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(Re)Presenting Identities: National Archipelagos in Kazan1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Aurora Álvarez Veinguer
Aurora Álvarez Veinguer*
Affiliation:
Department of Social Anthropology, University of Granada, Spain. Email: auroraav@ugr.es
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The Republic of Tatarstan is located between Europe and Asia. It is important to emphasize geographical location, which is a key element in the processes of identities formation and transformation. Tatarstan is located in the core of the Russian Federation, situated in the European part of Russia and 800 kilometres from Moscow, at the confluence of the Volga and the Kama Rivers. The capital of Tatarstan is Kazan. The economic potential of the republic is based mainly on raw materials (including oil and gas), industry and agriculture. According to the constitution of the republic (approved on 6 November 1992) Tatarstan (previously known as Tataria) is defined as a multiethnic republic, with two official languages, Russian and Tatar. The largest ethnic groups are Tatars and Russians; as a consequence it makes sense to talk in terms of a bicultural society with two main confessional groups, namely Muslim and Orthodox Christians.

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Nationalities Papers , Volume 35 , Issue 3: Identities, Nations and Politics after Communism , July 2007 , pp. 457 - 475
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Copyright © 2007 Association for the Study of Nationalities 

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