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Suyumbike Tower is one of the major points of interest in the Kazan Kremlin. The tower is 58 metres high and has 7 levels. It is also very famous because it is a so-called one of the twenty famous leaning towers i the world, like the one in Pisa.

There are many legends about Suyumbike Tower. The Princess Suyumbike was the wife of 3 last Kazan khans.

One of legends say - When the Russian Tsar Ivan the Terrible entered Kazan after he conquered it, he saw how beautiful the Princess of Kazan Khanate Suyumbike was. His only dream was to marry her, but she resisted because her nation was invaded by him and treated so badly. So she told him to build the highest tower in Kazan in seven days, and if he accomplished it, she would marry him. Ivan the Terrible called the most skilled workers at the time, and told them to do that. In seven days the tower was finished. It had seven tiers. Then Suyumbike climbed the tower to the seventh story floor and jumped out of the window. She refused to give herself to Ivan. Tatars called the tower Suyumbike Tower to remember the tragedy of the nation.

In fact, she was given up to Moscow by the Kazan nobility several years before the capture of Kazan. Then was taken to a monastery and died far away from Kazan.

But it's not that important, all nations have their myths and people like to believe in fairy tales :)