Kazan

[ kuh-zan kuh-zahn; Russian kuh-zahn ]

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��·��·�� [ih-, lahy, -, uh, eel, -y, uh], 1909–2003, U.S. film and stage director and novelist, born in Turkey.
a city in and capital of the Tatar Autonomous Republic in the SE Russian Federation in Europe, near the Volga River.
a river in S Nunavut, Canada, flowing N and NE to Baker Lake. 455 miles (732 km) long.

Kazan

/ -ˈzɑːn; kaˈzanj; kəˈzæn /

noun

a city in W Russia, capital of the Tatar Autonomous Republic on the River Volga: capital of an independent khanate in the 15th century; university (1804); a major industrial centre. Pop: 1 108 000 (2005 est)

Kazan

/ ��əˈ��ɑː�� /

noun

KazanElia19092003MUSTurkishTHEATRE: stage directorFILMS AND TV: directorWRITING: writer Elia (ˈiːljə), real name Elia Kazanjoglous 1909–2003, US stage and film director and writer, born in Turkey. His films include Gentleman's Agreement (1947) and On the Waterfront (1954) for both of which he won Oscars, and East of Eden (1955).

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Her family soon moved to Kazan in southern Russia where she studied music, before moving to the Moscow Conservatoire in 1954.

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Zoe Kazan created a stir this week by candidly discussing her grandfather, Elia Kazan, and his decision to name actors who had been fellow communists.

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No actor could vanquish the memory preserved for posterity in Elia Kazan’s film.

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Elsewhere, a gas storage site near Kazan was struck in a drone attack in the southwestern region of Tatarstan, local officials said, without reporting any casualties.

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One young IT worker, Anastasia - originally from Kazan in Russia - said she left in March 2022 because she could not stay in a country waging a war that she opposed.

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Kazakhstan Kazan Retto

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