How to celebrate the New Year in Kazan in tsarist times

Once the New Year in Kazan celebrated in a special way. It was customary to give a New Year's ball. The action took place in the ballrooms of ancient mansions. Carriages were coming. Graceful gait marched the invited ladies to the arm with the cavaliers in the elegant hall. The guests looked around the audience and greeted them. The city nobility prepared for the event in advance: new, fashionable dresses were sewn, catchy jewelry was selected for them. Cavaliers traditionally wore a black and white coat. All the guests were wearing white gloves. Ladies were supposed to be accompanied: married were with spouses, unmarried were with elderly relatives. At the ball, the atmosphere of fun reigned, everyone rejoiced at the Christmas tree, the holiday, each other! In the building, the Main City Ball was given in the hall of the Noble Assembly. Beautiful interiors and acoustics! In addition to balls, the hall has seen many famous people for more than a century of history: musicians, poets, writers!