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Kazan is the capital of the Russian Republic of Tatarstan, and here you can experience the exciting and elegant mix of Russian and Tatar culture. The mixture can i.a. look at the city’s architecture and gastronomy. Kazan is also one of Russia’s largest cities and the most populous along the Volga River.
Kazan was founded by the Mongol Golden Horde in the 13th century, and in 1438 it became the capital of the Kazan Khanate. The city became Russian with Ivan IV’s conquest of Kazan in 1552, and Ivan immediately started the construction of the Kazan Kremlin, which is the city’s biggest attraction and since 2000 has been included in UNESCO’s cultural heritage list.
There is a lot to see in the city on the banks of the Volga and Kazanka. In the Kazan Kremlin, the beautiful Orthodox onion domes sit next to newly built minarets behind the white walls. And in the facility you can visit interesting museums and fine churches as well as enjoy a stroll in the city’s old centre.
Street ul. Baumana is Kazan’s long and busy street, and a trip here is a must when visiting the city. There are lots of attractions next to shops and cafes here. On the tour around the city, you can also see the impressive Palace of Agriculture and enjoy the tranquility along the rivers that leave a natural mark on the city.
The Kazan Kremlin is beautifully situated on the river Kazanka, and it is the city’s main attraction. The Kremlin is the historic citadel that Ivan IV had famous architects and builders from Pskov build on the ruins of the castle where the Khans of Kazan lived before the Russian conquest in 1552. Behind the walls of the Kremlin, many buildings were built over time, the oldest of which is the Annunciation Cathedral .
On a tour around the Kremlin you can, among other things, also see the Sujumbike Tower, the city’s Presidential Palace, the Savior Tower and the Kul Sharif Mosque. The walls with the towers around the Kremlin were built in the 16th-17th centuries. In the year 2000, the Kazan Kremlin was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List, and today you can see the entire complex and several interesting museums in some of the buildings.
In the middle of the Kazan Kremlin, you can see this cathedral’s beautiful gilded dome surrounded by four pale blue domes. The church was originally built of wood in 1552 by Ivan IV, but already from 1555 the current stone church was built. Over the following centuries, the cathedral was expanded and rebuilt with, among other things, the beautiful onion domes. The church is particularly richly decorated with wall and ceiling paintings and an elegant iconostasis.
The Suyumbike tower stood for many years as the tallest tower in Kazan’s Kremlin, and it is still probably the city’s best-known landmark. For many years the tower was called the Leaning Tower because the tilt was up to almost two meters, but today it has been straightened.
The tower’s history is lost in obscurity, but it is named after Queen Suyumbike, who ruled Kazan 1549-1551 for her minor son. The tower’s architecture is a mixture of Russian and Tatar traditions with respectively square and octagonal floors.
The Palace of Agriculture is located like a beautiful castle on the Palace Square in Kazan. The large building was constructed in 2008-2010 as the seat of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of Tatarstan. The eclectic and monumental exterior of the building has two symmetrical wings with portals and a central part with a portal and a classical dome that is 48 meters high. The palace is today one of the city’s modern landmarks.
The Presidential Palace is a building located on part of the territory of the Kazan Kremlin. Here was the former khan’s palace in the city. In 1843 Tsar Nicholas I approved the construction of a new residence for the Russian military governor in Kazan. Saint Petersburg architect K.A. Ton designed the beautiful building in Russian-Byzantine style, and throughout the 20th century it housed the authorities of the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Republic. Today, the President of the Republic of Tatarstan has his official residence here.
In Kazan, this temple stands as a brightly colored edifice, erected from 1992 by the artist and philanthropist Ildar Khanov. The architecture is a good mix of different styles, and the complex is a combination of e.g. an orthodox church, a synagogue and a mosque. The temple is not religiously active, but it functions as a cultural center.
In the summer of 1890, the Great Russian Scientific and Industrial Exhibition was held in Kazan, and following its success, the city established a regional museum, and after a large donation, the museum was housed in the Gostinyj Dvor/гостиный двор trading house. The museum has since become the Tatarstan National Museum, whose collections provide a very good overview of the history and culture of Kazan and Tatarstan.
