Both the architecture of the balini itself and the material from which it is built (local limestone and ancient kirnic) confirm the origin of the tower in KHUT VK; everything bears the imprint of the timid, hard work of the Russian masons of that time, who cared only about the strength of the masonry, at the same time being careful and trying not to be clever; This feature can also be seen in the thickness of the walls, which they are distinguished by in flat vaults, which were not thick, but firmly thrown over the walls, by people who were little familiar with mathematics and calculations, and therefore tried to get away from the sin and not really stick out the high vaults. Despite the apparent inexperience of the builders
Lei, and perhaps even precisely because of her grace, the buildings they built here stand intact and on the fourth table, as if serving as a reproach to the builders of the new formation, who erect walls and vaults on the basis of exact science, which sometimes give cracks, and sometimes even fall apart. The upper floor of the Spasskaya Balini, and partly the walls of the Kremlin, however, were repaired at a later time in some places, but this repair was caused by damage caused by the firing of the Pugachev batteries. We will use slabs of wild stone laid in layers for the fasting hundreds.
On the Spasskaya Tower there is a state tower and in it hangs an unusually sonorous alarm bell, which in former times played an important role, since Kazan was hit by disastrous fires quite a few times, sometimes destroying the city in a huge part of it. The fires were especially severe in 1579, 1595, 1672, 1684, 1749, 1749, 1757, 1774 (the city of Pugachevym was taken), 1816, when up to 2000 houses burned down, and 1859, when the Zabulachnaya Gorka part of the city. In recent years, it can be said that Kazan suffers from fires a little and, in any case, less than other Volga cities, the main reason for which is the fact that stone buildings little by little have eclipsed wooden ones, so that the latter are crowded mainly only on the outskirts of the city.
Derzhavinsyay square from the monument.
On the front side of the Spasskaya Tower there is a large image of the Savior Not Made by Hands. An unquenchable lamp glows before him. Kazan residents treat this image with special reverence. During the fire of 1842, when the hotel
The courtyard and the formations closest to the balina were burning like a fire, all the glass near the image was cracked from the heat, but the rest of the image itself was unharmed. The same thing happened during the fire of 1816, when the Kremlin burned. This image is an exact image from the royal banner, which played such a prominent role during the capture of Kazan. The Balini church itself is not large; it is decorated inside with great taste and originality military fittings and resumed in 1886. This church is called “Vo-”
Enno-Kremlin in the name of the Savior, the Image Not Made by Hands” and is intended for military commands in Kazan that do not have regimental churches.
Inside the Kremlin there is a military guardhouse to the right of the gate - the former Tsar's palace, in which the Kazan governors lived. Further away stretches a long two-story building of government offices. On the left side rises the bell tower of the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery and the cathedral itself, and further away the ancient Church of St. Kupr1ana and Ustinsh, celebrated on October 2; This church was founded in memory of the capture of Kazan (October 2). Initially built of wood at the Tsar's Gate, it was later moved to the Kremlin as a stone church, but preserving the shape, lines and height of the former wooden one. at
Transfiguration Monastery, founded in 1556 by St. Varsonoe, there is something sacred for the people of Kazan, who enter the fence of this monastery with special reverence. Here Saints Gury and Barsonoe spent their ascetic, toilful and pious lives. Here both of them, inseparable friends during life, were buried side by side. In Rybushkin’s history of the city of Kazan (edition 1850), it is said that when, to construct the foundation of the present stone church in 1596, the tombstones were removed from the graves of the saints and their coffins were opened, their bodies turned out to be incorruptible, and a fragrant fragrance spread around. The relics thus recovered were placed in the monastery church.
Kremlin Street ends with the Tainitsky Gate *), which received its name from the former secret passage from the gate to the source. To the right of the gate at the foot of the mountain there is a spring from which the Tatars used water during the siege. This spring is now desolate and at first glance perhaps gives the impression of a dirty swamp hole, but its water is clean and transparent like crystal.