You might want to spend some time browsing the exhibits at V.I. Lenin House Museum, Anatomical Museum, or National Museum of the Republic of Tatarstan. While you're exploring, swing by Bauman Street, Anniversary Arch, and Alexander Arbuzov and Boris Arbuzov Memorial House to learn a bit about the area. You can watch performances at Kazan State Theater of Young Spectators, Kazan Academic Russian Bolshoi Drama Theatre, and Tatar State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre if you're interested in local theater.