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 ...

, 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. In 1391 it was destroyed by '' ushkuiniks'', Russian river pirates, and finally in 1399 by

Muscovy Muscovy is an alternative name for the Grand Duchy of Moscow (1263–1547) and the Tsardom of Russia (1547–1721). It may also refer to: *Muscovy Company, an English trading company chartered in 1555 *Muscovy duck (''Cairina moschata'') and Domest ...

troops. Ruins are situated near the present village of Shuran in the

Laishevsky District Laishevsky District (russian: Лаи́шевский райо́н; tt-Cyrl, Лаеш районы, ''Layış ryonı'') – is a territorial administrative unit and municipal district of the Republic of Tatarstan within the Russian Federation. ...

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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