OLD TATAR SUBURB

Tatarstan's main street overlooks Lake Kabane, whose shores are now ultra-modern, but which is located in the historic part of the city. This is where the old Tatar suburb is located: on the left bank of the lake, between Tatarstan Street to the north, Sara Sadykova Street to the west and Mardjani Street on the east bank.

When the Russians conquered Kazan, part of the Tatars were no longer allowed to live within the Kremlin walls and were relegated to that part of the city. Thus was born the Tatar suburb. At ^{XVIIIe siècle}, the Tatar goldsmith's art that has made Kazan's reputation is developed. At ^{XIXe siècle}, it becomes a centre of national culture where Tatar culture flourishes and flourishes. Famous names in Kazan linked to this neighborhood are Tatar intellectuals Chigabuddin Mardjani, Kayoume Nassiri, poet Gabdoulla Tukai, writer and politician Gayaz Iskhaki and the founder of the Tatar theater, playwright Galiaskar Kamal.

The area is very quiet and has been well preserved. You have to take the time to walk along the bank to admire the architecture, then get lost in the small streets that border it, stop for tea in one of the many small cafés...

On Nassyri Street, the Al-Marjani Mosque is one of the first stone mosques built after 1552. Don't fail to notice while passing by, the State Tatar Theater Academy Galiaskar Kamal: ul. Tatarstan, 1. 1906, the official date of the birth of the Tatar theatre, was the year when the first performance in the Tatar language took place there.