Kazan – the cooking pot [in Tatar language] Photo 9

Kazan falling apart - right behind main pedestrian street...

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Kazan – the cooking pot [in Tatar language]

June 23rd 2011
They call it Instanbul of the Wolga – the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan – where Muslim and Christians, Tatar and Russian meet. During the Soviet times Kazan was the capital of the Tatar Autonomous Republic and enjoyed also after the breakup of the Soviet Union certain sovereignty from Moscow. Micha picked me up from the train station at 6.20 am – unfortunately the 20min ride to his ... read more

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