Literature

Gabdulla Tukay

Local figure

Addresses you can still visit

Every place in this city with a documented tie to this person.

Lived here
Bolgar Rooms Site
He occupied the celebrated Room 40 for most of his mature Kazan period and wrote and edited extensively there.
Lived here
Caravan-Saray Rooms and Kitap Publishing Office
He lodged here and worked for the Kitap publishing and bookselling company during his first Kazan winter.
Lived here
Former Amur Hotel
He spent his final months outside hospital here before being taken to Klyachkin’s clinic in February 1913.
Performed here
Kazan Young Spectator Theatre
He gave the first public reading of “The Hay Bazaar, or the New Kisekbash” in this hall in 1908.
Created here
Khusain Yamashev House
Accounts of Tukay’s Kazan years connect him with the preparation of political proclamations in Yamashev’s house.
Lived here
Klyachkin Hospital
He spent the final weeks of his life in the clinic and died here on April 15, 1913.
Created here
Millat Printing House
He corrected proofs here while some of his books were being prepared for publication.
Performed here
Sharyk Club
He frequently attended the club and read his own poetry at its literary and musical evenings.

These addresses are scattered across the city. Our routes and quests put them in an order that works.