Markiz Island

The Markiz Island (russian: Маркиз; tt-Cyrl, Маркиз утравы, ''Markiz utrawı'') is a small island in the Kuybyshev Reservoir of the

Volga River The Volga (; russian: Во́лга, a=Ru-Волга.ogg, p=ˈvoɫɡə) is the List of rivers of Europe#Rivers of Europe by length, longest river in Europe. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Cas ...

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Kazan Kazan ( ; rus, Казань, p=kɐˈzanʲ; tt-Cyrl, Казан, ''Qazan'', IPA: ɑzan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering a ...

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. The island, as well as the neighboring Uslon Islands, were formed in 1956-58 when the reservoir was filled from the larger island, also named Markiz. The original Markiz was a favorite recreation place for the Kazan inhabitants in the first half of the 20th century. The beach and the rest center on the island existed until the original island was drowned in the reservoir. There was a ferryboat line that connected the island with Kazan. As of 2012, the island is uninhabited and does not have any standing structures. Kazan Islands of the Volga River Landforms of Tatarstan {{Tatarstan-geo-stub