For most of the Middle Ages, Kazan was governed by the Kazan Khanate, an Islamic Tartar state that prohibited the artistic representation of people or animals; and while the Zilant is thought to ...
During most of the Middle Ages, Kazan was ruled by the Kazan Khanate, an Islamic Tartar state that did not allow artistic representation of animals or people. The Zilant only became the city’s ...
Built on an ancient site, the Kazan Kremlin dates from the Muslim period of the Golden Horde and the Kazan Khanate. It was conquered by Ivan the Terrible in 1552 and became the Christian See of the ...