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Map showing the route of the Muscovite army
to Kazan during the campaign.
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Map showing Russian positions around Kazan
during the siege
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Diorama of the siege of Kazan in the
Artillery museum in St Petersburg
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Diorama from different perspective
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Diorama
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Sketch showing the look of the wooden siege
tower seen in the diorama.
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Map of Kazan in 1500's.
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Another map of Kazan in 1500's.
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Map of the kremlin in Kazan
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Corner tower of Kazan kremlin built by
engineers from Pskov sent by Ivan IV after capturing the city.
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Tower of kremlin wall, note the architecture
design is the same as at Pskov
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Kremlin wall from inside grounds, note
covered parapet
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Kremlin wall and tower from inside grounds
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Kremlin, outside wall and lower, Tainitskaya,
gate tower
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Suyumbeka tower, 246 feet tall The tower is
named for princess Suumbeki, the widow of the last Kazan Khan, Safa Girei. She
was taken with her young son to Moscow after the city was captured in 1552.
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Suymubeka tower
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Cathedral of the Annunciation, founded in
1562 by Gurii, the first archbishop of Kazan in the kremlin
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Cathedral of the Annunciation, close up of
roof line and dome
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Cathedral of the Annunciation, view of all
domes
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Cathedral of the Annunciation, seen at sunset
over roof of adjacent buildings
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Cathedral of the Annunciation, full view
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Cathedral of the Annunciation, full view
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Another church outside kremlin
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Detail of upper part and domes.
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View of domes from above roof line.
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Detail of Cathedral of Annunciation.
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Detail of Cathedral of Annunciation.
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Cathedral of Peter and Paul, decorated wall.
In honor of Peter's visit the wealthy industrialist, Mikhlyav paid for the
construction of a magnificent new, stone church. The wooden Peter and Paul
church was torn down in 1723 and the new one finished in 1726. The
Kaz'modem'yanovski church was torn down in the early 19th century.
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Cathedral of Peter and Paul, wall and
entrance door to lower level.This was the Petrovski quarter just outside the
kremlin. Until the 18th century this was the location of two wooden churches,
one dedicated to Peter and Paul and the other to Kazimodem'yansovski. Peter
came to Kazan in1722 where his ships were built for his campaign against Persia
on the Caspian Sea.
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Cathedral of Peter and Paul, central tower
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Cathedral of Peter and Paul, bell tower
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Cathedral of Peter and Paul, View of upper
part of main tower
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Cathedral Peter and Paul, bell tower behind
apse of cathedral on left.
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Mosque with minaret
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Mosque and minaret
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Same Mosque - detail
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Decoration inside mosque
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Oriental carpet on main floor of mosque
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Ceiling in mosque
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Entrance door into main worship room in
mosque
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Huge new mosque under construction in Kazan
kremlin as of summer 1998.
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Diagram of the new mosque as seen in 1998.
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The new mosque in the Kazan kremlin as of
summer 2003.
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The new mosque in the Kazan kremlin as of
summer 2003.
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The new mosque in the Kazan kremlin as of
summer 2003.
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Picture of the new mosque on a sign next to
the construction site - summer 2003.
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Another view of the new mosque in kremlin
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Another mosque in the old Tatar section of
Kazan.
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Government building across square from
entrance to the kremlin
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Same government building
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Corner of the same building
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Church with bell tower on pedestrian street
down town.
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Detail of church with bell tower on
pedestrian street down town.
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Bell tower of church in downtown Kazan.
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Older building in kremlin next to location of
the new mosque.
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Government office building in Kazan kremlin
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Government office building in Kazan kremlin
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Church in the kremlin.
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Office building outside kremlin
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Church near the kremlin
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Church in kremlin
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