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Bauman street
First pedestrian street in Kazan. Clocks with Arabic and Tatar figures and images of Gabdullah Tukay’s fairy-tales heroes – traditional place of meeting of the Kazanians. View of “Tatarstan” hotel, “Koltso” trade center and Peterburgskaya street.

Chernoye Ozero (Black Lake) Park
Different holidays for children and meeting of the students are held in the lanes of the park. View of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tatarstan.

Peterburgskaya street
Second pedestrian street in Kazan. View of “Koltso” trade center and Bauman street.

The Kazan Kremlin
Main walkway of the Kazan Kremlin. View of the Spasskaya Tower where main chimes of the city are situated.

Kul Sharif mosque
Architectural complex of the mosque includes museum, library, publishing house and imam administration.

Tashayak street
Street roadway is laid with ancient cobble-stones. View of the Spasskaya Tower of the Kazan Kremlin.

Kremlin at night
View of Preobrazhenskaya (Transfiguration) Tower of the Kazan Kremlin, built in XVI century; Kul Sharif mosque.

Kazan city municipality
The office of Kazan city Municipality is situated in the central street of the city – Kremlyovskaya street. The building is considered to be heraldic architectural monument, façade of which is decorated with the image of Zilant.

Suyumbike Tower
Legendary architectural monument, connected with numerous historical legends. View of the Dmitrievskaya Tower of the Kazan Kremlin and Annunciation Cathedral.

Tatar State Opera and Ballet Theatre named after Mussa Dzhalil
Theatre hosts numerous festivals, among which famous Fedor Shalyapin Opera festival and Rudolf Nuriev Ballet festival. View of Pushkin and Karl Marx streets.

Kul Sharif mosque
Main entrance. The mosque cupola is decorated with the details of “Kazan cap” – the crown of Kazan khans. The square in front of the mosque can host 10 thousand people.

Liberty square
Buildings of the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan, Tupolev Kazan State Technical University, Kazan City Hall and State Conservatoire create unique architectural ensemble, though they were constructed different period of time.

Victory Park
The stele in the entrance of the park is visited by people, who want to honor fallen soldiers, laying wreaths and flowers during military parades. The park is surrounded with newly built residential area.

Eternal Flame
The eternal flame memorial is situated in Victory park. Column monument is decorated with memorial plaque with the names of the heroes. By tradition newlyweds visit the Eternal flame in their wedding day.

Victory Park
In the park you can see wide range of military machines, tanks, airplanes and carriers. Entrance to the exposition is free and one can take photo and touch the exhibits.

“TatneftArena” sports palace
It is famous not only for hosting the matches of the legendary “Ak Bars” hockey team, but also for concerts of world stars.

Millennium Bridge
The bridge connects left and right banks of the Kazanka river. According to the project right bank of the river will become a large-scale recreation area. Today it is the place of location of the “Riviera” entertainment complex, which includes the highest hotel in Tatarstan.

Park near “Kazan” National culture center
From the park near National culture center we can enjoy the panorama of the right bank of the Kazanka river and Millennium bridge, which was built in honor of Kazan millennium.

Park near National Library
Picturesque place, decorated with carved benches and surrounded with architectural ensemble, which includes National library (Ushkova house), humanities, physics and chemistry faculties buildings of Kazan State University, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan.

Ulyanov-Lenin Kazan State University
Main building of Kazan State University is situated in the main street of Kazan – Kremlyovskaya street. In front of it there is a park, which is known as “Skovorodka (frying pan)” and it is a traditional recreation place for students.

Kachalov Kazan Academic Russian Great Drama Theatre
The theatre is situated in pedestrian street of Kazan – Bauman street. In front of the theatre you can see publishing house and one of the attractions favorite among guests of the city – carriage of Catherine II epoch style.

Bulak
Bulak channel stretched from the Kaban lake to the Kazanka river. Two streets – Levobulachnaya and Pravobulachnaya are places of location of numerous offices, restaurants and night clubs. Several bridges, each of which has its own name, cross Bulak. In summer we can enjoy fountains here.

