City of Kazan: Freedom Square

Thousand-year-old Kazan is one of the most beautiful cities in Russia. A rich history, a special color, a high culture - this is not the whole list of advantages of the city.

Kazan: Legends and Myths about the Formation of the City

Around the history of the formation of Kazan there are many legends. However, all of them converge in one thing - Kazan is directly connected with the famous Bulgarian Khanate. In the people there is a version that on the advice of the sorcerer the Bulgars founded a defensive fortress in an exceptional place - where the boiler will boil without fire. So the place of Kazan's present location has been chosen. This is a high hill that was previously surrounded by swamps on three sides and a river on one side. Such a geography is comparable to a cauldron surrounded by fire of a fire. Perhaps, on this basis the name of the city appeared.

There are other hypotheses about the origin of the city and its name. It seems that Kazan is named after Khazan - the Bulgarian Khan. Or because of the fact that a gold cauldron with coins was dropped into the river. There is also a version, whose adherents say that once in the basin of the Kazanka River there lived a unique species of geese - "kaz", and as if the name Kazan had a toponym.

Millennium of Kazan

Scientists from more than twenty countries found that in the X century Kazan already existed. The official version of the city's origin is the formation of the northern defense fortress in Bulgaria. The conducted research of the Kazan Kremlin proved that the city is more than 1000 years old. This opening Kazan marked the formation of one of the largest squares in the world - the Millennium Square. The square and the objects located on it are the visiting card of the city.

Kazan: Freedom Square

In the historic center of the city is Freedom Square. In Kazan, as in a multimillion-dollar large city, there are many squares, parks, squares, boulevards. However, Freedom Square (Kazan), whose address: the central Vakhitovsky district, the parallel of the streets of Teatralnaya and Pushkin, Bolshaya Krasnaya and Karl Marx, plays an important role in the life of the citizens.

This is the place of important municipal events, exhibitions, competitions. For several decades, here is the Victory Parade. Kazan, Freedom Square in which was the only place for such events, at the turn of the XX-XXI centuries added to the map the Millennium Square, where the bulk of large events moved. However, the solemn march-parade is traditionally held on Liberty Square.

From the day of the Great Victory the words "Kazan", "Liberty Square", "Parade" became inseparable. Those wishing to look at the beautiful celebration with the participation of not only military but also talented actors, thousands.

Historical and cultural significance of Freedom Square

With the territory where the central square of Kazan - Freedom Square is now located, many historical events are connected. Near the present square in the distant XVIII century was the entrance to the city through the Arches Gate. At the beginning of the XIX century, on the site of Freedom Square, Pavel Esipov built a wooden theater for his serf company. From this moment until 1924 this territory was called Theater Square.

Even then it was the central place in the city. In honor of the victory in the war with Napoleon on the square in 1815, a monument to the commander of MI was erected. Kutuzov. Opposite the Freedom Square, where the theater is now. Musa Jalil, Derzhavinsky garden was located with a monument to the great political figure and cultural figure G.R. Derzhavin. The monument in the twenties of the XX century, when the square was renamed into Liberty Square, was demolished, and restored only in 2003 in the Lyadsky Garden of Kazan. The Liberty Square suffered a turning point in the history of Russia, changed its name and appearance. Today this place, without which modern Kazan does not appear.

Architectural monuments on Freedom Square

On the perimeter of the square are the most important administrative buildings for Kazan and Tatarstan. So, here are the buildings of the Constitutional Court, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Kazan Town Hall. The World Congress of Tatars is also located on Liberty Square.

There are also important educational institutions: Technical University. A.N. Tupolev, First Kazan Chess Club. For the city of Kazan, Freedom Square is the focus of the largest cultural institutions. Kazan State Conservatory is located here. N.G. Zhiganov, on the basis of which major contests are held. Famous all over the world festivals "Concordia" and "White Lilac" are held in the Big Concert Hall. S.Z. Saideshev, who is also located on Liberty Square. Opposite the square across Karl Marx street is the Theater of Opera and Ballet. M.M. Jalil, where a number of major opera and ballet festivals, competitions, reviews are held.

Freedom Square - the center of Kazan

The significance of the territory where Liberty Square is now located is great both for the city and for the whole country. This is the link between the European territory of Russia and the eastern one. The square remembers how the Pugachevites stormed Kazan, as exiles went to Siberia, as the soldiers of the Kazan militia met. Now everyone knows how to get to Freedom Square: Kazan, metro station "Tukaya Square" and walk along Pushkin street. Trolleybuses and buses run here (the "University" stop). Considering the sights of Kazan, you can stay for a long time at Freedom Square, study the architecture of buildings, take photographs of historical monuments. Not far from the square there are such sights of the city as the Leninsky garden with its fountains and shady paths, the park "Black Lake" with the famous arch of lovers, the monuments of A.M. Butlerov, K.F. Fuchs, the Museum. M. Gorky, the museum of N.G. Zhiganov and others. Being within walking distance from key places of the city, Freedom Square remains the historical and cultural center of Kazan.