Kazan Federal University is located in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia. It was established in 2010 on the b
Kazan Federal University is located in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia. It was established in 2010 on the basis of the former Kazan State University, originally chartered by Alexander I in 1804 as Kazan Imperial University. Kazan University is the second oldest Russian University still operating today. Kazan University Library is home to 15,000 manuscripts and 3,000 rare books. The university also boasts famous former pupils such as Aksakov, Mily Balakirev, PI Melnikov-Pechersky, Michael Minsky, Leo Tolstoy and Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin. Although Lenin was expelled in December of 1887, On 29 June 1925 the university was honored by the All-Russian Central Executive Committee, adding the honorific ‘V.I Ulyanov-Lenin’ to the University’s name. -- source link
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