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      The Strelka: where the Oka meets the Volga

      ⏱ 4 h🚶 3.5 km🍽 1📍 7 stops
      🚶 Moderate — 3–7 km

      The best view of the confluence from Fedorovsky Embankment, a walk across Kanavinsky Bridge — and out to the Strelka itself: the cathedral, the pakgauzy and water on both sides.

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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.
        Start at the viewpoint in the 800th Anniversary Park — first look at the Strelka from above.
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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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      3. 2
        🏛 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.
        Go down the stairs to the Stroganov Church on Rozhdestvenskaya.
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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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        🌅 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.
        A 10–15 minute walk across the bridge; it's chilly in the wind — bring a scarf.
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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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        🏛 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.
        The cathedral of the fair's merchants — go inside.
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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.
        The spit by the water: the Oka on the right, the Volga on the left, the kremlin on its hill opposite.
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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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        🖼 Pakgauzy on the Strelka
        ул. Стрелка, 21
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        Openwork metal pavilions of 19th-century all-Russian exhibitions on the Strelka — now a concert hall and exhibition center.
        The openwork pavilions of the 1896 exhibition; the exhibitions are closed on Monday, but you can see the structures from outside too.
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        Pakgauzy on the Strelka
        © Olga-lisenkova · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Pakgauzy on the Strelka
        © Olga-lisenkova · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The metal structures were made for the main building of the All-Russian Exhibition of 1882 in Moscow.
        • In 1896 they were used again at the All-Russian Exhibition in Nizhny Novgorod.
        • Then for decades they served as the frame of river port warehouses, until they were rediscovered in 2015.
        • In 2018 the pakgauzy were given the status of a cultural heritage site.
        • The cultural center with a concert hall, designed by Sergei Tchoban, opened in 2022.
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        ☕️ Pereplyot Coffee Shop on the Strelka
        ул. Стрелка, 4
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        Coffee by the cathedral before heading back.
        🍴 A small coffee shop by Alexander Nevsky Cathedral — a place to warm up after a walk around the Strelka. What to order: a cappuccino, hot chocolate, pastries.

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

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