I. Metshin: “The new protection zones project will help develop Kazan center without compromising the cultural heritage objects”

(KZN.RU, December 5, Alsu Safina). The new project of protection zones (PPZ) enables closely with investors to develop the historic center of the city, without causing damage to cultural heritage and historic buildings. Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, estimated the role recently approved document so at today's Business Monday.

As I. Metshin noted, the new PPZ is an important document for urban planning that everyone was waiting for, including developers. “A modern city cannot preserve the historical and cultural heritage without such a document”, said the Mayor. According to him, it is important to comply strictly with this document.

Tatiana Prokofieva, the chief architect of the city, reported that new PPZ was adopted in the Tatarstan's capital. She explained that prior to the adoption of a new one in November this year, the following documents have acted in the city: the protection zones project of history and culture monuments of Kazan, approved by the Council of Ministers of Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in 1988, and the project of protection zones “Ensemble of the Kazan Kremlin”, approved by the Ministry of Culture in 2012.

Zones of protection are established for 357 objects of Kazan cultural heritage in the new document. It covers the historical center of Kazan, and also covers the Admiralteiskaya Sloboda and local areas, related to distinct cultural heritage: the Resurrection Monastery, the Church of Our Lady of Kazan, the Regional Psychiatric Hospital, the Gate Church of the Kizichesky Monastery, the Nicholas Church, etc.

Tatiana Prokofieva in her speech noted that the materials of the project of protection areas of Kazan cultural heritage objects, developed by the initiative group with the participation of the Executive Committee back in 2011, entered into the new PPZ of Kazan. “At that time the project has received a positive opinion of historical and cultural examination and agreement of the Ministry of Culture of Russia in the Volga Federal District, but has not been approved”, said the chief architect of the city. “That is why, having the designed-based materials for the PPZ, the developers were able to create a new document in a short time”. It is worth noting that the new PPZ was developed by the Institute of General Plan of Moscow. You can access it at on the website of the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning.