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Embankment at the entrance to the Central gate of the island. Sviyazhsk in Kazan. Tatarstan, Russia #198629402
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Embankment at the entrance to the Central gate of the island. `Sviyazhsk - island of love.` On may 24, 1551, Ivan the terrible founded the fortress city of Sviyazhsk to help capture Kazan. The fortress is assembled in a month from parts fused here on the Volga from the vicinity of Uglich. Now it is the only island on the banks of Volga.
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