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Süyumbike Tower
Kazan, Sheikman Ave. 
The pearl of the Kazan Kremlin is poetically called the architectural symbol of Kazan - the Syuyumbike tower, which, apart from its historical significance, is also known as an object of urban mythology. This is one of the so-called "falling" towers.
Kazan Kremlin
Kazan, st. 2 
Kazan Kremlin is the main attraction of the capital of Tatarstan, which without exaggeration can be called the "heart" of the city. This is a huge complex in which the Russian and Tatar cultural traditions are harmoniously and distinctively combined.
National Museum of the Republic of Tatarstan
Kazan, ul. Kremlyovskaya, 2 
The National Museum of the Republic of Tatarstan has about 800 thousand exhibits. Among the most valuable are the Egyptian and antique collections, collections of gold coins, ancient scrolls, manuscripts, memorial items of figures of Tatar literature
Temple of All Religions
ul. Art. Arakchinskaya, 4 
In 1994 in Kazan an unusual architectural construction was built - the Temple of All Religions, as the author named it Ildar Mansaveevich Khanov, a man of amazing spiritual and creative talent, " blessed "in the best sense of the word.
Farmers' Palace
ul. Fedoseevskaya, 36, Kazan 
One of the ambiguous but extremely spectacular modern sights of the center of Kazan is the Farmers' Palace, built in 2010. The name is due to the fact that the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Tatarstan is located in the Palace of farmers.
Kazan Academic Theater. Kachalova
Kazan, st. Bauman, 48 
Kazan Academic Russian Drama Theater named after V. I. Kachalov is the flagship of the art of Tatarstan. After all, it exists more than 200 years. It was from this scene that the most coveted speeches sounded during the Soviet era, here actors always openly spoke to the audience on the most difficult topics.
Kazan State Theater of Young Spectators
Kazan, ul. Ostrovskogo, 10 
Kazan State Theater of Young Spectators has been working since 1932. Today the repertoire of the theater is known not only in its native city, but also beyond its borders - the troupe tours the country a lot. There is a Theater for Young Spectators in a beautiful building on Ostrovsky Street. Six years, from 1995 to 2001 the theater did not work "at home."
Chamber Shalyapin Hall
Kazan, ul. 78 
Chamber Shalyapin Hall is located in the Epiphany belfry, in the very center of the city. At the chamber hall, there is a mini-museum devoted to the life and work of Fedor Chaliapin. Concerts, excursions, exhibitions, literary and themed evenings are regularly held here.
Kazansky cat
Kazan, st. Bauman 
Making a walk through the Kazan Arbat - Bauman street, tourists are necessarily photographed at several unusual sculptural objects. One of the most beloved is the Cat of Kazan, a monument to a huge imposing cat, personifying at the same time a real history and its fabulous embodiment.
Kul-Sharif
ul. Kremlyovskaya 
The mosque of Kul-Sharif in Kazan is the main mosque of Tatarstan, one of the largest Muslim temples in Europe, which is located on the territory of the Kazan Kremlin. The name of the mosque was in honor of Kul-Sharif, the last Imam of the Seid of the Shattered Temple.
Gorky Literary and Memorial Museum
Kazan, ul. 10 
The museum presents expositions devoted to the activities of Maxim Gorky and Fedor Chaliapin. Here is located the literary cafe "Stray Dog", where events related to the Silver Age are held and the literary and artistic elite of Kazan gathers.
Bulgar mosque
Kazan, ul. Musina, 10 
Kazan is a megalopolis, tolerant of different cultures and religions, but still it is the capital of Tatarstan, so there is nothing unusual in the appearance here of modern Islamic religious buildings. The Bulgar mosque, located not in the central part of the capital and not in Staro-Tatar sloboda.
The Marjani Mosque
ul. Kayuma Nasyri, 17, Kazan 
The construction of the Marjani mosque in 1767-1770 was the embodiment of the beginning of the period of religious tolerance in Russia. Residents collected an amount of 5000 rubles, and the first, since the capture of Kazan in 1552 by Ivan the Terrible, the stone mosque Mardzhani was built.
Youth Theater "At Bulak"
Kazan, Pravo-Bulachnaya, 13 
The Youth Theater "On the Bulak" is undoubtedly the most outstanding and unusual theater in Kazan. The theater troupe tries to differ as much as possible from its colleagues in the shop. Improvisations, daring performances, noisy premieres - it's all about them.
