The story of Bauman Street
Bauman Street is one of the oldest streets in Kazan, once the main trading road up to the Kremlin. In the 1990s it became the city's first pedestrian street, and its 19th-century merchant houses now hold cafés and shops.
Along the way are the 74-metre Epiphany Bell Tower, a statue of the famous opera singer Fyodor Chaliapin, who was born in Kazan, a bronze "Kazan cat", and a golden copy of Catherine the Great's carriage.
