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Document: Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation between the cities of Kazan and Yaroslavl (2003)

Year of foundation: 1010

Population: 608 thousand people (2020)

The area of the city: 205.80 km² (2021)

Time zone: GMT +3

Website: https://city-yaroslavl.ru/city/about/

About city:

Yaroslavl is one of the oldest Russian cities, it has a thousand-year history. Yaroslavl is the third largest city in the Central Federal District of the Russian Federation. In this index he is second only to Moscow and Voronezh. Yaroslavl, as well as Moscow, has its own Red Square. The historical part of Yaroslavl, including all of its buildings and constructions, is entirely under the protection of the world organization UNESCO (140 sites). The first in the world factory for the production on an industrial scale of synthetic rubber was opened in 1932 in Yaroslavl. The ancient city of Yaroslavl was honored to be marked on one of the Russian state banknotes.

Joint actions, contacts:

Yaroslavl has been a member and one of the founders of the Eurasian secretariat of UCLG since 2004.

Took an active part in the "Great Volga Way" project.

On June 17, 2019, a delegation of construction industry from Yaroslavl visited Kazan.

On August 21, 2020, a meeting with a delegation from the Administration of Yaroslavl was held at the Kazan City Hall.

From June 24 to June 26, 2021, representatives of the city of Yaroslavl took part in the 17th World Conference of Historic Cities "Historical and Cultural Heritage as the Basis of National Cultural and Local Identity", which took place in the city of Kazan.

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

Representatives of the Yaroslavl administration took part online in 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 12-13, 2024, the International Seminar “Historical and Cultural Heritage and its Role in Sustainable Urban Development” was held in the city of Yaroslavl. From Kazan, the Prefect of the special territory “Old Town” Ayrat Faizov took part in the event and made a report “Old Tatar Settlement of Kazan: a bridge between eras.”