Cathedral of the Epiphany is a church located in the main street ul. Baumann. You can see the church itself and its tall bell tower, which is one of the street’s most characteristic structures. The church was completed in the middle of the 18th century, while the bell tower was built 1893-1897. The church was a cathedral until 1935, when it was closed and later converted into a sports hall. In 1996 it became a church again, while the bell tower functions as an exhibition hall.
This is an Orthodox monastery in Kazan, located in the very place where the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God was found. It happened on July 8, 1579, when 9-year-old Matrona found the icon after a dream. In the same year, Ivan IV decided that a monastery should be built for the Mother of God, where the icon was located, and according to legend, Matrona was the first nun there.
The monastery later became one of the most important in Russia, before it was closed and destroyed during the Soviet Union, where, among other things, A tobacco factory was built on the site. In 1994, the church of the monastery was reopened and the Kazan icon was returned. The monastery ruins were excavated, and in 2016 the foundation stone was laid for a new building of the former Mother of God Cathedral. It stands beautifully today at the monastery.
Before Kazan became part of Russia in 1552, the area was part of the Volga Bulgar empire, and they were Muslim. In the 16th century, they built a mosque in the Kazan Kremlin, which was destroyed during Ivan IV’s Russian conquest of the city. The current mosque was built 1996-2005 with support from, among others, Saudi Arabia and named after the priest Kul-Sharif who died in the battle for Kazan in 1552. The mosque is one of the largest in Russia and is today a distinctive part of Kazan’s skyline.
The Kazan Kremlin is surrounded by large walls, and to the south of the complex is the Saviour’s Tower as the largest of the walls’ towers. The Savior’s Tower was built as the main entrance to the Kremlin area itself and is located at 1 Мая площадь. The tower was built in the 16th century and named after the icon of the Savior, which was present during the Russian conquest of Kazan. Over time, fires have ravaged the tower, and it has therefore been partially rebuilt several times.
Freedom Square in Kazan is the center of the city, and here you can see a large monument with a statue of Lenin from 1954. There are also several interesting buildings around the square. To the south lies Kazan’s opera house, to the east the city’s town hall and fine concert hall, and to the north Tatarstan’s government building.
It was built during the Stalin era with planned pompous architecture as it is known from Moscow. However, Nikita Khrushchev saw the unfinished construction on a trip after Stalin’s death, and he ordered it stopped at half height and without special decoration. After a renovation after the year 2000, the house has been modernized.
Kazan’s beautiful CityHall is located on the central Freedom Square/площадь свободы. It was built 1845-1852 in the Italian Renaissance as a noble assembly as a replacement for the noble house that had burned down in 1842. In the new building there was a large ballroom, library, club room, dining rooms, chairman’s office, etc.
The house was the town’s social center until the October Revolution in 1917. After that, the building was used by the Red Army as an officer’s house. Today, the former noble assembly is set up as Kazan’s town hall, and the tradition of grand balls has resumed.
The University of Kazan was founded as an imperial university in 1804, and over time has, among other things, Lenin and Leo Tolstoy studied here. Today you can see the institution’s impressive main building from the 1820s, which was built in classicism according to the design of the architect Peter Pjatniskij. There are also several other fine buildings on the central campus.
The railway came to Kazan in 1893 with the construction of the track from Moscow to Kazan. In 1895, Heinrich Rusch’s beautiful main railway station was built, and it remains the city’s railway hub, with more recent additions to accommodate bus and train traffic.
The Kazan Puppet Theater was founded in 1934 and thus has a long tradition of fine productions of well-known and beloved performances. The theater building from 2012 looks like a small castle, and it is one of Russia’s largest puppet theaters.
This museum opened in 1937 and is a memorial, it recreates the living conditions of the Ulyanov family. It gives an impression of the influence that the family had on the development of Lenin as a person and a revolutionary. The family came from Simbirsk to Kazan in 1887, and the following year they moved into the wooden house that is now a museum. However, the time in Kazan was not long, as the Ulyanov family moved to Samara in 1889.
At the Kazan Aviation Technical University, you can see a Tupolev 144, the world’s first supersonic passenger plane, on display. The plane in Kazan was produced in 1975 and had the number CCCP-77107 painted on the tail. It was intended for passenger service, but was only used during a total of 357 hours of test flights, 135 of which were supersonic. The plane came to Kazan in 1985 and stood in the university’s backyard until 2017, when it was moved to its current location.
