 Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, shows a mix of Christian Russian and Muslim Tatar cultures.The city has registered a brand "The Third Capital of Russia", though a number of other major cities compete for this status, including Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg and Nizhny Novgorod.The warm subtropical Black Sea coast of Russia is the site for a number of popular sea resorts, like Sochi, the follow-up host of the 2014 Winter Olympics.