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"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 Tatar horse race": With the highlands north-east of Kazan reserved for use by ethnic Russians, Tatar holidays like Saban were usually celebrated in the soggy meadows south of town. This picture depicts, in stylized form, a Tatar competition…

A view of the relatively open area north of the Kreml, dominated by the Kazan Women's Monastery. Behind the Monastery is the Kazaka River, and Zasypkinaia Street which hugs the shoreline.

View of the Ivanovskii Monastery.

"Kazan Mother-of-God Monastery": A view of Kazan's women's monastery, near the Kreml.

"General view of the city of Kazan:" The view from the Kreml at the end of the nineteenth century, looking out over the Kazan women's monastery and the northern part of the city.

A view of Voskresenskaia street, one of Kazan's major thoroughfares, lined with upscale residences and shops, public buildings, and churches.

A view of one of Kazan's first mosques, the Apanaev mosque, constructed in 1768.

"Tatar mosque in Kazan": A view of the Haymarket mosque (now Nuralla mosque), built in the 1840s.

A view of the church near the central Gostinnyi Dvor marketplace.