National Museum of the Republic Tatarstan
The National Museum of the Republic of Tatarstan (NM RT) is the largest museum in Tatarstan. It was founded as a Kazan Town Scientific and Industrial Museum in 1894 and opened on April 5, 1895. The basis of the museum is a private collection of 40 thousandth items of Andrei Fedorovich Likhachev (1832-90), a well-known regional archaeologist, numismatist, collector also the exhibits of scientific and industrial exhibition in 1890. Well-known scientists of Kazan University stood at the roots of the establishment of the museum and of the museum's collections formation, such as: A.A. Stuckenberg, N.P. Zagoskin, P.I. Krotov, N.F. Vysotsky, N.F. Catania and others. The museum occupies the former building of Gostinniy dvor (guest house), a monument of architecture and history of Russian Federation and the Republic of Tatarstan.
There are over 800 thousand units in the museum's collection.
Nowadays the museum is in the process of reconstruction, the project of which provides creation of a permanent exhibition on the area of more than 6 000 sq.m. 2001, the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan approved the scientific concept of creation of exposition of NM RT in Gostiny Dvor building; consisting of three main parts: History of Tatarstan, from ancient times to present days, Nature and a Man, Culture: the interaction of cultures of peoples of Tatarstan. Now the museum has the following exhibitions: Ancient History of Tatarstan, Money, trade and trade routes in the Middle Ages, Tatar Golden Treasures, Kazan Province in the XVIII century, there are also temporary exhibitions.
Introduction of information technologies in all activity spheres of the museum began in 2001. During these years, a portal Museums of Tatarstan tatar.museum.ru have been created, it contains information on more than 100 museums of the republic.
The National Museum of the Republic of Tatarstan won the contest The Changing Museum in a Changing World in 2006. The Internet site of the contest:
Kazan, Russia - points of interest and tourist attractions
Kazan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. Kazan lies at the confluence of the Volga and Kazanka Rivers. The main points of interest of Kazan are The Kazan Kremlin, Spasskaya Tower, Söyembikä Tower, Qol Sharif Mosque, Epiphany Cathedral, The Palace of agriculture and the National Museum of the Tatarstan.
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Illuminated Kazan (excursion around the night city)
Kaban Lake, Square of Vocal Fountains, 1000-Anniversary Park, Bulak River, Tugan Avylym complex (Native Village), Kazan Arbat, Peterburgskaya Street, Square of Freedom, Kazan National Cultural Center, Fuks Park, Kyrlay Park, Millenium Bridge, Millenium Park.
Architectural Kazan
The City Sightseeing coach tour.
Visit galleries of your choice: National Art Gallery, Museum of B. Urmanche, Picture Gallery of Konstantin Vasilyev, Museum of Fine Arts.Musical Kazan To know about musical culture of Russian and Tatar people in the Republic of Tatarstan. Visit the museums of your choice: Museum of V. Kachalov, Museum of F. Chaliapin. Visit a concert is for extra pay.
- Student Kazan – Universities of Kazan
A walking tour around the universities of Kazan and a visit one of the universities: Kazan State Technical University, Kazan University of Chemical Technology, Kazan Finance and Economics Institute, Kazan State University.
Visit the museums of your choice: Museum of Kazan State University history, Museum of Kazan chemical school history, astronomical observatory of KSU, Geologic Museum.
-Theatrical Kazan
Telling about origin of Russian and Tatar theaters in Kazan, dramatic art, and talanted performers.
Visit the museums of your choice: Museum of V. Kachalov, Museum of Tatar Drama Theater n. a. G. Kamal. Museum of S. Saydashev, Museum of F. Chaliapin.
Visit a play is for extra cost.
-Literature Kazan
You will hear an exciting story about writers who lived, studied, and worked in Kazan. You will visit monuments connected with their names and museums of you choice: Musa Jalil, Maxim Gorkiy, Evgeniy Boratynskiy, Gabdulla Tukay, Kayum Nasyiri, Sharif Kamal.
