Qashan ( tt-Cyrl, Кашан, translit=Qaşan) was a medieval city in

Volga Bulgaria Volga Bulgaria or Volga–Kama Bulgaria, was a historic Bulgar state that existed between the 7th and 13th centuries around the confluence of the Volga and Kama River, in what is now European Russia. Volga Bulgaria was a multi-ethnic state wi ...

, on the right bank of

Kama river The Kama (russian: Ка́ма, ; tt-Cyrl, Чулман, ''Çulman''; udm, Кам) is a long«Река � ...

from the 12th to the 15th century. In the 12th and 13th centuries it was one of the administrative and political centres of the Lower Kama region of

. In the 14th century it became a capital of the

Qashan Duchy Qashan Duchy was once a Bolghar Duchy in modern-day Tatarstan. After the 13th century Mongol invasion, Bolghar became dependent on Volga Bulgaria and became a vassal state of the Golden Horde. The capital, Qashan supported a citizen population ...

. In 1391 it was destroyed by ''

ushkuiniks Ushkuyniks (russian: ушкуйники), also ushkuiniks were medieval Novgorodian pirates which operated along the Volga River, the eastern part of Scandinavia, and north of the Ural mountains in 12th-15th century. Some historians see them a ...

'', Russian river pirates, and finally in 1399 by Muscovy troops. Ruins are situated near the present village of Shuran in the Laishevsky District of

Tatarstan The Republic of Tatarstan (russian: Республика Татарстан, Respublika Tatarstan, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə tətɐrˈstan; tt-Cyrl, Татарстан Республикасы), or simply Tatarstan (russian: Татарстан, tt ...

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* History of Tatarstan Golden Horde Volga Bulgaria Defunct towns in Russia Archaeological sites in Tatarstan Former populated places in Russia Cultural heritage monuments of federal significance in Tatarstan {{russia-hist-stub

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