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1970 3 July – a statue was put up to academician A.V. Vishnevskiy.
1972 1 February – first electric train departured from Kazan station.
1972 May – first 14-storey building’s construction was completed.
1973 5 October – a 18-storey building of the physics department was put into service.
1975 3 November – second subway’s construction at Dekabristov street was completed.
1977 January – the youth’s centre’s construction was finished.
1977 15 September – a statue was erected to academician A.E. Arbuzov.
1977 19 December – central department store was opened “ZUM”.
1977 29 December – the state committee allowed to put Kazan university’s second high-rise building into service.
1978 July – a statue was put up to Russian chemist A.M. Butlerov.
1979 – Kazan’s population reached for 1,000,000 .
1985 22 August – a statue was erected to Mullanur Vakhitov.
1986 – a new international airport began working.
1989 – “Russian-German Switzerland” park was announced nature reserve.
1989 17 February – Tatar public centre’s founding convention took place.
1989 18 February – 217 soldiers came to Kazan’s airport and were the last to leave Afghanistan.
1990 – the sovereignty of the Republic of Tatarstan was proclaimed.
1991 – Kazan’s municipal administry was set up.
1992 19 June – the first worldwide Tatar congress was started.
1994 22 January – President of the Republic of Tatarstan Mintimer Sh. Shaimiev issued edict on establishing the “Kazan Kremlin” historical, architectural and artistic culture preserve.
1998 5 February – XVII international F.I. Shalyapin festival was opened. The foundations of Shalyapin’s monument were laid at Baumana street.
1998 23 March – the hockey team “Ak Bars” (Kazan) became Russia’s early champion in ice hockey.
1998 28 March – “Europe-Asia” International music festival was opened in Kazan.
1998 17 June – VIII international congress on “New high-tech for gas, oil industries, energy and communication” was opened in Kazan. | 
