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| | Republic of Tatarstan. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) |
 | | In the North it borders Kirovsky region (oblast), in the Northeast Republic of Udmurtia, in the North-West-Republic of Mari-El, in the West-Chuvashia, in the East-Republic of Bashkortostan, and in the South-Samara Region (oblast), Orenburg region, Ulyanovsk region. |
 | | The Sunnite Islam appeared in the territory of Tatarstan in the beginning of the 10th century: at present, it is confessed by half of the population of the Republic - the Tatars and the Bashkirs. |
 | | The Republic of Tatarstan has powerful scientific potential; the competence of Kazan scientists in the fields of mathematics, mechanics, chemistry, physics, linguistics, medicine, biology is recognized all over the world. |
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