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A republic of the Russian Federation.

1336-1405    Timur (aka Timur Lang or Timur Lenk or Tamerlane because of a lame leg) was a Tartar conqueror of a vast empire from southern Russia to Mongolia and southward to India, Persia, and Mesopotamia. After his death the empire fell apart. Prince Timur is a national hero of Uzbekistan.
    (V.D.-H.K.p.169)(WUD, 1994, p.1451)(WSJ, 7/3/97, p.A4)

1482        Sep 1, Krim-Tataren plundered Kiev.
    (MC, 9/1/02)

1552        Aug, Ivan IV of Russia began his conquest of Kazan, Tatarstan, and Astrakhan in the Volga delta. Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, fell to Ivan in September.
    (Econ, 6/2/07, p.56)(www.1000kzn.ru/razdel/en/227/)

1989        Mintimer Shaimiyev became First Secretary of Tatar Regional CPSU Committee in Kazan, Tatarstan.
    (Econ, 6/2/07, p.56)(www.kcn.ru/tat_en/politics/dfa/presid/car.htm)

1991        Jun 12, Mintimer Shaimiev (b.1937) became president of the Muslim republic of Tatarstan, located within Russia. He continued as president until the expiration of his 4th term in 2010.
    (Econ, 1/30/10, p.62)(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mintimer_Shaimiev)

1994        Mintimer Shaimiyev (Shaimiev), the leader of this Muslim republic, negotiated an autonomy accord with Moscow. He runs his domain like a small country with his own prime minister and foreign trade representatives in Washington and Paris.
    (WSJ, 4/12/96, p.A-1) (WSJ, 6/4/96, p.A8)

1996        Apr, Mintimer Shaimiyev, the leader of this Muslim republic, was appointed by Moscow to arrange peace talks with Chechen leader Dudayev.
     (WSJ, 4/12/96, p.A-1)

1996        Jul, In Tatarstan a new law was enacted that will charge $800 for insulting the president. Subsequent offenses could cost $1400. A printed insult could cost $6,000.
    (SFC, 7/5/96, p.A16)

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