Kazanka or
Qazansu is a river in the
Republic of TatarstanRepublic of Tatarstan is a federal subject of the Russian Federation . Its size is 68,000 km² with a population of 3,800,000. Its capital is Kazan...
,
RussiaRussia , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia . It is a semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, a left
tributaryA tributary is a stream or river which flows into a main stem river. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea. Tributaries and the mainstem river serve to drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater by leading the water out into an ocean or some other large body...
of the
VolgaThe Volga is the largest river in Europe in terms of length, discharge, and watershed. It flows through western Russia, and is widely viewed as the national river of Russia. Out of the twenty largest cities of Russia, eleven, including its capital Moscow, are situated in the Volga's drainage basin...
. It begins near the village of Bimeri in Arsk District and falls into the Kuybyshev Reservoir in
KazanKazan is the capital city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, and one of Russia's largest cities. It is a major industrial, commercial and cultural center, and remains the most important center of Tatar culture. Since April 2009 Kazan has the legal right to brand itself as the "Third Capital" of...
, near the
Kazan KremlinThe Kazan Kremlin is the chief historic citadel of Tatarstan, situated in the city of Kazan. It was built on behest of Ivan the Terrible on the ruins of the former castle of Kazan khans...
. Another town on the Kazanka is
ArskArsk or Archa is a town and the administrative center of Arsky District of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located on the banks of the Kazanka River, from Kazan, the republic's capital. Arsk is also a station on the Kazan-Agryz railroad. It was founded in the 13th century by Volga Bulgarians...
and historical
Iske Qazanİske Qazan , was a Bolghar-Tatar city in the 13-16th centuries, situated on the banks of the Qazansu river in the Qazan artı or Zakazanye region, in what is today the Russian Federation republic of Tatarstan .In 18th century Tatar literature, İske Qazan was said to have been founded by the brothers...
. It is 142 km long. The main inflows are
IyaIya River is a river in Irkutsk Oblast in Russia. The length of the river is 486 km. The area of its basin is 18,100 km². The Iya flows into the Okinsky Bay of the Bratsk Reservoir. The river freezes up in late October - early November and stays icebound until late April - early May. Its main...
, Kismes, Shimyakovka and Sula. Historically, the
BolaqThe Bolaq is a canal that once flowed from the northern part of Birge Qaban to Kazanka , today is an isolated channel in Kazan downtown.The modern length of Bolaq is 1550 m, width is 24 m...
channel flow to Kazanka, until it was separated by dam in 1957.
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Kazanka or
Qazansu is a river in the
Republic of TatarstanRepublic of Tatarstan is a federal subject of the Russian Federation . Its size is 68,000 km² with a population of 3,800,000. Its capital is Kazan...
,
RussiaRussia , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia . It is a semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, a left
tributaryA tributary is a stream or river which flows into a main stem river. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea. Tributaries and the mainstem river serve to drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater by leading the water out into an ocean or some other large body...
of the
VolgaThe Volga is the largest river in Europe in terms of length, discharge, and watershed. It flows through western Russia, and is widely viewed as the national river of Russia. Out of the twenty largest cities of Russia, eleven, including its capital Moscow, are situated in the Volga's drainage basin...
. It begins near the village of Bimeri in Arsk District and falls into the Kuybyshev Reservoir in
KazanKazan is the capital city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, and one of Russia's largest cities. It is a major industrial, commercial and cultural center, and remains the most important center of Tatar culture. Since April 2009 Kazan has the legal right to brand itself as the "Third Capital" of...
, near the
Kazan KremlinThe Kazan Kremlin is the chief historic citadel of Tatarstan, situated in the city of Kazan. It was built on behest of Ivan the Terrible on the ruins of the former castle of Kazan khans...
. Another town on the Kazanka is
ArskArsk or Archa is a town and the administrative center of Arsky District of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located on the banks of the Kazanka River, from Kazan, the republic's capital. Arsk is also a station on the Kazan-Agryz railroad. It was founded in the 13th century by Volga Bulgarians...
and historical
Iske Qazanİske Qazan , was a Bolghar-Tatar city in the 13-16th centuries, situated on the banks of the Qazansu river in the Qazan artı or Zakazanye region, in what is today the Russian Federation republic of Tatarstan .In 18th century Tatar literature, İske Qazan was said to have been founded by the brothers...
. It is 142 km long. The main inflows are
IyaIya River is a river in Irkutsk Oblast in Russia. The length of the river is 486 km. The area of its basin is 18,100 km². The Iya flows into the Okinsky Bay of the Bratsk Reservoir. The river freezes up in late October - early November and stays icebound until late April - early May. Its main...
, Kismes, Shimyakovka and Sula. Historically, the
BolaqThe Bolaq is a canal that once flowed from the northern part of Birge Qaban to Kazanka , today is an isolated channel in Kazan downtown.The modern length of Bolaq is 1550 m, width is 24 m...
channel flow to Kazanka, until it was separated by dam in 1957. The maximal discharge is 299 m³/s, the minimal mineralization 400-1000 mg/l. It has a
natural monument statut in
TatarstanRepublic of Tatarstan is a federal subject of the Russian Federation . Its size is 68,000 km² with a population of 3,800,000. Its capital is Kazan...
.
During the constructing of Kuybyshev Reservoir, the lowest part of Kazanka's valley was flooded. Part of riverbed was separated from the reservoir by damms, new riverbed was constructed. In 2008 new project was proposed, to sluice ground in the wide downstream, which is in fact a gulf of reservoir to build a business quarter there.
Kazanka divides Kazan on two equal parts. There are six bridges over Kazanka in the city, the most notable being
Millennium BridgeThe Millennium Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge that spans Kazanka River, in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia. Its name originates from Kazan's thousand anniversary, widely celebrated in 2005 and the shape of its M-like pylon....
.