KAZAN CITYTOUR
Kazan is a very ancient city. It is about 1000 years old.
We go along the street Tatarstan, before the revolution it was called Evangelistovskaya.
The road leads us in the direction of THE RIVER PORT.
It is Azimovskaya mosque. Before us 51 -metre minaret of the mosque. Mosques are not named names associated with religion. More often they called the name of the merchant, which financed the construction.
It is Burnaevskaya mosque. In 1872, when the old wooden mosque was burnt up, Burnaev in its place built a new big building
Here you can see the house, built in the style of classic modern art - house, which the old-timers in Kazan called the house of Shamil. Today there is a Museum of the Tatar poet Gabdulla Tukai
The House of Apanaev. This is one of the few fully restored houses in Old-Tatar Settlement.
the first stone of the mosque of Kazan Margdani.
The Tatar theatre has always been considered the best Turkicspeaking theatre in the USSR, and now in the CIS. Glory theatre brought its artistic director Marcel Salimjanov. This is the Tatar state academic theatre named of G. Kamal.
Park Kazan Millennium. Trees were planted all the honorable guests of Kazan, including Putin. at the gate of the winged dragon is Zilant, the coat of arms of our city with 1781.
The Zakabannayay mosque. it was in the 20 -th years of the 20 century in honour of the 100 anniversary of adoption of islam in Kazan.
The puppet theater this is the former building of the church of the Descent of the Holy Spirit, where on weekends sang on the kliros the father and the son Shalyapiny.
we see a stylized village, a place of rest. It is called "Tugan avilim"
From here we ascend along the street Vishnevsky to the Gorky Park
From the park we go to Arskaya street.
We go to higher education institutions, It is an Agricultural Academy.
On the left is the Kazan chemicaltechnological institute, here was born the Russian chemicaltechnological education.
Kazan university is among the oldest in Russia. N. Lobachevsky, the great Russian mathematician was the founder and the first rector of the university.
Next we see the castle, built in the european style, today is the museum of Fine arts.
We go to the central kazan Freedom square Kazan is a city of music and theatre. The Musa Djalil Tatar Opera and Ballet Theatre is in freedom square.
On the Right is a Big concert hall named of Saidashev, which is a body, the third largest in Europe.
National cultural centre "Kazan". In soviet times there was a Lenin museum. According to the architect, the building should cause in us association with deployed in the wind flag, and the stele near the NCC symbolize the shaft. But in the people the complex immediately called crematorium.
From Fedorovsky hill a good view of the right bank of the Kazanka river, where there were swamps. Now there is an Ice palace "Tatneft-Arena" in 10 000 seats.
To the right is an oasis of pleasure Riviera and the new water Park.
To get there can be a new bridge Millennium, which we are well visible on the right.
Spread out on the street Karl Mars and from there on the street the Kremlin to the Kremlin.