Historic sites

Kazan Kremlin

Russia Tatarstan Kazan

Kazan Kremlin
Photo: Vitaly Ilyin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A white-walled fortress in Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, where an Orthodox cathedral stands beside the blue-domed Kul Sharif Mosque, a symbol of the coexistence of Russian and Tatar cultures. It's a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The leaning Söyembikä Tower is part of the complex.


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