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two of the last Khan's of Kazan
Kul Sharif Mosque, Kazan Kremlin
Kul Sharif Mosque, Kazan Kremlin
flower chandeliers & tulip windows
Kul Sharif Mosque, Kazan Kremlin
Annunciation Cathedral (1562) & Kul Sharif Mosque (2005), Kazan Kremlin
dragons - when the Tatars arrived the site was full of dragons & snakes which they fought & banished.
the Khans' graves
the Presidents Palace and squiffy Suyumbike Tower
grand buildings in Kazan Kremlin
main gate to Kazan Kremlin
Musa Dzhalil Monument
some of Kazan's old mosques
entering the Republic of Tatarstan
Shorin's House, Gorokhovets
St Demetrius Cathedral, Vladimir
escaping Moscow
the Volga at sunset
entering the Republic of Tatarstan
....apart from the vast fields of blue flax
the landscape has changed too
there's lots more trucks on the road as we head towrads the Volga
back on the raod battling with a Volga car made by GAZ.
a GAZ M13 Chaika "seagull"
scenes from the hayday of GAZ car production
the factories credentials on show
even the railings carry the stag symbol
roadisgns signaling that we must be close to the GAZ (Gorky Automobile Plant) plant
the 128m Shukhov hyperboloid electricity pylon, Dzerzhinsk - 6 of them carried the cable across the Oka river
Soviet era housing in Nizhny Novgorod
Suzdal Sundowners
Monastery of St Euthymius, Suzdal
Monastery of St Euthymius, Suzdal
Church of the Nativity
doorway to the Cathedral of the Nativity
Suzdal Kremlin
Alexandrovsky Convent, Suzdal
Suzdal Spires
you can tell you are getting close to Suzdal - there are churches everywhere
Assumption Cathedral, Vladimir
St Demetrius Cathedral, Vladimir
St Demetrius Cathedral, Vladimir
entering Vladimer via the Golden Gate
roadside stalls
its a bit worrying when they need to put a shrine in the middle of the motorway
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Kazan
Komsomolskaya Street
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