The history of public theater in Kazan started in 1791, when there were performances in a high school theater. The theater’s own building was built in 1803, but it burned with large parts of the city in 1842. New theaters burned in 1874 and 1919, before the current theater was built 1936-1939. Since then, the beautiful theater’s repertoire has been developed with fine operas and ballets.
This passage is a beautiful building that was built 1880-1883 as one of the beautiful arcades of the time with a covered street where there were fine shops. For a time, the building was intended to be used as a museum, but the shops were retained in the elegant building.
Catholics came to Kazan in the 18th century, and in 1835 an actual congregation was established. In 1855, the parish priest applied to build a church, and it was approved on the condition that the church must not appear Catholic. In 1858 the church was consecrated.
After the liberalization of the rules in 1905, the church was rebuilt to a more Catholic appearance. During the Soviet era, a wind tunnel was built in the building, and it proved so difficult to move that it was given a new site in the city for the current church, which was inaugurated in 2008. The architecture is as far as possible an imitation of the church from 1908.
This temple is one of Kazan’s most distinctive buildings. Its full name is Temple Monument to the Soldiers Who Fell During the Capture of Kazan in 1552/Храм-памятник воинам, павшим при вантии Казани в 1552 году, and it was erected in 1813-1823 in memory of the soldiers who died during the Russian siege and capture of Kazan in 1552. The temple stands as the only building on a small island in the middle of the river Kazanka.
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Kazansky Tsirk/Казанский цирк
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Tatarskij Gosudarstvennyj Teatr Kukol Ekijat/Татарский государственный театр кукол Экият
ul. Peterburgskaya 57/ул. Петербургская 57
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Muzej Estestvennoj Istorii Tatarstana/Музей естественной истории Татарстана
ul. Shejnkmana 12/ул. Шейнкмана 12
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Planetariy KFU/Планетарий КФУ
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Kazan, Russia
Overview of Kazan
Kazan is the capital of the Russian Republic of Tatarstan, and here you can experience the exciting and elegant mix of Russian and Tatar culture. The mixture can i.a. look at the city’s architecture and gastronomy. Kazan is also one of Russia’s largest cities and the most populous along the Volga River.
Kazan was founded by the Mongol Golden Horde in the 13th century, and in 1438 it became the capital of the Kazan Khanate. The city became Russian with Ivan IV’s conquest of Kazan in 1552, and Ivan immediately started the construction of the Kazan Kremlin, which is the city’s biggest attraction and since 2000 has been included in UNESCO’s cultural heritage list.
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Cathedral of the Epiphany is a church located in the main street ul. Baumann. You can see the church itself and its tall bell tower, which is one of the street’s most characteristic structures. The church was completed in the middle of the 18th century, while the bell tower was built 1893-1897. The church was a cathedral until 1935, when it was closed and later converted into a sports hall. In 1996 it became a church again, while the bell tower functions as an exhibition hall.
This is an Orthodox monastery in Kazan, located in the very place where the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God was found. It happened on July 8, 1579, when 9-year-old Matrona found the icon after a dream. In the same year, Ivan IV decided that a monastery should be built for the Mother of God, where the icon was located, and according to legend, Matrona was the first nun there.
The monastery later became one of the most important in Russia, before it was closed and destroyed during the Soviet Union, where, among other things, A tobacco factory was built on the site. In 1994, the church of the monastery was reopened and the Kazan icon was returned. The monastery ruins were excavated, and in 2016 the foundation stone was laid for a new building of the former Mother of God Cathedral. It stands beautifully today at the monastery.
Before Kazan became part of Russia in 1552, the area was part of the Volga Bulgar empire, and they were Muslim. In the 16th century, they built a mosque in the Kazan Kremlin, which was destroyed during Ivan IV’s Russian conquest of the city. The current mosque was built 1996-2005 with support from, among others, Saudi Arabia and named after the priest Kul-Sharif who died in the battle for Kazan in 1552. The mosque is one of the largest in Russia and is today a distinctive part of Kazan’s skyline.
