Zybunov Vladimir Viktorovich

Good afternoon to everyone who wants to visit Kazan!

My name is Vladimir. I am a native of Kazan - I am happy to live in this ancient and original city.

I graduated from the Kazan Civil Engineering Institute, and also studied at the training courses for guides at the Kazan Travel and Excursions Bureau. I have extensive experience as a guide, as well as a methodologist in the process of training young guides.

The subjects of the excursions I offer are diverse.

• Sightseeing tour of the city "Capital of the East" - so called Kazan medieval travelers admired its architecture and location. The heart of Kazan is the ensemble of the Kremlin, which has occupied the highest hill on the Kazanka River for 1000 years. The tower of Suyumbike rises into the sky above the city, the Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary shines with domes, and the Kul Sharif mosque crowns the panorama. A large number of interesting sights you will see in a sightseeing tour of the city.
• "Orthodox Kazan." During this excursion, churches and monasteries of Kazan are visited: the Bogoroditsky Monastery, where the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, returned from the Vatican, the Cyzic and John-Predechensky monasteries, the Zilantov Monastery and others are located.
• "Muslim Kazan." Visit to the Tatar Sloboda and mosques of the 18-19 centuries: Azimov Mosque, Marjani Mosque, Apanayevskaya Mosque, Senno Bazaar Mosque. Walk through the streets of this original part of the city, known since the 16th century and preserving the Tatar flavor and traditions.
• Sviyazhsk Island Town. Excursion of historical and architectural character.
• On February 12, 1550, Tsar Ivan IV of Moscow besieged Kazan. The siege lasted 11 days, with many dead on both sides. On February 25, the king retreated. Returning home, the Russian troops stopped on the right steep bank of Sviyaga. Here Ivan IV liked the forested Round Mountain, towering over the Volga and allowing to keep under control river routes, roads to Kazan itself. The tsar planned to build a fortress city here, which helped him capture the capital of the Kazan Khanate.
• "Zilantov Assumption Monastery." The oldest Kazan monastery. Located on Zilant Hill - one of the most legendary and covered with legends places. The monastery was founded at the behest of Tsar Ivan the Terrible initially in 1552 as the “Russian Cemetery” on the site of the mass grave of soldiers who died during the capture of Kazan.
• "The Seven-Dear Virgin Desert." This is an active monastery, founded in 1615 on the Solonka River, in the area of the Seven Lakes - 17 km from Kazan. A very beautiful environment is an ancient forest. In the monastery there is a revered list of the Smolensk Seven-Diver Icon of the Mother of God.
• "Lenino-Kokushino." This is the place of the first exile of V.I. Lenin for his participation in the meeting of Kazan students on December 4, 1887. The memorial museum has been reconstructed in its entire form. There are tourists from all over Russia and abroad.
• "Blue, blue, there are no pigeons." The nature reserve "Blue Lakes" is located in the vicinity of Kazan, in the Vysokogorsk district above the village of Shcherbakovka. Blue Lake is not one, it is a whole range of karst lakes, which are distinguished by crystal clear and cold (6-7 degrees Celsius) waters at any time of the year. The color of the water changes depending on the weather, becoming azure, then dark blue, then almost black. -
• Elabuga. Recently, Yelabuga has become more beautiful and attractive for tourists. In 2007, the city celebrated its 1000th anniversary. Restored merchant mansions, monuments, Shishkin ponds - all this gives the city an unforgettable look. There are many museums in Yelabuga. It is impossible to visit them all in one day. But it is impossible not to visit the most famous, which we learn about during our trip to Elabuga.
• "Bus tour to Raifa Bogoroditsky Monastery". In 1613, in the wild forest, on the shore of Lake Raifa, the monk Filaret settled, seeking solitude and silence for grace-filled prayer. The indigenous inhabitants of Cheremisa considered this place sacred and came here to offer sacrifices to their pagan gods. But the power of the hermit’s prayer turned these places into a stronghold of the Orthodox faith, which fills the monastery with its grace to this day.
• "Boldin Autumn." Among the Pushkin places of Russia, Nizhny Novgorod Boldino occupies a special place. The village of Bolshaya Boldino - the center of the ancestral patrimony of the Pushkins, is a monument of history of the 30s of the XIX century. It is connected with the stay and creative activity of the great Russian poet.
• "State Lermontov Museum-Reserve "Tarkhany"". The list of especially valuable objects of cultural heritage of the peoples of the Russian Federation includes the State Museum-Reserve in Tarkhany, where half of the short life of Mikhail Lermontov, an immortal genius, passed.
• Bilar. Bilar is included in the historical and architectural reserve "Silver Ring" and is included in the international tourist route. In the Alekseevsky district of Tatarstan, on the territory of the modern village of Bilyarsk and beyond, the ruins of the pre-Mongol capital of Volga Bulgaria - Bilyar - the Great City of Inner Bulgaria on the Small Cheremshan River rest.

Additional services:

• Excursions for both small groups and large ones.
• assistance in finding transport for excursions (passenger cars, buses from 8-45 seats).
• organization of master classes.
• recommendations when choosing hotels and food outlets.