Guided Tours

Address: Kazan, 16, Mushtari St.
Date: 17-20 August 2025

N.Feshin Art College is one of the oldest educational organizations in Russia, teaching in 4 areas: "Painting" (easel and theatrical decoration), "Design" (general and costume design), "Decorative and applied arts" (artistic leather processing), "Sculpture". The renovated historical building of the college at 70 K.Marx Street was built in 1904 by the second director of the KHSH, architect K.L.Mufke. It was built under the guidance of the Imperial Academy of Arts and was conceived as a reference for fine art classes.

Address: Kazan, 86, Pushkina St.
Date: 17-20 August 2025

The National Library is a multifunctional creative space with new meanings and possibilities. Today it is a center of attraction for intellectual and creative communities, where the new cultural heritage of the Republic of Tatarstan is not only preserved, but also formed. It is a synthesis of various cultural trends: visual and performative arts, design, music, theater, cinema, architecture, publishing and exhibition, and much more.

Address: Kazan, 74, Khadi Taktasha St.
Date: 17-20 August 2025

Guided tours of the new Kamala Theater building, where you can see the theater's scenic halls, learn about the functional content, the history of construction and other interesting facts. The guide will also tell you about the immediate plans of the space and the event program.

Date: 20.08.2025
Time: 11:00 - 14:00

(free of charge for VIP participants and Speakers)

The Kazan Kremlin is the only surviving Tatar white stone fortress in Russia, and the northernmost point of Islamic culture in the world. The objects on the territory of the Kremlin date back to the 10th century and are included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. The main Kul Sharif mosque, one of the largest mosques in Russia, the central Cathedral of the Republic of Tatarstan, created by the architects of the main cathedral of Moscow in the distant XVI century, as well as the famous Suyumbike leaning tower, one of the 10 most famous leaning towers in the world, are located here.

Date: 20.08.2025
Time: 10:00 – 16:00

(free of charge for VIP participants and Speakers)

The historical and cultural pearl of the Republic of Tatarstan. The ancient fortress, built in the distant Middle Ages during the reign of Ivan the Terrible, served as a military outpost in the Volga region and a place of rest and training for military units to march on the impregnable fortress of Kazan. The island-city of Sviyazhsk is famous for its history, the beauty of the natural and architectural landscape. On the island, you can visit the unique monasteries of the Virgin of the Assumption and St. John the Baptist, as well as see the oldest church in Tatarstan.

(charged service)

A visit to the Bolgar Historical and Architectural Museum and Reserve – “Bolgar Settlement”. Visiting all the sites that have been preserved on the territory of the ancient settlement: the Cathedral Mosque, the Eastern and Northern mausoleums, the Khan's tomb, the Small Minaret, the Black Chamber, the White Chamber, the Khan's bath, the Khan's Palace. A visit to the Commemorative Sign, built in honour of the official adoption of Islam by the Volga Bulgars in 922, where the largest Quran in the world is kept. The Bulgarian historical and archaeological complex was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2014.

(charged service)

At the Engelhardt Observatory, you will learn how stars and galaxies are born and die, and look through several telescopes. One of them, the Refractor, is the most powerful operating visual telescope in Russia, and it is already more than 100 years old.
The Astronomical Observatory is an educational and scientific center for space research and technology, but in addition to scientific work, day and night excursions are conducted here for all those who are not indifferent to Astronomy.

(charged service)

Acquaintance with the Kazan period of the life of the creator of the first socialist state in the history of the world: a visit to the house-museum of V.I. Lenin, as well as the Kazan Federal University.