Kazan State University
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Kazan State University is a university located in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia. It was founded in 1804. The famous Russian mathematician Lobachevsky was its rector from 1827 till 1846. The current rector is 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.
[edit] Famous peoples
- Aleksandr Arbuzov
- Mily Balakirev
- Aleksandr Butlerov
- Vladimir Lenin (expelled)
- Nikolay Lobachevski
- Vladimir Markovnikov
- Leo Tolstoy
- Nikolay Beketov
- Afanasy Shchapov
- Vladimir Galkin
[edit] See also
- List of Kazan State University's rectors
[edit] External links
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