A church within the kremlin.

Kazan: thursday.

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April 13th 2006
We arrived at Hotel Fatima at about 10 in the morning. We all had a much needed shower, teeth clean and change of clothes, then left our comfortable rooms to stroll around the Kazan kremlin which is only two minutes walk away. It is the only fortress in the Russian Federation with both an orthodox cathedral and a mosque within its walls. My good friend Chris W, who I shared so many good times w ... read more

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