Kazan University Observatory building in the context of the development of architecture in Russia and Western Europe

Abstract

The Article analyzes the architecture of the Kazan city Observatory building and identifies its General and special features in the context of the development of architecture of structures and complexes built in the nineteenth century in Russia and Western Europe for observing celestial bodies. The result of the analysis is the unique identity of the building of the Kazan (Volga region) Federal University observatory.