Millennium Square

Millennium Square is a square in Tatarstan, Volga Region. Millennium Square is situated nearby to the park Asgat Galimzyanov Square, as well as near Kul-Sharif mosque.

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Type: Square
Description: square in Kazan, Russia
Also known as: “Millennium square, Kazan”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kul-Sharif mosque and Catedral de la anunciacion de kazan.

Kul-Sharif mosque

Mosque

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The Kul Sharif Mosque located in Kazan Kremlin, was reputed to be – at the time of its construction – one of the largest mosques in Russia, and in Europe outside of Istanbul. Kul-Sharif mosque is situated 120 metres east of Millennium Square.

Catedral de la anunciacion de kazan

Church

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Catedral de la anunciacion de kazan is a church, which is situated 270 metres northeast of Millennium Square.

Kazan Circus

Theater building

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Kazan Circus is a theater building, which is situated 220 metres northwest of Millennium Square.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kazan and Old Tatar Quarter.

Kazan

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Kazan is a city in and the capital of Tatarstan, Russia, of which it is also the largest. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering an area of 425.3 square kilometres, with a population of over 1.3 million residents, and up to nearly 2 million residents in the greater metropolitan area.

Old Tatar Quarter

Suburb

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The Old Tatar Quarter is a historical area in the southern part of the Vakhitovsky district in Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, Russia. The quarter stretches from northwest to southeast and is located between Lake Nizhniy Kaban and the Bolaq channel in the east, the southern intracity railway tracks in the west, the Central Market in the north and Vakhit Square in the south.