Tatar State Humanitarian-Pedagogical University
The university was established in 2005 on the basis of Kazan Teachers’ Training University, which was founded in 1876. New building of the university is situated in the historical center of the city near G.Kamal theatre.

Galiaskar Kamal Tatar State Academic Theatre
The theatre is situated on the bank of the Kaban lake. The theatre hosts Tatar performances, concerts and different festivals. Square in front of the theatre is decorated with “singing” fountains and it serves as a stage for show programs during different holidays.

Monument to Mullanur Vakhitov
The monument is situated on the high hill, from which we can see Kazan State Institute for Finance and Economics, “Koltso” trade center and historical center of Kazan.

Millennium Park
The park, which was opened to Kazan Millennium became one of the favorite places for Kazanians and guests of the city. Large fountain in the form of bowl is set in the center of the park. Near the park there is a “Basket-hall” sports complex, which has one of the largest basket-ball sports grounds in Tatarstan.

“Kazanskaya yarmarka” Exhibition center
It is the largest center, hosting different fairs and exhibitions of regional, Russian and international levels. Kazan State University for culture and arts and State Inspection for road safety of the Republic of Tatarstan are situated near the exhibition center.

River Port
Kazan River port performs passenger, tourist and cargo transportation along the largest Russian river – the Volga River. Annually the river port meets numerous tourist ships from different Russian cities.

Peter’s and Paul’s Cathedral
The cathedral is situated in the historical centre of the city on the hill that gives this architectural monument more grand look. This cathedral was visited by all Russian emperors, beginning from Catherine II. Main relic of the cathedral is miracle-working Smolensk – Seven Lakes icon of the Mother of God.

"Korston" hotel and mall
It is one of the largest malls of the city, which includes brand stores, conference-halls, hotel, cinema, restaurants and cafés. The complex is situated in one of the central traffic arteries of the city.

Shalyapin Palace Hotel
In 2005 famous Kazan hotel "Sovet" was turned to high-class hotel “Shalyapin”, which received its name because of the monument to legendary opera singer, which is set in the yard of the hotel.

Architectural complex in Kasatkin street
One of the most beautiful residential complexes in the city is situated near “Kazan” National culture center and State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan. Classical style complex impresses with its majesty and monumentality.

"Kazan" National Culture Center
Post-modern style building of “Kazan” National culture centre is situated on the bank of the Kazanka River. Its exhibition hall hosts different expositions; its stage hosts different festivals and award presentation ceremonies. "Horriyat" stele in front of the entrance symbolizes freedom.

"Ak Bars" bank
Central office of the largest bank in Tatarstan - "Ak Bars" bank - also includes concert hall of the youth complex. The ensemble is decorated with the monument to "White ounce", which symbolizes firmness and solidity of the bank’s positions.

Monument to soldiers fallen during the capture of Kazan in XVI century.
The temple is situated in small peninsula in the Kazanka river. It was founded on the place of common grave according to the order of Ivan the Terrible. Today the temple belongs to Kazan Eparchy of the Russian Orthodox Church.

"Kyrlay" amusement park
Park is equipped with modern rides and operates all the year round. Here you can have a ride, visit restaurants and cafes, take part in different actions and dance in the dance-floor.

Railway station
Kazan is a part of Gorky railway, which is one of the largest Russian main lines, through which trains go to the Siberia, Far East and central part of Russia. Railway station building is an industrial architecture monument of XIX century.

“Pyramid” entertainment center
High-tech style building is performed in the form of the glass and metal pyramid and symbolizes two principles – antiquity and modern times. "Pyramid" is situated in Bulak channel and forms unique ensemble together with other most important social and cultural institutions: "Mirage" hotel, Sports Palace, Central Stadium, Kazan circus. The entertainment center includes concert hall, night club, fitness center, bars, restaurants and bowling club.