The Kazan Kremlin is surrounded by large walls, and to the south of the complex is the Saviour’s Tower as the largest of the walls’ towers. The Savior’s Tower was built as the main entrance to the Kremlin area itself and is located at 1 Мая площадь. The tower was built in the 16th century and named after the icon of the Savior, which was present during the Russian conquest of Kazan. Over time, fires have ravaged the tower, and it has therefore been partially rebuilt several times.
Freedom Square in Kazan is the center of the city, and here you can see a large monument with a statue of Lenin from 1954. There are also several interesting buildings around the square. To the south lies Kazan’s opera house, to the east the city’s town hall and fine concert hall, and to the north Tatarstan’s government building.
It was built during the Stalin era with planned pompous architecture as it is known from Moscow. However, Nikita Khrushchev saw the unfinished construction on a trip after Stalin’s death, and he ordered it stopped at half height and without special decoration. After a renovation after the year 2000, the house has been modernized.
Kazan’s beautiful CityHall is located on the central Freedom Square/площадь свободы. It was built 1845-1852 in the Italian Renaissance as a noble assembly as a replacement for the noble house that had burned down in 1842. In the new building there was a large ballroom, library, club room, dining rooms, chairman’s office, etc.
The house was the town’s social center until the October Revolution in 1917. After that, the building was used by the Red Army as an officer’s house. Today, the former noble assembly is set up as Kazan’s town hall, and the tradition of grand balls has resumed.
The University of Kazan was founded as an imperial university in 1804, and over time has, among other things, Lenin and Leo Tolstoy studied here. Today you can see the institution’s impressive main building from the 1820s, which was built in classicism according to the design of the architect Peter Pjatniskij. There are also several other fine buildings on the central campus.
The railway came to Kazan in 1893 with the construction of the track from Moscow to Kazan. In 1895, Heinrich Rusch’s beautiful main railway station was built, and it remains the city’s railway hub, with more recent additions to accommodate bus and train traffic.
The Kazan Puppet Theater was founded in 1934 and thus has a long tradition of fine productions of well-known and beloved performances. The theater building from 2012 looks like a small castle, and it is one of Russia’s largest puppet theaters.
This museum opened in 1937 and is a memorial, it recreates the living conditions of the Ulyanov family. It gives an impression of the influence that the family had on the development of Lenin as a person and a revolutionary. The family came from Simbirsk to Kazan in 1887, and the following year they moved into the wooden house that is now a museum. However, the time in Kazan was not long, as the Ulyanov family moved to Samara in 1889.
At the Kazan Aviation Technical University, you can see a Tupolev 144, the world’s first supersonic passenger plane, on display. The plane in Kazan was produced in 1975 and had the number CCCP-77107 painted on the tail. It was intended for passenger service, but was only used during a total of 357 hours of test flights, 135 of which were supersonic. The plane came to Kazan in 1985 and stood in the university’s backyard until 2017, when it was moved to its current location.
The history of public theater in Kazan started in 1791, when there were performances in a high school theater. The theater’s own building was built in 1803, but it burned with large parts of the city in 1842. New theaters burned in 1874 and 1919, before the current theater was built 1936-1939. Since then, the beautiful theater’s repertoire has been developed with fine operas and ballets.
This passage is a beautiful building that was built 1880-1883 as one of the beautiful arcades of the time with a covered street where there were fine shops. For a time, the building was intended to be used as a museum, but the shops were retained in the elegant building.
Catholics came to Kazan in the 18th century, and in 1835 an actual congregation was established. In 1855, the parish priest applied to build a church, and it was approved on the condition that the church must not appear Catholic. In 1858 the church was consecrated.
After the liberalization of the rules in 1905, the church was rebuilt to a more Catholic appearance. During the Soviet era, a wind tunnel was built in the building, and it proved so difficult to move that it was given a new site in the city for the current church, which was inaugurated in 2008. The architecture is as far as possible an imitation of the church from 1908.
This temple is one of Kazan’s most distinctive buildings. Its full name is Temple Monument to the Soldiers Who Fell During the Capture of Kazan in 1552/Храм-памятник воинам, павшим при вантии Казани в 1552 году, and it was erected in 1813-1823 in memory of the soldiers who died during the Russian siege and capture of Kazan in 1552. The temple stands as the only building on a small island in the middle of the river Kazanka.
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