🌅 Chkalov Stairs

от памятника Чкалову до Нижне-Волжской наб.

A monumental figure-eight staircase from the Chkalov monument down to the Volga — the city's main postcard view.

The design was approved in 1943 and the stairs opened in 1949; the authors are Alexander Yakovlev, Lev Rudnev and Vladimir Munts.
Officially they are the Volga Stairs, but since the 1980s they have been called the Chkalov Stairs, after the monument to the pilot Valery Chkalov at the top.
The staircase is built as a figure eight, with viewing platforms where the flights cross.
Below, on a pedestal, stands the Volga Military Flotilla boat "Geroy" — it was put there in 1985.
From the top you can see the Volga, the Strelka and the town of Bor on the far bank.
For the city's 800th anniversary the stairs were restored: the crumbled steps were replaced, keeping two historic flights.