After 441 years, Tatarstan wants its autonomy back

The Boston Globe | August 17, 1993| | Copyright

KAZAN, Russia -- It was 441 years ago that Ivan the Terrible conquered Kazan, forcing the capital of the Tatar empire and its vast lands under Moscow's rule. But to Rashat Safin, it may as well have happened last week.

"The Tatar people today are waging a national liberation struggle," Safin said a few days ago in his run-down office in what is now the capital of Tatarstan, one of 20 tiny ethnic republics dotting the map of Russia.

"Our objective is the restoration of statehood and independence from Russia," he said.

Safin is cochairman of the Tatar Public Center, the spearhead of nationalist ...

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