Kazan.
The city of Kazan in the Russian Federation, the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan, a port on the Volga. One of the biggest economic, political, scientific and cultural centers of Russia. The city has a population of about 2 million people. Kazan always been a trading intermediary between East and West. Today is playing a big role in the economic, political and international relations. Kazan, a major rail, road and air hub, the largest on the river Volga river port.
Major cities industrial enterprises :Kazan Aviation Production Association named Gorbunov, Helicopter Plant, Kazanorgsintez, optomechanical Plant, motorostroitelnoe Production Association (IMEP), mylovarenny Plant (Nefis-kosmetiks), brewery ( "East is Red"), plant rubber goods (JSC KVART), Plant teplopriborov (Teplokontrol), Confectionery Factory ZARYA.
Sights.
Kazan Kremlin Tower Tower (XVI century) Blagoveschensk Cathedral (XVII century) Mosque Kul-Sharif The presidential residence Street Kremlin (architectural monuments XVI-XIX cent.) Alexander Passazh (XIX century) Kazan State University (early XIX century) Pedestrian Street Bauman (architectural monuments XVIII-XIX cent.) Pedestrian Street Petersburg Mosque Mardzhani (XVIII century) Noorullah Mosque (XIX century) Azimovskaya mosque (XVIII century) Sultanovskaya mosque (XIX century) Apanaevskaya mosque (XIX century) Burnaevskaya mosque (XIX century) Zakabannaya mosque (XIX century) House Shamil (XIX century) (house built by the son of Imam Shamil) Madrassah Muhammadiya (XIX century) Kazan Bogoroditsky revered monastery with a list of the Mother of God of Kazan icon Kizichesky Vvedensky monastery-founded in the late XVII century Kazan Ioanno-Predtechensky monastery-founded in the XVI century, the ensemble has preserved much of the mid-century XVII Starotatarskaya Sloboda (architectural monuments XVIII-XIX cent. Freedom Square (architecture XIX-XXI cent.) Municipal Town Hall Saints Peter and Paul Fortress (XVIII at the beginning.) Kazan Opera Theater (mid XX century, restored the old burnt to the ground Theater) Black Lake Park (XVIII-XIX cent.) Grocery Leninist (XIX century) Old Church (XIX century) Polish Church (XIX century) Zilantov-Uspensky monastery, founded in the XVI century, and now one of the most beautiful architectural ensembles Kazan