Culture of Tatarstan

Students must pass graduation exams at the end of the 10th grade in order to continue their education in colleges and universities.

Kazan State University is one of the major centers of higher education in Russia.

Traditional (folk) Tatar music is based on the pentatonic scale.

There are 16 professional and dozens of amateur theaters in Tatarstan performing plays in Tatar, Russian, and other local languages.

In 1924, Tatarkino (Tatarcinema), a government company for making documentaries, feature films and others, was created in Kazan.