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Since 2000, the city has been undergoing a total renovation. The historical centre including the Kremlin was rebuilt, however a large number of the city's historical districts were completely demolished in the renovation. Kazan celebrated its millennium in 2005, after a city-organised historical commission settled on 1005 as the official year of the city's founding. During the millennium celebrations, one of the largest mosque in Russia, Kul Sharif, was dedicated in the Kazan Kremlin, the holiest copy

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