Where is Nizhny Novgorod - the city of 12 rivers and 33 lakes

Shores of the Oka and Volga, where is the LowerNovgorod, have different relief: the high right banks of rivers are called Dyatlovy mountains, and the part of the city located here is mountainous; the left banks are low-lying, and the city is called a river.

Nizhny Novgorod today is one of the largest cities in the country with a population of more than two million, a center for the development of information technology, air, ship and automobile.

History of the city - a history of revivals

The city was founded in 1221 as a defensivepoint to protect the borders of Russia in that turbulent period of internecine wars and raids of Mongol-Tatar Horde. The place where the city of Nizhny Novgorod is located is strategically very advantageous: steep banks of rivers, deep ravines at the foot of Djatlovy Mountain. But not always these advantages saved the city, it was many times captured, burned, ruined. But again he recovered, filling in the lost.

Pocket of Russia

The pocket of Russia, her purse was nicknamed the cityafter the transfer here in 1816 from the Makariev Fair, which gave an unprecedented boost to its development, the flourishing of trade. On the territory where Nizhny Novgorod is located, the construction of a fair complex that has survived to this day began. Now on the territory of the fair there are 6 pavilions, 5 conference halls, national fairs of many countries are included in the fair's fairs, and the expositions of Nizhny Novgorod's prestigious exhibitions are highly appreciated.

Lower and Montferran

To design one of the cathedralsNizhny Novgorod Fair - Spassky or Staroyarmarichnogo - was attracted to Auguste Montferrand, while working on the project of St. Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg, whose features are guessed in the silhouette of the Nizhny Novgorod creations of the architect.

A curious story is connected with the Cathedral of the Savior. The fact is that the iconostasis was painted by an Italian artist on European canons that turned out to be unacceptable for the inhabitants of Russia: believers did not perceive icons on which there were naked parts of bodies. They prayed to the icons brought with them to the temple. Later, the iconostasis was replaced with the manner described in the familiar manner for Russians.

2 km fortress

In the mountainous part, where the center of the LowerNovgorod, is the main attraction of the city - the Kremlin, built in the early 16th century on the site of the burned wooden. Fortress of 45 hectares - a unique structure. Its 13 towers are built not level with the stone walls, but protrude forward, which provided the Nizhny Novgorod with a reliable defense. The Kremlin towers on the slope of the Djatlovy Mountains, where Nizhny Novgorod is located, are located at different heights with the difference between the lower and upper to eighty meters.

Kitezh - near

The locality where Nizhny Novgorod is located and itsneighborhoods are rich in natural unique monuments, with many associated legends and legends. The mysterious lake Svetloyar, located near the Lower, is famous for its purest water, which does not lose its taste qualities even in the capacity and stored at home. On the shore of a circular lake, as if drawn by a compass, three crosses rise - according to legend on the graves of the epic heroes. According to another legend, the lake swallowed the city of Kitezh and keeps its secrets at the bottom. Will they open?