Kazan
People who shaped the city
Residents, visitors and the occasional passing genius — each with the addresses where their story is still standing.
Music
Sergei Rachmaninoff
- Kazan City Hall (Former Nobility Assembly)
Alexander Scriabin
- Kazan City Hall (Former Nobility Assembly)
Andrey Pitulov
- Alafuzov Factory Loft
Fyodor Chaliapin
- Kazan City Hall (Former Nobility Assembly)
Ilham Shakirov
- Tatar State Philharmonic
Ilyas Gafarov
- Salimzhanov Actors' House
Nazib Zhiganov
- Arskoe cemetery
- Kazan State Conservatory
- Nazib Zhiganov Apartment Museum
Oleg Lundstrem
- Kazan State Conservatory
- Tatar State Philharmonic
Rustem Bakunin
- Ak Bars Youth Center
Salikh Saydashev
- Kazan Music College named after Ilyas Aukhadeev
- Marjani Madrasa
- Salikh Saydashev Museum
Sofia Gubaidulina
- Kazan State Conservatory
- Sofia Gubaidulina Center for Contemporary Music
Sultan Gabyashi
- Kazan Music College named after Ilyas Aukhadeev
Zagidulla Yarullin
- Sharyk Club
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Literature
Alexander Pushkin
- Former Kazan Cloth Manufactory Building
- Pushkin Street
- Sharnaya Hill (Third Hill)
Maxim Gorky
- Gorky Street
- National Library on Fedorovsky Hill
Fatih Amirkhan
- Former Amur Hotel
- Muhammadiya Madrasa
Gabdulla Tukay
- Bolgar Rooms Site
- Caravan-Saray Rooms and Kitap Publishing Office
- Former Amur Hotel
Galiaskar Kamal
- Apanaev Madrasa (Kasimiya)
- Galiaskar Kamal House
- Muhammadiya Madrasa
Galimjan Barudi
- Millat Printing House
Gayaz Iskhaki
- Apanaev Madrasa (Kasimiya)
Hasan Karimov
- Karimov Brothers Printing House
Mukhametzyan Karimov
- Karimov Brothers Printing House
Wafa Bakhtiyarov
- Caravan-Saray Rooms and Kitap Publishing Office
Politics
Catherine the Great
- New Jerusalem Bishops’ Residence
Benjamin Putsek-Grigorovich
- New Jerusalem Bishops’ Residence
Husain Yamashev
- Kazan Tatar Teachers' School
- Marjani Madrasa
Khusain Yamashev
- Khusain Yamashev House
Mahmud of Kazan
- Mausoleum of the Kazan Khans
Muhammad-Amin of Kazan
- Mausoleum of the Kazan Khans
Yemelyan Pugachev
- Arsk Field and Gorky Park
- Former Kazan Prison Yard beside St John the Baptist Monastery
- Sharnaya Hill (Third Hill)
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Acting
Gabdulla Kariev
- Abdul-Karim Apanaev House
- Former Amur Hotel
- Sharyk Club
Karim Tinchurin
- Muhammadiya Madrasa
Sahibjamal Gizzatullina-Volzhskaya
- Former Amur Hotel
Sitdik Aidarov
- Marjani Madrasa
Architecture
Ivan Shiryai
- Spasskaya Tower
- Taynitskaya Tower
Konstantin Thon
- Governor's Palace
Postnik Yakovlev
- Spasskaya Tower
- Taynitskaya Tower
Science
Girsh Klyachkin
- Klyachkin Hospital
Kayum Nasyri
- Kayum Nasyri House Museum
Visual art
Bulat Galeev
- Galeev-Prometheus Foundation
Follow the story on foot
These addresses are scattered across the city. Our routes and quests put them in an order that works.