Up Sorties montagne à ski, à pied ou à vélo --- essentiellement » 6 visits in Kazan (From January to June 2017, and Feb 2018) » Back in Kazan, but just 1 visit this winter … lots of snow, also there (February 14-21, 2018) Slideshow

I was looking forward to come also this winter for several visits … but finally, there is only one, in February, after a period of heavy snowfall; indeed there is still plenty of snow at many places in the city. The weather is wonderful during the first 3 days, when I have no time for visite, only a wonderful, sunny and rather cold, Saturday afternoon. Not much time to explore new places, but on Sunday, a nice view over the the city from the top of Korston, beautiful, even with little sun and a white sky.

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Another sunrise from my usual room in Innopolis --- new buildings are growing in the "city"
2/16/18 5:27 AM
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View from my hotel room in Kazan: on the left Peter and Paul Church on Baumann street and to the right the Kremlin ...
2/18/18 8:40 AM
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2/18/18 8:43 AM
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... in the night one can better recognise the Kremlin Mosque to the right.
2/18/18 3:24 PM
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House of Zinaida Ushkova who reconstructed this house in an "eclectic" style as a wedding gift for his wife ... who preferred to live in Moscow ... soon transformed into the largest library in the region, today a museum (that I will have to visit...
2/17/18 11:05 AM
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2/17/18 11:07 AM
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Back to the Bulak River and its ducks
2/17/18 11:19 AM
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2/17/18 11:19 AM
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An old church close to the central market who finds its way onto a picture each time I go to the market
2/17/18 11:27 AM
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The railway station seen from the footbridge leading to the Volga
2/17/18 12:33 PM
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Somewhere between the railway station and the Volga, one of the huge snow dumps of the city: the snow collected in the city center is brought here
2/17/18 12:37 PM
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The harbour of the yakht klub lokomotiv on the Volga
2/17/18 12:38 PM
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Kazanka River: the boat on the opposite river bank is a restaurant
2/17/18 12:57 PM
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A bit further east on the opposite side of Kazanka, the modern city
2/17/18 1:10 PM
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Ministry of Agriculture and its impressive tree on the foot of the Kremlin
2/17/18 1:24 PM
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Ministry of Agriculture and its impressive tree on the foot of the Kremlin
2/17/18 1:27 PM
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On the foot of the Kremlin, close to the stadion and the circus, the ice palace ...
2/17/18 1:47 PM
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... for Maslenitsa, the pancake week (carnival)
2/17/18 1:49 PM
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Kids come here to have fun with their sleds ... one can only the guess the very end of one of the sledging strips built with ice
2/17/18 2:13 PM
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Kremlin at sunset ...
2/17/18 2:23 PM
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2/17/18 2:25 PM
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... with view on the confluence of Volga and Kazanka
2/17/18 2:28 PM
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... now in the opposite direction, of the city ...
2/17/18 2:30 PM
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... and now, as the sun is disappearing, back to the entrance of the Kremlin, and to the right, the National Museum of Tatarstan
2/17/18 2:39 PM
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On the way back to the hotel, ice skating on the "black Lake"
2/17/18 2:52 PM
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Next morning, almost at lunch time: back to Soviet times ... except for the cars, of course
2/18/18 10:35 AM
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On Maksima Gorkovo a bit outsid the city center ... the recent snow falls are not yet fully evacuated (but the side-walk is free of snow, at other places they were still "working on it")
2/18/18 10:50 AM
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Russian architecture on Karla Marksa
2/18/18 10:52 AM
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Church on Karla Marksa, and in the background the Korston hotel, where we are going to have lunch (on the top floor)
2/18/18 11:04 AM
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Winter view on the little park just opposite the church
2/18/18 11:05 AM
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With Manuel and Inna in the viewpoint restaurant: in the background the Volga, and to the right the junction with the Kazanka
2/18/18 11:30 AM
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...
2/18/18 1:48 PM
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... here Karla Marksa (with the church), on the right Kazanka river, and in the background. now on the left, its junction with the Volga
2/18/18 11:31 AM
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... the Millenium Bridge over the Kazanka
2/18/18 1:49 PM
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The Arsk Cemetary with its blue church that I visited the previous year
2/18/18 1:53 PM
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... finally, view to the south west (through another dirty window): in the background the Volga
2/18/18 1:51 PM
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Recently renovated building on Maksima Gorkova with some history ... which I forgot (and to the left, in the background, the KFU tower, visible from almost everywhere
2/18/18 2:33 PM
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My last day in Kazan, a quick visit of the Uzbek dry fruit market ... here: on Moskovskaya, very close to the market
2/20/18 2:19 PM
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A little bit further down on Moskovskaya
2/20/18 2:23 PM
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Stylish renovation, no idea where ...
2/20/18 2:32 PM
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The Bulak River with view on the Kazan Circus, and to the right the towers of the Kremlin Mosque
2/20/18 2:34 PM
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Icy roof
2/20/18 2:35 PM
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At least one picture on Baumann Street with Nikolskiy Church (and behind the church, the green tower that one can just guess, belongs to the John Baptist Monastory)
2/20/18 2:38 PM
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On Pushkina, close to my hotel, on my way to the ravens ...
2/20/18 3:19 PM
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... here, in this tiny park close to the KFU concert hall, the ravens of the city seem to gather for the night (every single tree is well occupied). The first evening, they were still awake and gave the impression of telling each other their...
2/20/18 6:45 PM
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Take off from Moscow airport
2/21/18 7:31 AM
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... bye bye ... see you next year
2/21/18 7:36 AM
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