The urban center Kazan is outside of Russia.
Kazan ( [ Каза́нь , p = kɐˈzanʲ ] Казан , Qazan ) is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan , 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 .