Visit a theater or Conservatory is for extra cost.
-Artistic Kazan
City sightseeing tour. Visit a gallery of your choice: National Art Gallery, Museum of B. Urmanche, Picture Gallery of Konstantin Vasilyev, Museum of Fine Arts, Excibit Hall of Union of Artists.
-Kazan in lives of great people
Telling about lives of great and well-known people who lived in Kazan: Gabdulla Tukay, Musa Jalil, Vladimir Lenin, Lev Tolstoy, Lobachevsky, Simonov, Nuzhin, Maxim Gorkiy, Baki Urmanche, Evgeniy Boratynskiy, Kayum Nasyiri, A. Arbuzov, Salih Saydashev, and many others. Visit a museum of your choice.
-Kazan during war
Telling about Kazan during war. Visiting Victory Park in which there is an eternal light and excibit items of war pieces of the Great Patriotic War, Memorial to soldiers who fell in the GPW, Square of Freedom (one of the most beautiful squares of Kazan). Visit a museum of your choice: Kazan powder factory, Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Kremlin, Museum of Internal Affairs of Tatarstan, Museum of a poet and front-line soldier M. Jalil.
-Sports Kazan
During the loop coach tour you will see Basket-Hall, Ice Stadium, and different objects of the Universiade-2013.
You can visit of your choice: Sports Palace, Museum of Sport in Tatarstan, new Hippodrome (excursion, museum of horse breeding).
-Kazan in legends and traditions
During city sightseeing coach tour you will know interesting facts about the origin of Kazan, legends about the city, people, first settlements, history of khan’s Kazan.
-In search of Kazan khans riches
You will get to know history of Old-Tatar suburb, its origin, legends about Kazan khan’s riches, Kaban Lake, embankment of the river, guest houses, granges of Tatar merchants: Yunusov, Apakov, Apanaev, Yusupov and others history of mosques. You will visit Margani mosque, Azimovskaya” mosque and others.
-Miracle icons of Kazan
Loop tour around Kazan with a telling about well-known miracle icons located in cathedrels of Kazan. You will hear the story about a miracle working icon of the Kazan Godmother brought back from Vatican in 2005. You will visit Peter and Paul Cathedral and other cathedrals and churches.
Excursions in Kazan
Kazan Travel Guide - A Russian Fantastic Experience
Kazan Travel Guide - A Russian Fantastic Experience
Kazan is the capital of Russia's republic of Tatarstan and the center of the world Tatar culture. With a population of about 1.3 million, a rich history, deep culture and strong economic influence, thus taking the title from Nizhny Novgorod. By many measures, Kazan has one of the highest standards of living in Russia, following after Moscow and St. Petersburg.
Kazan has long been a focal point of higher education in Russia. It remains a university city, with some of Russia's top universities including Kazan Federal University (KFU - formerly Kazan State University, TGGPU and the Kazan Finance Institute), Kazan State Technological University (KGTU), Kazan State Technical University (KAI), and KazanState Power Engineering University. Many foreign students study in Kazan, adding diversity to the city's tolerant.
Kazan peacefully blends Muslim and Christian cultures. There are also many other religions represented in Kazan. For example, in the city center there are synagogue and new catholic church. This vibrant city with over 1000 years of history is an excellent travel destination, and the number of tourists visiting is rapidly increasing every year.
Much of the city center is walkable, and the main attractions for tourists (the Kremlin and Bauman Street) are only for pedestrian traffic. Public buses are abundant and cheap, but one must have some knowledge of Russian to read the signs or ask where the buses are headed. Bus system maps are apparently hard to come by. Taxis are available and operate mostly an on-call service, rather than plying the streets for fares. They also congregate at a few taxi stands in predictable places such as the train station.
