Get to know Kazan, where an ancient kremlin sits beside modern rebuilds, a mosque beside an Orthodox cathedral, and city legends beside real historical events. The route starts in the heart of the city, the Kazan Kremlin, and leads along touristy Bauman Street to the quiet Black Lake park, Freedom Square and the National Library, ending on the Kremlin Embankment with views of “The Bowl” and the Ferris wheel.
Taynitskaya Tower
🏟️ Architectural landmark · 🏯 Fortress remains · 📜 Historic site
Governor's Palace
🏟️ Architectural landmark · 🏰 Palace · 📜 Historic site
Söyembikä Tower
⭐️ Famous people · 🕵️ Urban legend · 📜 Historic site
Lookout over the Palace of Farmers
🔭 Viewpoint · 🏙 Modern architecture
Kul Sharif Mosque
🏙 Modern architecture · 🕍 Place of worship
Sheinkman Passage and the Spasskaya Tower
⭐️ Famous people · 📜 Historic site
Bauman Street
🍽️ Cafés and restaurants · 🪆 Local traditions · 🗿 Sculptures
Black Lake
🌿 Public garden or park · 📜 Historic site · 🍽️ Cafés and restaurants
Freedom Square
⛲ Square · 🎭 Theater
National Library
🏙 Modern architecture
Kremlin Embankment
🔭 Viewpoint · 🚶♂️ Waterfront
Point 7
🍽️ Cafés and restaurants • 🪆 Local traditions • 🗿 Sculptures
The Kazan Kremlin flows smoothly into what is undoubtedly Kazan's main street, pedestrian Bauman Street, which every resident and visitor simply must stroll along. And “flows smoothly” is no exaggeration: it was in this direction that the historic breach in the city fortifications ran, through which Russian troops entered Kazan in 1552.
Hence the street's first name, Prolomnaya (“Breach Street”). It was later called Bogoyavlenskaya, after the Epiphany Cathedral at the end of the street. In 1930 it was renamed in honor of Nikolai Bauman.
Take a walk down the street if only to soak up the atmosphere of tourist Kazan: there are plenty of souvenir shops and restaurants, monuments and street performers along the way, and every building has historic character. The street became pedestrian in 1987; before that, buses and trams ran along it. There's also a monument to Fyodor Chaliapin in front of the Epiphany Cathedral, where the singer was baptized; Chaliapin, by the way, was born in Kazan. There's Catherine the Great's carriage, a reminder of the empress's visit to Kazan in 1767. And there's the Cat of Kazan, a three-meter (10 ft) sculpture of a cat lounging in a gazebo. It has a real historical basis: thirty Kazan cats were sent to St. Petersburg to catch mice in the Winter Palace. The street ends (or begins) with a monument-clock in Arabic style, a favorite meeting spot for locals.
Point on route “Kazan: A City of Harmonious Contrasts”
Point 7
🍽️ Cafés and restaurants • 🪆 Local traditions • 🗿 Sculptures
The Kazan Kremlin flows smoothly into what is undoubtedly Kazan's main street, pedestrian Bauman Street, which every resident and visitor simply must stroll along. And “flows smoothly” is no exaggeration: it was in this direction that the historic breach in the city fortifications ran, through which Russian troops entered Kazan in 1552.
Hence the street's first name, Prolomnaya (“Breach Street”). It was later called Bogoyavlenskaya, after the Epiphany Cathedral at the end of the street. In 1930 it was renamed in honor of Nikolai Bauman.
Take a walk down the street if only to soak up the atmosphere of tourist Kazan: there are plenty of souvenir shops and restaurants, monuments and street performers along the way, and every building has historic character. The street became pedestrian in 1987; before that, buses and trams ran along it. There's also a monument to Fyodor Chaliapin in front of the Epiphany Cathedral, where the singer was baptized; Chaliapin, by the way, was born in Kazan. There's Catherine the Great's carriage, a reminder of the empress's visit to Kazan in 1767. And there's the Cat of Kazan, a three-meter (10 ft) sculpture of a cat lounging in a gazebo. It has a real historical basis: thirty Kazan cats were sent to St. Petersburg to catch mice in the Winter Palace. The street ends (or begins) with a monument-clock in Arabic style, a favorite meeting spot for locals.
11 points
4 km
1 hour
