REPUBLIC of TATARSTAN ~ The Kazan Kremlin - UNESCO

... Great aerial view of an important cultural place... the impressive walled Kremlin in Kazan provides wonderful views over the city... it contained the huge blue domed Kul Sharif Mosque and Orthodox Church.... the place where Christian and Muslim cultures merge together... symbolizing the peaceful coexistence of the two main religions of the republic... a very authentic place with the combination of historic, cultural and religious places and monuments... Thanks a lot Dmitry!!【ツ】

Photo:© Nail Ziyatdinov
The autonomous Republic of Tatarstan is a fedral subject of Russia located in the center of the East European Plain, part of the Volga Federal District. Kazan is the capital city of the region.

The construction of the Kazan Kremlin began in the XVI century by order of the Tsar Ivan the Terrible on the ruins of the former castle of Kazan khans. The territory of the Kazan Kremlin includes 8 towers, the Cathedral of the Annunciation, built in the XVI century, the  Monastery of Transfiguration and the Kul-Sharif  Mosque.

The Kul Sharif Mosque is built in place of the old mosque of the Khanate of Kazan that was destroyed in 1552. The reconstruction of the Mosque began in 1996 and ended in 2005. The Kul Sharif Mosque is a complex that consists of three parts: a mosque, a memorial stone and an administrative building.

The Historic and Architectural Complex of the Kazan Kremlin  is listed a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000.

Stamps:

Definitive Issue - Kremlins (Pskov)
(01-10-2009)

2003 Carillon. Russia-Belgium Joint Issue (Issued 15-05-2003)

Definitive Issue. Kremlins -Stamps (Kazan)
(Issued 01-10-2009)

Vladimir Mikhailovich Zeldin, 1915-2016 (Issued 22-01-2018)