Kazan celebrated its 1000-year anniversary in 2005, for which the city got a major facelift. Visitors today will be able to see many of the reconstructed or newly-constructed sites from the anniversary celebration. Kazan offers a lot of various events you can visit during your stay here - international opera and ballet festival, different types of music festivals, popular singers concerts and many other interesting things to do.Cirque du Soleil regurlary brings its shows to Kazan. And a must-see event in Tatarstan is a national holiday Sabantuy - tatar summer festival, which is celebrated in the beginning of June.
Baumana Street has the largest collection of restaurants, cafes, and bars in the city. They range from acceptable to tourist traps. The city has a citadel (Russian: кремль, tr. kreml', or sometimes Tatar: kirman), which was declared a World Heritage Site in 2000. Major monuments in the Kremlin are the five-domed, six-columned Annunciation Cathedral (1561–62) and the mysterious, formerly leaning Söyembikä Tower, named after the last queen of Kazan and regarded as the city's most conspicuous landmark.
Also of interest are the towers and walls, erected in the 16th and 17th centuries but later reconstructed; the Qol-Şarif Mosque, which has been rebuilt inside the citadel; remains of the Saviour Monastery (a 16th-century cathedral demolished by the Bolsheviks) with the Spasskaya Tower; and the Governor's House (1843–53), designed by Konstantin Thon, now the Palace of the President of Tatarstan. Next door, the ornate baroque Sts-Peter-and-Paul's Cathedral on Qawi Nacmi Street and Marcani Mosque on Qayum Nasiri Street date back to the 18th century.
A lot to see in Kazan such as :
Kazan Kremlin
Kul Sharif Mosque
Bauman Street
Temple of All Religions
Riviera Aquapark
Kaban Lakes
Zengar Gölü
National Museum of the Republic Tatarstan
Kyrlay Park Attractions
catedral de la anunciacion de kazan
Kazan Arbat
Chornoye Ozero
Кирмән яр буе урамы
Baryonix
Tsentralnyy park kultury i otdykha imeni Gorkogo
Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral
FUN24
Kazan Zoological and Botanic Garden
Park Pobedy
Меңьеллык паркы
Tugan Avylym
Kazan circus
Kazan Hermitage
Kazansko-Bogoroditskiy Muzhskoy Monastyr'
Gorkinsko-Omet'yevskiy Les
Millennium Bridge
Ushkova house
Парк имени Урицкого
Muzey Sotsialisticheskogo Byta
Дворец Культуры Химиков
Bogoyavlenskiy Sobor
Omet'yevskiy Les
Okeanarium
Spasskaya Bashnya
Lebyazh'yeOld Tatar Sloboda
Zilantov monastery
National Cultural Center Kazan
Monument of Musa Jalil
Lyadskoy Sad
Muzey Yestestvennoy Istorii Tatarstana
Cat Kazan
Museum of Islam
Nurulla Mosque
Muzey Illyuziy
Sad Ermitazh
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Kazan, Russia. History, Tourism, Economy, Sports
Kazan meaning 'cooking pot' in Tatar. Kazan is one of Russia's oldest cities, located on the Volga River, 820 km away from Moscow. It is about 150 years older than Moscow. It is the capital of Tatarstan.
HOW TO GO
Russian airlines Aeroflot and S7 are the main airlines offering international transfers to Kazan. Air France and Etihad Air also offer flights to Kazan via Moscow. Flights from Moscow take around 1 hour and the airport is a 30 minutes drive from the city centre.
BY TRAIN: Moscow and Kazan are well connected, with eight or nine trains every single day. The journey is a relatively swift 11 or 13 hours.
CITY OF TOURIST
Kazan one of the most rapidly developing tourist destinations. The capital of Tatarstan, visited by over 1,000,000 tourists every year, was rated third in Europe and eighth in the world.
