendship of Peoples» was held. It united teams from Kazan, Ufa, Khabarovsk, Yekaterinburg, Guangzhou and Qiqihar. The joint event was the first after the signing the six-party agreement between the cities of Russia and China in 2022, and was held to strengthen friendly relations. The event was organized by the Ufa city administration.

Head of Information Technology and Communications Department of Kazan Dmitry Kremlev and Director of the Municipal Budgetary Institution «Department of Telecommunication Technologies» Ruslan Avilov participated in the IV International Forum of Development and Digital Transformation of Cities «Smart City - Smart Country», which took place in Ufa on July 26-28, 2023.

On October 6, 2023 the General Meeting of Association of Volga Cities, which was held in Perm, was attended by the Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin, wh ere the new Chairman of the Association of Volga Cities Ratmir Mavliev, the Head of Ufa City Municipal District Administration, was elected.

On October 25 - 28, 2023 the Head of the Department of Economy and Investment of the Ufa Administration Timur Khafizov took part in the events of the World Organization «United Cities and Local Governments», which were held in Konya (Turkey).

On November 1, 2023 an online meeting of the round table of participants of the Protocol of Intentions between Kazan, Yekaterinburg, Ufa, Khabarovsk, Guangzhou and Qiqihar was held. Ruslan Ismagilov, the Head of the Department of External Economic Relations of the Administration of the Ufa city Administration of the Republic of Bashkortostan, took part in this event.

On June 6-7, 2024, a delegation from the Ufa City District Administration, headed by the first deputy Head of the Administration Sergey Kozhevnikov, visited Kazan in order to exchange best municipal practices in various sectors of the urban economy.

On June 21-22, 2024, the delegation of Ufa headed by Ratmir Mavliev, the Head of Ufa City Municipal District Administration, the Chairman of the Association of Cities of the Volga Region, visited Kazan to participate in the International Forum of the BRICS+ Cities. 

On the night of August 17-18, 2024, participants from Ufa took part in the "Night Bikefest" in Kazan.

On August 31, 2024, the Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin took part in events to celebrate the 450th anniversary of Ufa. On this occasion, a video congratulation was prepared from the city of Kazan.

A team of chess players from the city of Ufa took part in a chess tournament 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.

On December 25, 2024, a delegation from the Civil Protection Department of the urban district of the city of Ufa of the Republic of Bashkortostan visited the Civil Protection Department of the Executive Committee of Kazan in order to familiarize itself with the implementation of initial measures in the event of emergencies involving the use of UAVs.

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 - educational center "Galaktika" of the Privolzhsky district of Kazan with Lyceum No. 60 named after Mikhail Alekseevich Ferin of Ufa and Education Center No. 51 named after V.M.Parashchenko of Ufa.

On February 19, 2025, Viktor Zakirov, a leading specialist of the Department of Architecture and Urban Development of Kazan, took part in the round table «Integrated development of territories – building the city of the future», which took place in Ufa as part of the International Forum and Exhibition «UralStroyIndustriya».

On April 8-10, 2025, a delegation from Ufa visited Kazan to exchange experiences and discuss the development of Kazan and Ufa.

Ratmir Mavliev, the Head of Ufa City Municipal District Administration, took part in the General Assembly of the BRICS+ Association of Cities and Municipalities, which was held on May 26-28, 2025 in Marica, Brazil. The Head of the Main Department of Architecture and Urban Development of Ufa Ruslan Khairullin spoke at the session Architecture and Urban Development. At the General Assembly, a meeting was held between the Head of Ufa City Municipal District Administration Ratmir Mavliev and the Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin with the Mayor of Tehran Alireza Zakani, wh ere they discussed their experience and plans for cooperation between the cities.

On August 18, 2025, the Ufa 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».

From September 16-19, 2025, Ruslan Gaysin, the Director of the Information Technology Center of the Ufa City District, Republic of Bashkortostan, visited Kazan as part of the Kazan Digital Week-2025 International Forum.

On November 24-25, 2025 in Dubai (UAE), Ratmir Mavliev, the Head of Ufa City Municipal District Administration, took part in the III Module of the «International School of Municipal Leadership» Program for the Development of Competencies of Heads of Municipalities of the Russian Federation in the Sphere of International Cooperation, one of the co-organizers of which was the Kazan City Hall.

Document: The Protocol of Intentions between the cities of Qiqihar, Guangzhou, Ufa, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Khabarovsk (2022)

Year of foundation: 1858

Population: 613 thousand people (2021)

City area: 389 km2

Time zone: GMT +9

Website: https://khv27.ru/

Khabarovsk is the administrative center of Khabarovsk federal subject. One of the largest political, educational and cultural center of the Russian Far East.

There are 23 universities, 7 museums and one art gallery in the city. The World Ball Hockey Championship was held here five times.

The Federal Ministry for the Development of the Far East, the headquarters of the Eastern Military District and about two hundred regional bodies of federal power and administration are located in Khabarovsk.

Khabarovsk it is a member of the Association of Siberian and Far Eastern Cities. Khabarovsk is a «City of Military Glory».

Joint events, contacts:

On June 17, 2022, an agreement between Kazan, Yekaterinburg, Ufa, Khabarovsk and the Chinese cities of Guangzhou and Qiqihar was signed. The meeting was held via videoconference.

On September 21, 2022 the Mayor of Khabarovsk Sergey Kravchuk made a report at the session of the Mayors' Round Table «Digital transformation of management in the city», which was held in the framework of the International Forum Kazan Digital Week - 2022.

On April 21, 2023 an online chess tournament «Friendship of Peoples» was held. It united teams from Kazan, Ufa, Khabarovsk, Yekaterinburg, Guangzhou and Qiqihar. The joint event was the first after the signing of the six-party agreement between the cities of Russia and China in 2022, and was designed to strengthen friendly relations. The event was organized by the administration of Ufa.

A team of chess players from Khabarovsk took part in a chess tournament as part of the «United Cities Forum» (UCF) event, which was held on September 7 - 8, 2023 in Kazan within the framework of the International Forum «ROSTKI: Russia and China - mutually beneficial cooperation».

On September 20, 2023, Igor Mikhailovsky, Vice-Mayor of Khabarovsk, made a report at the Mayors' Round Table «Artificial Intelligence in City Management» within the framework of the International Forum Kazan Digital Week-2023.

On November 1, 2023, an online roundtable meeting between the participants of the The Protocol of Intentions was held. Tatyana Ivanova, Head of International Relations Department of the Khabarovsk Administration, took part in this event.

On August 18, 2025, the Khabarovsk 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».