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A view of the "Rybnoriadskaia" fishmarket square, ca. 1900

A picture of St. Catherine's Lutheran Church from the late nineteenth century, as it appeared after its reconstruction in the 1860s. An earlier Lutheran church stood on the site from the late 1770s.

"Plan for the provincial capital of Kazan": A master plan for the layout of the city, developed at the decree of Catherine II. Finished in 1768, the plan was largely implemented after the city was sacked and burned in 1774 during the Pugachev…

"Plan of the Provincial Capital of Kazan": An official map of the city of Kazan, ca. 1817.

"View of the city of Kazan from the south shore": A panorama of Kazan, looking north / northeast across Lake Kaban.

"The Main Tatar mosque in Kazan": one of Kazan's first two mosques, built in the 1760s. During the nineteenth century it was associated with the patronage of Kazan's Iunusov merchant dynasty, and came to be called the al-Marjani mosque, after…

"Kazan's Central Marketplace": The gostinnyi dvor was the primary marketplace in the city. Burned in 1774 and rebuilt with imperial support at the end of the 18th century, the market housed hundreds of shops. Most were owned by the city, and rented…

"Kazan Imperial University": facade of the main university building.

"View of the City Hospital from Black Lake in Kazan": a popular recreation area in one of the city's upscale neighborhoods.

"Kazan gymnazium": Kazan's first secondary school, founded in the mid-eighteenth century.