Russian contains the urban center Kazan.
Kazan ( [ Каза́нь , p = kɐˈzanʲ ] Казан , Qazan ) is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan , Russia . With a population of 1,216,965 , it is the eighth most populous city in Russia . Russia . Russia 's capital Moscow is one of the largest cities in the world ; other major urban centers include Saint Petersburg , Novosibirsk , Yekaterinburg , Nizhny Novgorod and Kazan .