PLACES TO VISIT:
Travellers often judge a destination by its grand history and ancient sites. Certainly there’s no shortage of centuries-old weaponry, jewellery and crafts in Kazan’s museums. In Kazan the modern sights are most charming. there are lots of historical and modern places to visit in Kazan.You can visit:
House of Zinaida Ushkova,
Soyembika Tower,
Museum of 1000 years of Kazan,
Qol Sharif Mosque, Peter and Paul Cathedral,
Raifa Monastery,
Blagoveshchensky Cathedral,
Bolgar State Historical and Architectural Reserve,
Exhibition Hall Manege,
Museum of Islamic Culture, Museum of the History of Tatar Statehood and the Republic of Tatarstan,
National Museum of the Republic of Tatarstan,
Old Tatar Village,
temple of All Religions.
POPULATION:
Population of about 1.3 million. Over 50 % of population are tatars, with Russians constituting the second largest population group. Russian and Tatar are the two official languages of the region, with completely equal status. Kazan has one of the highest standards of living in Russia, following after Moscow and St. Petersburg.
RELIGION:
Kazan peacefully blends Muslim and Christian cultures. Islam and Orthodox Christianity are the most widespread. Here you'll find mosques, Orthodox, Catholic churches and cathedrals, a synagogue, and other religious buildings and centres.
ECONOMY:
Kazan is one of the largest industrial and financial centers of Russia, and a leading city of the Volga economic region in construction and accumulated investment. Total banking capital of Kazan banks is third in Russia. The main industries of the city are: mechanical engineering, chemical, petrochemical, light and food industries. An innovative economy is represented by the largest IT-park in Russia which is one of the largest of its kind among Eastern Europe.
SPORTS:
Kazan is one of the most well-equipped cities of Russia in terms of sports infrastructure. Kazan is Russia's sports capital. Kazan has hosted multiple sports events at national and international level. In 2018, the capital of Tatarstan will host football World Cup matches.
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· Arriving in Kazan. Transfer to the hotel. Leaving luggage in the hotel.
· Lunch near the hotel.
· Loop tour around Kazan: with visit of Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (Krestovozdvizhenskaya Church), where now is held a miracle working icon of the Kazan Godmother, brought back from Vatican, with seeing of Kazan state university Complex (former imperial university), Kazan Arbat street, Peterburzhskaya street, Sukonnaya Sloboda (Cloth suburb), Tugan avylym complex – Native village, Hall of Nobility, Opera and Ballet Theater, Freedom Square, Kazan National Cultural Centre, Concert hall named after S. Saidashev and many other sights of Kazan...Tatar Entertainments. Tatar artists, singers, folk musical instruments, teaching of Tatar words and dances.
2nd day
· breakfast in the hotel or in the city's cafe.
History of Kazan streets walking tour. During this tour you will get to know why the Bauman Street is called Kazan Arbat and the history of the first Kazan Street. You will see the Church where F. Shalyapin was baptized, the monument to him, the building of state bank where Russian gold reserve was held, the Drama theatre, the House of print, Tatar walk of fame, you will be able to take pictures of yourself in the carriage of Ekaterina II. And compare the sight of the Peterburgskaya Street with the Nevskij prospect. Walking through the Kremlevskaya street you would wonder the beauties of Aleksandrovkiy and Chernoyarovskiy Arcades, would notice the unique beauty of Ushakova's private residence that is now the main building of National library and many other things.Kazan Kremlin walking tour. Kazan Kremlin is an open-air museum added to UNESCO's list. It is a tour to the complex Kazan Kremlin with stories about the beginning of Kazan Kermen, attacks on Kremlin, towers and walls. You would have a unique opportunity to visit one of the most beautiful mosques of Russia and the biggest in Europe – Kul-Sharif, hear namaz, get to know the legend about Suyumbike falling tower and story of its foundation, to visit Blagoveschensky Cathedral, where the miracle icon of Kazan God's mother was blessed, to walk through the walls of Kazan Kremlin, see the burials of Kazan Khans, Gubernatorial Palace, Complex of public offices and many other things. During the excursion tourists visit the museum of Islam Culture inside the Kul-Sharif Mosque. It is the only museum in Russia dedicated to the culture and history of Islam. There is the history of Islam development from the times of Volga Bulgaria. Among the exhibits you can see first printed versions of Koran in Russia of XIX century and modern ones. In the museum you can got to know the history of famous 16 predictors, whose manes can be seen in the religious writings of Hebrews and Christians.
