Clock Tower in Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin
The Clock Tower of the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin is located on an elevation between the Northern and Ivanov Towers, at the edge of the Kremlin hill. The section between the Clock and Northern Towers is the shortest in the …
Ivanovskaya Tower in Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin
According to one of the modern versions, the first stone tower of the new kremlin, laid in 1500, was the Tverskaya. This version is preferred because the tower protected an important area of the city with a trading settl…
Museum of the Russian Veterans of the Great War in San Francisco
In 1924, in San Francisco, an initiative group of artillery officers, participants of the White movement, led by Hertz-Vinogradsky, founded the organization. This building later housed the museum, the headquarters of the…
The White Tower in Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin
The White Tower, part of the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin, is located in the foothill area between the Ivanovskaya and Zachatyevskaya Towers. Its construction dates back to the 16th century, and it was reconstructed in 1620. …
Zachatievskaya Tower in Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin
The lower part of the Kremlin is located in an area with unfavorable hydrogeological conditions. There are underground water outflows and frequent landslides that have filled ancient ravines and gullies with sediment. In…
Borisoglebskaya Tower in Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin
The tower was built in the 16th century and reconstructed in 1620. Buttresses with casemates and loopholes were added to it. It got its name due to its proximity to the Church of Boris and Gleb, which unfortunately has n…
The Georgievskaya Tower in Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin
The tower, dating back to the 16th century, got its name due to its proximity to the Georgievskaya church, which unfortunately has not survived, or from the Georgievsky terema, the palace of the city's founder. In 1785-1…
Gunpowder Tower in Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin
The Gunpowder Tower, a round tower of the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin, is located in the elevated part between the Dmitrievskaya and Georgievskaya towers.
Its name is associated with the fact that in the 17th century, gunpo…
Memorial Stone to the Founders of Nizhny Novgorod
It is located on the territory of the Kremlin, near the entrance by the Ivanov Tower. Established in 1976 in honor of the 755th anniversary of the founding of Nizhny Novgorod. The stone is engraved with the date of the c…
Monument to Valery Chkalov in Nizhny Novgorod
The monument to Valery Chkalov, one of the attractions of Nizhny Novgorod, is located near the Georgievskaya Tower of the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin. It is dedicated to the famous Soviet pilot who made the first non-stop fl…
