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      An evening by the Kremlin: lights and a glass of wine

      ⏱ 1 h 20 min🚶 1 km🍽 1📍 4 stops
      🐢 A little — under 3 km

      A short evening loop: the night Kremlin with the illuminated Qolsharif, the lights of Bauman Street and a wine bar where almost everything is poured by the glass.

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        🏛 Kazan Kremlin
        Кремль, главный вход — Спасская башня с площади 1 Мая
        🆓 free entry · free to walk the grounds, museums are ticketed
        A white fortress on a hill above the Kazanka River: the Qolsharif Mosque, the Annunciation Cathedral, the leaning Söyembikä Tower and museums, all within one set of walls.
        After sunset enter through Spasskaya Tower; it is open all night and the Kremlin is lit up.
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        Kazan Kremlin
        © Айрат Хайруллин · CC BY 3.0
        Kazan Kremlin
        © A.Savin · FAL
        • The white-stone Kremlin was begun after the capture of Kazan in 1552 by the Pskov architects Postnik Yakovlev and Ivan Shiryai.
        • In 2000 the Kremlin ensemble was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List.
        • It is the official residence of the head of Tatarstan.
        • The Pskov masters built 13 towers; several dilapidated ones were taken down in the 19th century.
        • The Kazan Kremlin Museum-Reserve was established by decree of the President of Tatarstan on 22 January 1994.
        • The best-known views of the Kremlin are from Millennium Square, Dvortsovaya Square and the Kremlin Dam.
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        🏛 Qolsharif Mosque
        Кремль, 13
        🆓 free entry · the Museum of Islamic Culture inside is ticketed
        A white mosque with a turquoise dome and four 58-metre minarets, opened for Kazan's 1000th anniversary.
        The white mosque in evening lighting; visitors are let in until 20:00.
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        Qolsharif Mosque
        © A.Savin · FAL
        Qolsharif Mosque
        © A.Savin · FAL
        • The mosque was built in 1996–2005 and opened on 24 June 2005, for the city's millennium.
        • It is named after Sayyid Qolsharif, who died defending Kazan in 1552.
        • Each of the four main minarets is 58 metres tall.
        • It was built mostly with donations: the names of more than 40,000 donors are written in books in the main hall.
        • The carpets were a gift from the Iranian government, and the chandelier, weighing almost two tonnes, was made in the Czech Republic.
        • For visitors there are two viewing balconies above the prayer hall.
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        🚶 Bauman Street
        от площади Тысячелетия до площади Тукая
        Kazan's main pedestrian street: merchant houses, the Chaliapin monument, Catherine II's carriage and cafés with Tatar pastries at every step.
        Through Spasskaya Tower and down to Bauman Street: street lamps, shop windows and Catherine II's carriage.
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        Bauman Street
        © Vyacheslav Kirillin · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • One of Kazan's oldest streets: in the khanate era it was called the Nogai Road.
        • After the assault of 1552 it was nicknamed Prolomnaya ("the Breach") after the breaches in the Kremlin walls.
        • It has borne the name of the revolutionary Nikolai Bauman since 1930.
        • It became Kazan's first pedestrian zone in 1996.
        • A tram ran here until 1935, and a horse tram until 1899.
        • The street has monuments to Chaliapin, the Kazan Cat and Catherine II's carriage, in which she visited Kazan in 1767.
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        🍸 Na Bokalchik wine bar
        ул. Баумана, 9А
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        Order two or three glasses to try: rosé, orange or sparkling. A DJ plays on Fridays and Saturdays, and the bar is open until 3:00.
        🍴 A wine bar at the start of Bauman Street: almost everything is poured by the glass, and a DJ plays on Fridays and Saturdays. What to order: rosé or orange wine by the glass, tuna pâté.

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