On your choise:
1) visiting the museum of Islamic culture,
2) master-class on the Islamic culture museum Art of kerchief wearing (you will know the tradition of head covering, wisdom of this ancient tradition, why Muslim women cover all the body exept face and hands).
3d day
· breakfast
· 09.00 Raifa Fairytale coach tour The Virgin Monastery of Raifa (XVII-XIX centures), miracle icon of Georgian God's Mother, the most little chapel in Europe for the martyrs Vera (faith), Nadezhda (hope), Lyubov (love) and their mother Sofia-Troitskaya, church for the name of Holy Fathers, a walk around the Raifa lake. You will take a view of the Virgin Kizichesky Monastery which was founded in 1691 by Adrian the Moscow Patriarch who until 1690 were the Kazan Bishop. The name Kazichesky means Holy Martyrs of Cyzicus. In this monastery Ilya Andreevich Tolstoy the grandfather of Lev Tolstoy was buried.On your way you will see theTemple of All Religions· Excursion to the Sviyazhsk Island- Fortress of Ivan the Terrible. It is the first orthodox town in the Middle Povolzhie region, founded in 1551 by the Russian Tsar Ivan the TerribleThe excursion includes visiting of the oldest medieval churches, that are famous for the uniqueness of its frescos (the Church of the Saint Trinity, Sergiy Radonezhskiy the miracle-worker Church, the Cathedral of Our lady of all Sorrowful, Chapel, the Cathedral Dormition of Virgin Mary, the Church of Saint Konstantin and Helen).
4th day
· breakfast 09.00 Excursion to the Bazaar, nowadays National Museum of The Republic of TatarstanThe museum fund has more than 700 000 of cultural artifacts of different nations of the world
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Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia - view from the Korston. Part 2
View of the eastern part of the city from the Korston in central city.
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Treasures of Tatarstan (4 min, russian version)
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Sabantuy. Farmer's Holiday. Real Russia ep.104
Sabantuy is a farmer’s holiday of the end of the spring sowing.
The word “sabantuy” comes out from Bashkir and Tatar language where “saban” literally means “plow” and “tuy” means “holiday, celebration”. So it’s the celebration of plow.
Sabantuy is a national holiday around Bashkir and Tatar people which is usually celebrated in the first days of June all over the rural areas.
The main distinctive elements of Sabantuy include the traditional sporting competitions such as Kurash (Tatar wrestling), horse racing, race-in-sack, pillar-climbing, egg-in-spoon-in-mouth-racing, sacks-battle on the crossbar, pot smashing, finding a coin in aqatıq (a beverage made from sour milk), and other contests. Such activities take place on the maydan, which would usually be located at the edge of a forest.
A tradition, called soran,] was held to collect a fare for guests of the festival and prizes for the winners of the contests. Rook's porridge, a ritual porridge, was cooked before the Sabantuy to treat children in the village. Another tradition was praying at the cemetery.
In the recent years Sabantuy is also often combined with the folk and pop music festivals, as well as accordion music festivals, named Play, accordion!
At the 12th of June, 2015, we drove 250km north-east from the city of Ufa and came to the Mesyagutovo village, which is located in Duvanskiy District of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia to one of the places where village people celebrated Sabantuy.
The horse race, kurash fighting, folk singing under accordion and truly Tatar songs from the residents of Ulkundyi village, a tatar village in Duvanskiy district of Bashkortostan, were waiting for us.
