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“1000 years of Kazan – where East meets West” is the name of the exhibition, which is taking place at Boston college (Massachusetts, US). The exhibition represents personal impressions of kazanian photographers Aygul Akmanova, Faat Garifullin and Vladimir Gurianov from their old city. Kazan, similar to Rome, stands on seven hills and is the capital of the ancient people and country with a rich historical past. The people are the Kazan Tatars and the country is Tatarstan. Situated five hundred miles to the east of Moscow, Kazan is the capital of a multi-national republic that occupies the area between the Volga river and the Ural Mountains. The Tatars have their own language, their own culture with their own age-old traditions and festivals, but their past has been and remains intertwined with the history of Russia in the most dramatic and sometimes fateful way. The exhibition includes reports about the present-day life of Tatars (with a slideshow), the history and culture of Kazan, a show program and a traditional tea ceremony. It is sponsored by Russian American Cultural Center in Boston & Slavic Club of Boston College.
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