Republican Special Library for the Blind and Visually Impaired developed relief-flowchart of the Kazan Kremlin

Republican Special Library for the blind and visually impaired developed a relief-flowchart of the Kazan Kremlin. It will help blind and visually impaired to take a walk on the Kazan Kremlin. A kind  of  guide provides relief-made graphic way  of  the geographical and schematic maps of the Kremlin, schematic facilities on its territory, historical and geographical information. Images are supplemented with comments in the relief-point and in large –print formats. A combined edition provides a unique opportunity for acquaintance with architectural and cultural monuments in accessible format.

Such publications of geography in the country are published for the first time. It became possible thanks to the idea of library specialists, and financial support from the All-Russian public organization "Russian Geographical Society." Despite the fact that people with vision problems can not fully appreciate historical, cultural and architectural masterpieces, they however have a great interest in them. Architectural, cultural and natural monuments of the Republic of Tatarstan and its  history  attracts  the attention of blind people, not only of our country but also in other regions in Russia and abroad. With a desire to bring all this information to the blind, the library staff has developed a project "Tatarstan on fingertips," which in 2014 has received a grant from the Russian Geographical Society. The project provides for the publication of books of historical and geographical subjects of different formats: Braille, audio, and graphics-relief. Currently, work on the project is in full swing. Earlier, the readers were offered two regional editions in Braille. The scheme of the Kazan Kremlin was the third edition of the project. At the moment, the book has been tested by blind experts. Also, the schemes of the city of Bolgar and island-Svijazhsk, Raif and Zilant monstyrey, historical and cultural complex " Iske Kazan " are  under development and testing phase. Audio books and editions in Braille are being prepared, according to Department of organizational-methodological and bibliographical activities of the library.