 The
visible border between the upper and lower towns, and in
fact between the cultures of the East and West, lay along
the Bulak Canal and the chain of Kazan likes: the Near,
Middle ana Far Kaban. On either side on this watery
boundary the cite developed its dynamic and distinctive
life, leaving an unforgettable impression on every
visitor. In the nineteenth century, Alexander Herzen
wrote : "Kazan is somehow the main focus of the
neighbouring provinces to the south and east: they
receive thier education, customs and fashions from it.
The significance of the Kazan is very great: it is place
were two worlds meet. It has two origins, the West and
the East, and you can see them at every cross-roads; here
they lived together in amity as a result of continuous
interaction, and began to create something quite
original".Kazan is inseparably linked not only
with Alexander Pushkin, Yevgeny Baratynsky, Lev Tolstoy,
Nikolai Lobachevsky, Maxim Gorky and Fyodor Chaliapin,
who was born in Kazan, but also with outstanding
representatives of Tatare culture, such as Kayum Nasyri,
Shigabetdin Mardzhani, Gabdulla Tukay, Fatikh Amirkhan
and Gayaz Iskhaki.
On this Web-page we have used materials from the book:
"Kazan. The Enchanted Capital" (Flint River Press Ltd, London, 1995).
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