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Kazan, Tatarstan
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Morning prayer on Sukkoth in a private apartment, Kazan, Tatarstan (Russia), 1993
A predominantly Muslim city, Kazan's residents take pride in their long history of coexistence with the local Jewish and Christian communities. The city’s mascot is Zilna the dragon, who, legend has it, “keeps the hate away” from this region. Jews lived here from the 18th century, most of them being veterans from the tsar's army. In 1926, there were 4,156 Jews in the city, comprising 2.3 of the total population. While a number of Kazan's Jews managed to practice their religion and preserve their Jewish identity in the following decades, much of Jewish life during the Soviet era was suppressed and conducted underground. After the fall of the Soviet Union, the synagogue was reopened, a Jewish youth choir was established and klezmer concerts as well as public Passover seders attracted hundreds of Jews and non-Jews from all over Tatarstan.
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Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation - Building in Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan in the Russian Federation
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A series of paintings "Kazan-city of white stone"
"Khan Safa Giray". "Хан Сафа-Гирей". 1997
(tempera, gouache.)
"Young Sujumbike". "Юная Сююмбике". 1997
Tempera, gouache. темпера, гуашь
"In the Khan's quarters". "В ханских покоях". 1996
Tempera, gouache. темпера, гуашь
"Dream of Utamish". "Сон Утямыша". 1996
Tempera, gouache. темпера, гуашь
"Письмо"."Letter". 1997 г
Tempera, gouache. темпера, гуашь
Interior of the mosque Kul-Sharif, 16th century. 1996
Интерьер мечети Кул-Шариф, 16 век. 1996
Tempera, gouache. темпера, гуашь
by Niyaz Khaziakhmetov
художник Нияз Хазиахметов
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W!P
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"In Tatarstan, you can find a bus-church decked out with domes & equipped with essential Church supplies. The priest sits behind the wheel and drives the bus to remote villages around the country. The priest sold his car so that he could build the church. The bus can hold up to 50 parishioners."
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Traditional Tatar Shamail
Embroidered, painted or stained glass designs depicting mosques, carpet motifs, ornaments with prayers
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River passenger hydrofoil Meteor-240 speeding along the Volga in Tatarstan
Taken on August 19, 2007
Photographer: "Engels / Сергей"
Source: FleetPhoto.ru
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I made a playlist inspired by the collapse of the USSR
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Kazan, Tatarstan
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Tatarstan 2017 (2) (3) by Eugenia
Via Flickr:
(1) (2) Volga River
(3) Verkhny Uslon. View from the ferry.
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Native Melody
Родная мелодия. 1983
At the Tatar holiday Sabantuy.
Mukhametzyan Rustam Suleimanovich (photographer)
Мухаметзяна Рустам Сулейманович (фотограф)
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qolşärif mosque in kazan, russia
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