Bauman Street (Kazan)

Bauman Street, ( _tt. Bauman uramı/Бауман урамы; _ru. улица Баумана), is a pedestrian street in the heart of Kazan; one of the favourite and beautiful places of interest in capital of Tatarstan, Russia. It is located in the central part of Kazan. The street starts at the foot of the Kremlin and reaches Tukay Square, the central square in the city.

Bauman Street is paved with multicoloured bricks, some benches and two lines of lanterns are set there. There are also planted lindens on the street. Different fairs and festive presentations are held on Bauman Street.

History

Bauman Street has long been regarded a trading centre and featured a concentration of the main mercantile establishments of the city. The street was the second most significant street of Kazan's central district. It was famous for its banks and notary offcies, different shops, drugstores, and hotels. At the beginning of the twentieth century there was a shop in every building.

Bauman Street has existed since the fifteenth century. It ran from the Khan's Palace at the edge of the city. In ancient times the Nogayskaya Road was there. At the end of the sixteenth century the street was named Prolomnaya and later is was renamed Bolshaya Prolomnaya. It was named for the two breaches of the Kremlin wall, which were made as the result of the explosions of the tower Nur-Ali and Lower Nogaysky gates during the siege of the Kremlin by the troops of Ivan the Terrible in 1552.

Later the street was named Bogoyavlenskaya after the church, which was built in 1731-1756.

A famous Russian singer Fyodor Ivanovich Shalyapin was baptised in Bogoyavlenskaya Church. Nowadays there is a stature of Shalyapin on Bauman Street, near the church. It is the only such statue in the whole world.

In 1930, the street was named Bauman Street in honour of the famous local revolutionary hero Nikolay Bauman. He was born in 1873 and graduated from the Kazan Veterinary Institute.

See also

* Bauman Street in Lipetsk (Russian)
* Baumanskaya Street in Moscow (Russian)

Links

* [http://www.gotokazan.com/gallery/index.htm Pictures of Kazan's streets]