Exhibition of the National Museum of the Republic of Tatarstan

About exhibition

The museum's halls tell about the natural riches of the region that became the basis for the life and development of ancient populations; the ancient and medieval history of Tatarstan; the Kazan region in the 16th–18th centuries and the Kazan Governorate in the 19th–early 20th centuries; and they also present the republic's history in the Soviet and contemporary periods. Among the most valuable exhibits are a zoomorphic axe of the 6th–4th centuries BC, the Abu-Bekr castle (1146–1147), the yarlyk (decree) of Khan Sahib-Giray (1523), the Efremovo Gospel (1606), Catherine II's carriage, memorial items of the Russian poet and statesman G. Derzhavin, the crystal seal of the prominent scholar and theologian Sh. Marjani, an English howitzer (1917), the banner commemorating the formation of the Tatar ASSR, a sketch of the Tatar ASSR coat of arms, a GAZ-A car (1935), a Fordson-Putilovets tractor and a Po-2 (U-2) aircraft. For information call: +7 (843) 292-89-84. The ticket is valid for one month from the date of purchase and entitles the holder to a single visit. The ticket office closes one hour before the museum's closing time.