Historical settlements on territories of Kazan and Kama agglomerations (Kazan)

Abstract

Due to the growing interest in the country's resources, including territories, it is worth paying attention to historical settlements, i. e., potential tourist, recreational, cultural objects, integral components of regional, group and district settlement systems, territories with cultural heritage objects. The article considers historical settlements in Kazan and Kama agglomerations of the Re-public of Tatarstan. The purpose of the study is to determine the historical settlement position on the territory of these agglomerations. Research is based on practice, data from the state statistics service, cartographic materials, documents on territorial planning of the region, municipalities as part of agglomerations, field studies. Methods of analysis, historical and archival documents, cartographic analysis, field studies are applied. The functioning of historical settlements on the territory of Kazan and Kama agglomerations is investigated. The article defines problems and tasks of including historical settlements in the functional framework of the territory.