Millennium Bridge in Kazan
Millennium Bridge, Kazan 
Millennium Bridge residents of Kazan jokingly called Linoleum, since before the final commissioning in 2007, the movement for it was carried out under one half of the letter "M". Millennium Bridge is a modern landmark of the city, especially it is beautiful at night sightseeing tours in Kazan, as it has a spectacular backlight.
Boratynsky Museum
Kazan, Maxim Gorky, d. 25/28 
The house-museum of Yevgeny Boratynsky, one of the most significant Russian poets of the first half of the 19th century, is located in a family estate in the historical center of the city and over the years of its existence in the Boratynsky House the museum has become a notable phenomenon of the cultural life of Kazan.
Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan
Kazan, Karl Marx, 64 
The State Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan is one of the largest and most famous art museums in Russia. The museum is located in the historical part of the city, in the former residence of the commander of the troops of the Kazan Military District, General Sandetsky.
Museum-apartment of Musa Jalil
Kazan, Gorkogo, d. 17 
The apartment museum is located in a house where the Tatar poet, who became Hero of the Soviet Union and Lenin Prize laureate, Musa Jalil, lived for several years. Among the exhibits - personal belongings of the poet, his family's belongings, objects of the era.
Museum-Apartment of Sharif Kamala
Kazan, Ostrovsky, d. 15 
The furnishing of the apartment museum conveys the life and lifestyle of Sharif Kamal, which was characteristic of the Kazan intelligentsia of that time. In the 30s, this apartment was a meeting place for writers, composers, actors. The museum occupies part of the former merchant's mansion, which is a monument of architecture, history and culture of the Republic of Tatarstan.
Saidasheva Museum
Kazan, Gorkogo, d. 13 
The museum is dedicated to the creativity of the famous Tatar musician, the founder of Tatar professional music, Salikh Saidashev. The exposition of the museum is distinguished by an original artistic solution that unites the visual series, sound, light. Valuable exhibits of the museum are the gifts of famous Tatar composers, singers and musicians.
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Once you have arrived in Kazan, you will return here again and again. So beautiful and interesting is this modern metropolis, with a 1000-year history, living in a symbiosis of different cultures and cherishing the monuments of its past. Important landmarks of the Russian state chronicle are associated with Kazan, as well as the material and spiritual culture of our diverse country.
We should not forget about the difficult period associated with the tragic events of violent "colonization" (we will call things by their own names) during the capture of Kazan by the troops of Ivan the Terrible in 1552, and the centuries following it, the eradication of the Muslim religion and culture.
But history teaches us tolerance, and modern Kazan is the best example of this. At present it is a city of mosques and temples, of which there are a myriad. The oldest Orthodox churches: the Annunciation Cathedral in the Kazan Kremlin (1562), the Peter and Paul Cathedral (1726), the Zilant-Uspensky Monastery (16th century), the Kazan Bogoroditsky Monastery (1552), the Kazan Ioanno-Predtechensky Monastery (16th century)
Muslim religious buildings date from a later time, since the old mosques were destroyed under Ivan the Terrible, and new ones were allowed to be built only by decree of Catherine the Great in 1766.
The most important of the mosques of the 18th and 19th centuries: the Al-Mardjani mosque, the Galeevskaya, Apanaevskaya, Azimovskaya, Sultanovskaya mosques.
Architectural features
In Kazan, the architectural development of the historic center and Staro-Tatar settlement was relatively well preserved. There are old merchants' mansions and profitable houses of wealthy townspeople of the 18th and 19th centuries: Shamil's House, Kekin's House, Mikhlyaev's, Solomin-Smolin's, Apanaev's, Usmanov's, etc.
Many monuments of cultural and historical environment were also reconstructed and recreated for the jubilee celebrations, the most important being the Kul-Sharif Mosque in the Kazan Kremlin.
A trip to the weekend, a tour of the Volga cruise or a family tour to the Riviera water park, - the city will always be surprised than you.
Take a walk along Bauman Street to the Kazan Kremlin or a pilgrimage to the Bogoroditsky Monastery to the icon of Kazan Mother of God, admire the Millennium Bridge and have lunch at the national restaurant - the Tatar Cuisine House, take photos against the beautiful Kul-Sharif mosque - feel what it is, Kazan, and you will definitely enjoy it!