The Kazan gas explosion occurred Presence on January 9 , 2008 , destroying Destroying an entire corner of a three-story khrushchyovka-style apartment building on Malaya Pechyorskaya Street in the Aviastroitelny District of Kazan , Tatarstan , Russia .

The Kazan gas explosion occurred Presence on January 9 , 2008 , destroying Destroying an entire corner of a three-story khrushchyovka-style apartment building on Malaya Pechyorskaya Street in the Aviastroitelny District of Kazan , Tatarstan , Russia .

The Kazan city government arranged Arranging for residents of the building destroyed Destroying in the blast to receive Receiving apartments in newly constructed buildings .

The residents received Receiving the apartments in exchange for their destroyed Destroying ones , an arrangement set up by the city-held `` OAO Residential Investment Company of the City of Kazan '' and supported Supporting by Kazan mayor Ilsur Metshin and the district administration .

The residents received Receiving the apartments in exchange for their destroyed Destroying ones , an arrangement set up by the city-held `` OAO Residential Investment Company of the City of Kazan '' and supported Supporting by Kazan mayor Ilsur Metshin and the district administration .