One of the most unique and valuable sights of Russia is in the vicinity of the small town of Bulgaria in the Republic of Tatarstan. Ancient settlement "Great Bulgaria" formed in the tenth century, was one of the largest cities in Volga Bulgars until the thirteenth century, and in the fourteenth century (after the destruction of Bilyarsk) became the center of the Bulgarian region.

Bulgarian settlement is part of the State Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve, and contains nine most ancient monuments, and epigraphic monuments dating back to the ninth century. The ancient city destroyed and rebuilt several times. The first Bulgar conquest occurred in 1236 during a pan-Mongol Western March, the second destruction of the Volga Bulgars struck Bulat-Timur in 1361 and completely destroyed the city governor of Basil II Fedor Motley in 1431 Stone building, partly preserved to this day, were built in the 13 -14 centuries, during the rule of the Muslim Berke and establishment as a center for Bulgar Volga Bulgaria.

The main attraction of the settlement is the Great Mosque, built in the middle of the thirteenth century and is an architectural ensemble, which connects with the Great Khan's palace minaret. A feature of the mosque are fighting the corner of the tower (built at the center of an ancient settlement). In North mausoleum are epigraphic monuments and gravestones (9-14 cc.), The Small minaret visitors can climb the 40 steps symbolic spiral staircase and visit the Khan's Tomb. On the territory of the settlement are also: the ruins of the White house (13-14vv.) With heating furnaces and water supply system, the legendary Black Chamber, where the khan tribunal, and East mausoleum. Around the Bulgarian settlement can be considered preserved defensive wall and moat, and with one of the parties - the ancient structures of the Lesser Town.