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Kazan: home to some of the best sports facilities in Russia
But that has changed with the construction of a sparkling new ski resort just half an hour from the city. The Kazan complex, which opened in 2006, boasts eight ski runs, three ski lifts up to a kilometre long, two hotels, and a small village of beautiful wood chalets, which are available to rent for $300 a weekend.
The complex’s owner, Ravil Ziganshin, says: "Four years ago, there was nothing here. Now, we’ve already built the slopes, including adding a 50-metre peak to an 150-metre natural plateau for the main slope. We’re now building a golf course and a shooting range."
The resort is in a beautiful spot, at the meeting of three rivers, including the Volga, with an ancient monastery on the island of Sviyazhsk.