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Elabuga is the very old town, has noted recently the millenium. There is it on the river Kama at a confluence of it of the river Toyma. City centre stone, houses are constructed after a heavy fire of 1850 when on fire was lost more than 500 wooden structures of Elabuga. The main street of old Elabuga - Kazanskaya street. The site of Kazanskaya street with dense ancient building begins from Lenin's Square. From street Gassara the prospect of merchant houses and benches of XIX centuries opens. In the street Gassara, 9 is a complex of regional studies. The complex of regional studies Elabuzhsky state Historical-Architectural Museum and Museum of Art has been opened on August, 25th, 2007 in days of celebrating millenium of Elabuga. It has combined various on subjects museum projects within the limits of one complex: here expositions of the Museum of a city history, Museum-Theatre "Traktir", interactive workshops and the Showroom. The complex of regional studies takes places in builbing "House of a merchant of A.F.Nikolaev" with the trading benches, built in 1960's of a XIX century.
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Елабуга (тат. Алабуга, Alabua)? City (with 1780) to Russia, an administrative centre of area Elabuzhskogo of Tatarstan. The beried in verdure city with a panorama of churches, with ancient stone private residences is the sample of merchant architecture of XIX century, kept the unique shape and a landscape. It is located among woods on high by the right to coast of Kama at a confluence of it of the river Tojma, in 200 km to the east from city of Kazan. The area of 18,4 km ². The population 70,0 thousand чел. (2008), in 1995 was 65,8 thousand inhabitants.
