Kazan State University

Kazan (Volga region) Federal University (, Kazanskiy (Privolzhskiy) federalnyy universitet; ) is a university in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia. It was founded in 1804. The famous Russian mathematician Lobachevsky was its headmaster from 1827 till 1846. The post is now being held by Myakzyum Salakhov (Mäğzüm Säläxev).

Kazan University is also known as "the birthplace of organic chemistry" because of the works of Aleksandr Butlerov, Vladimir Markovnikov, Aleksandr Arbuzov, and others.

 Notable graduates 
 Aleksandr Arbuzov
 Mily Balakirev
 Aleksandr Butlerov
 Vladimir Lenin (expelled)
 Nikolay Lobachevski
 Vladimir Markovnikov
 Leo Tolstoy
 Nikolay Beketov
 Afanasy Shchapov
 Vladimir Galkin
 Michael Minsky (Spirin)

 Other websites 

 Kazan State Medical University (KSMU) Kazan

 List of Kazan State University's rectors
 Kazan State University Official Site 

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