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The Conquest of Kazan
Kazan · Tatarstan, Russia · Battle · Early Modern
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After a long siege, sappers blew the walls; the fall of Kazan turned Muscovy into a multi-ethnic empire.
Today Kazan's Kremlin holds both an Orthodox cathedral and the great Qol Şärif mosque — two histories side by side.
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