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Language no barrier for ‘gastronauts’ in Tatarstan - Taste of Russia Ep. 27
Oscar and Glen continue their exploration of Tatarstan at an ethnic museum that recreates Tatar village life back through the centuries.
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After examining the inner workings of a wooden windmill built by women during World War II, they begin cooking by whipping up some delicious potato pancakes and then, after a quick break for a sleigh ride, make a big meat and potato pie. The only problem is their instructor speaks very quickly and continuously slips into the Tatar language when barking out orders, which thoroughly befuddles Glen.
While the pie is baking in a wood-fired oven, the friends check out the village’s camel herd. They are surprised to learn that, unlike their desert cousins, these shaggy camels can tolerate temperatures down to -50°C and produce lactose-free milk.
As the day ends, Oscar and Glen sit down with the locals to partake in a real Tatar feast, complete with music, song, national costumes and, of course, the amazing dishes they’ve made!
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A Khanate For Sale: Tatars Fear Crimea's Pull Toward Russia
CNN's Diana Magnay finds Crimea's minority Muslim Tatars fearful of a return to Russian control.
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Crimean Tatar Leader Tells Putin Secession Would Break Pact (nbcnews, March 12, 2014)
A Crimean Tatar leader told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday that the secession of Crimea from Ukraine to join Russia would violate an international treaty in which Russia, Britain and the United States vowed to keep Ukraine intact.
Putin spoke by phone with Mustafa Dzhemilev, a senior figure in the Crimean Tatar community, in what may have been an effort to ease their concerns over a referendum on Sunday in which Crimeans will be asked whether they want to join Russia.
Many Crimean Tatars, who make up about 12 percent of the population of the Black Sea peninsula, are strongly opposed to falling under Russia's control. Exiled en masse by the Soviet authorities during World War Two, many Crimean Tatars are very wary of Russia.
Their leader has called for a boycott of the plebiscite....
Turkey mobilizes for Crimea after 160 years (al-Monitor, March 4, 2014)
The Crimean peninsula, scene of one of most important military struggles of the last years of the Ottoman Empire, has made a surprising comeback to the world scene after the events in Ukraine. Russia's moves of sending troops to Crimea, in an effort to sever it from Ukraine, prompted Ankara and Western capitals to react. Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutolgu, who went to Kiev last Friday, met with the former speaker of the Tatar National Assembly, Mustafa Abdulcemil Kirimoglu, and declared: If the term is appropriate, we are in 'mobilization' to defend the rights of our kin in Crimea by doing whatever is necessary..... Turkey believes that the rights of the Crimean Tatars, with whom it has been in close relations with since the first days of the republic, will be better preserved not under Russian control but within the territorial integrity of Ukraine. Turkey's Agency for Cooperation and Coordination (TIKA) and other institutions had established close ties with the Crimean Tatars who had been trying to reassert their identities....
Crimean Khanate (Wikipedia)
Crimean-Nogai raids into East Slavic lands (Wikipedia)
Crimean Tatars (Wikipedia)
Deportation of the Crimean Tatars (Wikipedia)
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SLAVE TRADE IN THE EARLY MODERN CRIMEA FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF CHRISTIAN,MUSLIM, AND JEWISH SOURCES.
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Crimean Tatar Perspective
Dr. Alan Libert (Australia) talks about the Crimean Tatar people and language
Tatarstan: Great Bolgar
The ancient monument of Muslim culture in Tatarstan is located 180 km from Kazan on the Volga river steep bank. In the 10th century the Volga Bulgars adopted Islam here, and the city of Bolgar became the capital of the Volga Bulgaria.
Since 2014 the ancient city of Great Bolgar has been included into UNESCO World Heritage List. The architecture monuments of the 13-14th centuries are carefully preserved here. In the museums one can learn the history of the ancestors of modern Kazan Tatars and see the world largest printed Quran, entered into the Guinness Book of Records. The main attractive landmark of the museum-preserve is the majestic White Mosque.