Yeeeee clarity; on its sides there are bushes and swamps, and in front there is something like a city - this is the Admiralty Settlement, which was discussed above in the history of cities. On the spot where Peter the Great once established the Admiralty, now stands the huge Romanov Mill, made under the name of the Romanov Mill. This mill produces the best grain, grinding about 1,500 pounds of wheat every day, so it is not without reason that it is considered one of the most important in the Volga. Next to the mill on the bank of the VKazanka River there is a spring pier.
Currently, from the so-called Ustya, i.e., the village near the real Kazan pier, a horse-drawn railway runs, which, starting from Ustya, passes through the Admiralteyskaya Sloboda and the dam to the city, and then heads along Prolomnaya Street; The road opens its action at 6 o’clock in the morning and ends at 9 o’clock in the evening. The journey she makes lasts so long that driving an ordinary cab might, perhaps, be preferable, although it would cost three times more, if not for the potholes that make themselves felt on the way from the pier to the city.
The Admiralteyskaya Sloboda is connected to the city by a dam, impossibly dug with endless carts stretching from the city to the pier and back. To the left of the dam, near the bank of the Kazanka River, on a small mound, rises a pyramidal-shaped monument topped with a cross to those killed during the capture of Kazan. Its appearance is “rather gloomy, completely consistent with the purpose of serving as a mass grave for tens of thousands of Orthodox soldiers buried here, “You know their names, Lord.”
In memory of the fallen soldiers.
Inside the monument is a church; underground passage below; a stone wall inside separates the grave of the slain, which is marked by a colossal coffin. They descend into the dungeon by the light of wax candles; the staircase is dark and gloomy; The air in the dungeon is stale and grave.
During the inspection of the monument by Emperor Nicholas T., its builder, archiman
Drit Tavruil, reported to the sovereign that they dug deeper into this the ground, more and more bones came across in different directions; “From the many bones,” said Father Gavril, “it is impossible to build a proper foundation for the stone platform of the church.” Therefore, the hundreds of skulls that are visible under the raised lid of the huge coffin are an insignificant part of everything buried in this mass grave. Bones and skulls are spread over a wide area throughout the marshy plains surrounding the monument.
The monument was built with voluntary donations in 1828. Every year on October 2, a memorial service is held for those killed in the presence of troops and government officials. During a flood, when the outskirts of Kazan are flooded with 20 degrees of water, the monument, standing on a hill, appears to reign among a huge expanse of water.
On the right side, as you exit the dam, you can see a poor quarter with Mokroya Street in the middle; this, so to speak, is the rear of the city of Kazan, annually flooded with spring waters (probably hence the name of the street). Because of this annual standing waist-deep in water, Mokraya Street and the entire surrounding area have long been notorious as a nest of fevers and relapsing fever.
Lake Kabant.
In general, Kazan is located mostly on a low elevation and only the fortress, Voskresenskaya and a few other streets closest to the Arskoe field are located at comparative heights. What was once a river, and now a ditch, Bulak and Lake Kaban, which serves as a continuation of Bulava, the city is divided into two parts: the left one is the bulky and larger part, the right one is the smaller and worse part; the latter is inhabited predominantly by Tatars, and the Russians who lived there are a minority and belong to the poor class. This part of the city begins with the above-mentioned Mokra Street.
Lake Kaban extends nearly 8 versts in length, and from 15 to 200 fathoms in width; its rather picturesque banks are built up with many dacha; right there is a botanical garden, an archerey dacha, a Krestovnikov plant (proproduction of stearin candles), Junkers summer barracks and, at the end of Kaban, kumys establishments. The lake is one of the favorite walks for the middle class; Here, all sorts of “rates ae times” are performed in order to breathe fresh air. Currently, there is a tiny steamboat sailing along Kaban, but, however, most people walking prefer to go on boats. The boar is separated from Bulak by a shutter. As for Bulak itself, filling with water in the spring and during heavy rains, this ditch almost completely dries out during the summer and, to tell the truth, serves as a source of stench.