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      All day along the Volga: Pechory to the Strelka

      ⏱ 10 h 30 min🚶 10 km🍽 2📍 13 stops
      🏃 A lot — over 7 km

      A big Volga walk: the monastery in Pechory, Alexandrovsky Garden and Verkhne-Volzhskaya Embankment, the Chkalov Stairs, Rozhdestvenskaya, the bridge over the Oka and dinner at the fair.

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        🏛 Pechersky Ascension Monastery
        Приволжская слобода, 108Б
        A quiet monastery above the Volga in Pechory: the 17th-century Ascension Cathedral, tent-roofed churches and a view of the river.
        Start in Pechory: from Minin Square about 15 minutes by taxi or bus to Sennaya Square, then 15 minutes on foot.
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        Pechersky Ascension Monastery
        © A.Savin · FAL 1.3
        Pechersky Ascension Monastery
        © Дмитрий Сазанов · CC BY 4.0
        • The monastery was founded around 1328–1330 by St Dionysius of Suzdal.
        • In 1597 the community was moved a verst up the Volga, to its present site.
        • The stone wall and the gate church of the Protection of the Mother of God were built in 1765.
        • In 1924 the monastery was closed, and it was revived in 1994.
      2. 🚶 on foot
      3. 2
        🌳 Alexandrovsky Garden
        склон между Георгиевским и Казанским съездами
        The city's first English-style public park on the Volga slope: paths, stairs and views of the river.
        About 2.5 km west along the Volga — and walk the garden's paths along the slope.
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        Alexandrovsky Garden
        © Olga-lisenkova · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Alexandrovsky Garden
        © WildPea · CC0
        • 1835 is considered the founding date; the garden is named after Empress Alexandra Feodorovna.
        • In 1836 the design was worked on by the court gardener Karl Petzold, sent by Nicholas I.
        • Work was interrupted by landslides and was mostly finished in 1841, while trees were planted until 1851.
        • The garden descends the slope from Verkhne-Volzhskaya Embankment to Nizhne-Volzhskaya.
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      5. 3
        🚶 Verkhne-Volzhskaya Embankment
        Верхне-Волжская наб.
        A boulevard-embankment on a high bluff: 19th and early 20th-century mansions on one side, the Volga and the forests beyond it on the other.
        Up to the boulevard of Verkhne-Volzhskaya: mansions and a view of the forests across the Volga.
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        Verkhne-Volzhskaya Embankment
        © Алексей Трефилов · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Verkhne-Volzhskaya Embankment
        © Vyacheslav Bukharov · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The embankment is 1.75 km long, from Minin Square to Sennaya Square.
        • Before the revolution it was called Georgievskaya, and in Soviet times the Zhdanov Embankment.
        • The embankment was laid out on the will of Nicholas I: in 1834 he disliked the shacks and rubbish on the slope.
        • In 1858 Alexandre Dumas stayed in one of its houses, having come for the Nizhny Novgorod Fair.
        • No. 1 was built in 1913–1916 for the board of the Volga steamship company.
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      7. 4
        🖼 Rukavishnikov Estate
        Верхне-Волжская наб., 7
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        A lavish mansion of the wealthy Rukavishnikov merchant family with a grand staircase, a ballroom and merchant interiors.
        A merchant estate: a grand staircase and a ballroom.
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        Rukavishnikov Estate
        © Dmitriy Markov · CC BY-SA 3.0
        • The mansion was built in 1875–1877 to a design by the Moscow architect Pavel Boytsov.
        • Today it is the main building of the Nizhny Novgorod State Museum-Reserve.
        • The estate stands on the site of the Maly Ostrog fortifications — perhaps the wooden Georgievskaya Tower was here.
        • Live music sounds in the house again: concerts and 19th-century dance classes are held here.
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      9. 5
        ☕️ Lepi Testo Dumpling House
        ул. Минина, 12
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        Lunch: hand-made pelmeni across the road.
        🍴 A hand-made dumpling house opposite the Rukavishnikov estate, from 8 a.m.; kids' menu available. What to order: "Taste of Russia" pelmeni, "Blueberry Nights" vareniki (sweet dumplings), tom yum pelmeni.
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      11. 6
        🌅 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.
        Down the stairs to the Volga.
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        Chkalov Stairs
        © Алексей Трефилов · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Chkalov Stairs
        © A.Savin · FAL 1.3
        Chkalov Stairs
        © Vityavo · CC0
        • 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.
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        🏛 Stroganov (Nativity) Church
        Рождественская ул., 34А
        A church of the late 17th century on Rozhdestvenskaya, carved like a jewelry box and built with the money of the merchant Grigory Stroganov.
        Along Nizhne-Volzhskaya Embankment under the kremlin, about 20 minutes west — to the Stroganov Church.
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        Stroganov (Nativity) Church
        © A.Savin · FAL 1.3
        • The church was built in 1696–1719 with funds from the merchant Grigory Dmitrievich Stroganov.
