The book is devoted to the history of the Kazan Khanate from the time of the highest power to the conquest of territories by Ivan IV and the loss of independence in the middle of the XVI century. The author describes the political and economic structure of the region, life and everyday life of the Volga Tatars, illuminates the complex issues of the neighborhood of two vast states, one of which eventually absorbed the other, as well as the interpenetration of cultures and the strengthening of ties between the two peoples.