Bust of Kuzma Minin in Nizhny Novgorod
In Nizhny Novgorod, at the beginning of Minin Street, in front of the "First" house, a sculptural bust of Kuzma Minin was installed in 1955. This monument, created by Nizhny Novgorod sculptor A.V. Kikin, is located in th…
Monument to Kuzma Minin in Nizhny Novgorod
In Minin and Pozharsky Square, opposite the Dmitrovskaya Tower of the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin, stands a monument to Kuzma Minin, a Russian national hero. With outstanding energy and oratory talent, he organized fundraisi…
Church-Chapel of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Nizhny Novgorod
The Nikolsky chapel was built on the site where the Nikolskaya Upper Posad Church, which existed since the 17th century, was destroyed in the 1930s. Previously, a cemetery surrounded the church, where, according to archa…
Kazan Icon of the Mother of God Cathedral in Nizhny Novgorod
The Kazan Church in Nizhny Novgorod, described as "wooden on a basement, with a porch, topped with a tent roof," was located at the Zeleny Confluence at the foot of the Kremlin and was considered one of the oldest in the…
Church of the Nativity of John the Baptist in Nizhny Novgorod
The wooden Church of the Nativity of John the Baptist in Nizhny Posad has been known since the 15th century. In the early 17th century, it included a refectory and a porch.
In 1676, merchant Gavriil Dranishnikov, return…
Alarm Bell in Nizhny Novgorod
The bell tower with the alarm bell, which weighs over 6 tons, was installed on November 2, 2005, in Nizhny Novgorod next to the restored Church of the Nativity of John the Baptist. It was from the porch of this church th…
The Assumption Church on Ilyinskaya Hill in Nizhny Novgorod
The Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is part of the Central Archpriest's Courtyard along with the churches of the Ascension and Sergius. It is the only building in the history of stone architecture of …
Church of the Sign of the Mother of God and the Holy Myrrhbearers in Nizhny Novgorod
The Church of the Sign of the Mother of God and the Holy Myrrhbearers is the first stone parish church in the Upper Posad of Nizhny Novgorod. It is the first church in the history of ancient Russian architecture of the "…
N. A. Dobrolyubov House Museum in Nizhny Novgorod
The museum in Nizhny Novgorod, dedicated to the literary critic and writer Nikolai Alexandrovich Dobrolyubov, is the only one of its kind in the world. It was opened on September 13, 1971, in honor of the city's 750th an…
Monument to the Fighters of the 1917 Revolution
In the center of Saratov, in the square of the Radishchev Museum opposite the opera and ballet theater, stands the monument to the fighters of the 1917 revolution and the eternal flame at the mass grave of the defenders …
