1)Kazan is famous for its unique synthesis of East and West, because people of different ethnic and religious groups have been living peacefully in this city for many hundreds of years.
2)Kazan is one of the most ancient cities of the Russian Federation with a unique history and architecture. In 2005 Kazan celebrated its Millennium.
3)At different times in Kazan lived, worked and created such wonderful people like Leo Tolstoy, Maxim Gorky, Fyodor Chaliapin, Vasily Aksenov, Nikolai Feshin, Vladimir Ulyanov-Lenin, Nikolai Lobachevsky, Gavrila Derzhavin
4)The Annunciation Cathedral is the oldest building of the Kazan Kremlin ensemble. Moreover, this beautiful Church of the 16th century has long been the main temple of Kazan, where priests were ordained.