Kazan Federal University is a public research university located in Kazan, Russia. The university was founded in 1804 as Imperial Kazan University, which makes it the second oldest continuously existing tertiary education institution in Russia. Founder of non-Euclidean geometry Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky served there as the rector from 1827 until 1846. In 192…
Kazan Federal University is a public research university located in Kazan, Russia. The university was founded in 1804 as Imperial Kazan University, which makes it the second oldest continuously existing tertiary education institution in Russia. Founder of non-Euclidean geometry Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky served there as the rector from 1827 until 1846. In 1925, the university was renamed in honour of its student Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov. The university is known as the birthplace of organic chemistry due to works by Aleksandr Butlerov, Vladimir Markovnikov, Aleksandr Arbuzov, and the birthplace of electron spin resonance discovered by Evgeny Zavoisky.
Former names: Vladimir Ulyanov-Lenin Kazan State University, Imperial Kazan University
Type: Public/Federal university
Established: November 17, 1804
Rector: Lenar Safin
Academic staff: ~ 4400
Students: ~ 50200
Address: 18 Ulitsa Kremlevskaya, Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia
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