        • It is one of the finest examples of the Stroganov style and a federally protected architectural monument.
        • Construction was almost finished by 1701, but a fire got in the way; the main altar was consecrated on 21 June 1719.
        • According to tradition, Peter I prayed here on 29 May 1722, on the eve of his 50th birthday.
        • In the 1860s the bell tower began to lean dangerously and over 20 years tilted by 1.2 m.
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        🌅 Fedorovsky Embankment
        наб. Федоровского (Парк 800-летия)
        A viewpoint on the bluff above Rozhdestvenskaya: the best view of the Strelka, Alexander Nevsky Cathedral and the confluence of the Oka and the Volga.
        Climb to the viewpoint over the Strelka.
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        Fedorovsky Embankment
        © A.Savin · FAL 1.3
        • The embankment is named after the geologist Nikolai Fedorovsky, and was earlier called the Upper Oka Embankment.
        • From 1896 to 1928 the Pokhvalinsky funicular ran here.
        • The monument to Maxim Gorky on the embankment was put up in 1972.
        • In 2021 the embankment became part of the Nizhny Novgorod 800th Anniversary Park.
        • In 2022 its landscaping project won the top award of the "Golden Capital" architecture rating.
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        🌅 Kanavinsky Bridge
        Канавинский мост
        The first permanent bridge across the Oka: it takes 10–15 minutes to walk across, with a view of the Strelka and the kremlin.
        On foot across the Oka.
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        Kanavinsky Bridge
        © Алексей Трефилов · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • Traffic on the bridge opened on 2 April 1933, and it took a year and a half to build.
        • Before it, the floating Plashkout Bridge stood here, set up in 1817 when the fair was moved from Makaryev.
        • Until 1961 Kanavinsky remained the only permanent bridge across the Oka in the city.
        • Trams ran over the bridge until 2009, and in 2010 the tracks were removed.
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      19. 10
        🏛 Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
        ул. Стрелка, 3А
        A huge cathedral on the Strelka, built with the money of the fair's merchants — you can see it from anywhere above the Oka.
        Alexander Nevsky Cathedral.
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        Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
        © Discoverynn · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
        © Алексей Трефилов · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The cathedral was built in 1868–1881 to a design by the architect Lev Dal.
        • The fair's merchants decided to build the church in memory of Alexander II's visit to the fair.
        • Over ten years 454,667 rubles in donations were collected for the construction.
        • In the late 1930s the cathedral began to be dismantled: a giant monument-lighthouse was planned in its place.
        • Since 2009 it has been the cathedral of the Nizhny Novgorod diocese.
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        🌳 The Strelka
        Стрелка
        The spit where the Oka flows into the Volga: an embankment right by the water, lawns by the stadium, Alexander Nevsky Cathedral and a view of the kremlin across the river.
        Sunset on the spit at the confluence of the rivers.
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        The Strelka
        © Olga-lisenkova · CC BY-SA 4.0
        The Strelka
        © Алексей Трефилов · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • From the 16th century this was Nizhny's main port, and the move of the fair from Makaryev in 1817 gave it new scope.
        • In 1896, for the All-Russian Exhibition, the first tram was run here, linking the city with the fair.
        • In Soviet times a cargo port operated on the Strelka, and it was long impossible to get in.
        • In 2015–2018 a stadium for the FIFA World Cup was built on the Strelka.
        • Strelka metro station opened on 12 June 2018.
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        🏛 Main Fair House
        Совнаркомовская ул., 13
        A Russian-style arcade — the former office of the Nizhny Novgorod Fair, the main fair of 19th-century Russia.
        The Main Fair House of 1890 — the former office of the All-Russian Fair.
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        Main Fair House
        © Алексей Белобородов · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Main Fair House
        © Photochrom Print Collection · Public domain
        • The building was built in 1889–1890 to a design by Alexander von Gogen, Alexei Trambitsky and Karl Treiman.
        • It stands on the site of the first Main House of 1822, designed by Auguste de Montferrand.
        • The fair was moved to Nizhny from Makaryev after the great fire of 1816.
        • Until 1930 it housed the fair's administration, and afterward the House of Soviets and a Detsky Mir store.
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        🍽 Samovarnaya in the Main Fair House
        Совнаркомовская ул., 13
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        Dinner right in the fair house: tea from a samovar and pirozhki. From here it's about 15 minutes to Strelka metro.
        🍴 A Russian restaurant in the Main Fair House, with a kids' menu. What to order: tea from a samovar, bite-sized pirozhki, catfish pâté.

      ↩️ Getting back: From the fair about 15 min on foot to Strelka metro, then to Gorkovskaya about 15 min with a change at Moskovskaya

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