The sights of Nizhny Novgorod Region

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There is the estate of the great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin. In Boldino he wrote "Stories by Belkin", "Small tragedies", "Queen of Spades", "Tale of the Dead Zarina and of Seven Warriers".

In the estate it is possible to take a walk in the park and the apple orchard and also to visit the second Pushkin estate – Lvovka which is located close to the Boldinsky estate. There is also a museum of literary heroes of "Stories by Belkin".

Please note that the trip to Boldino is often included into the social program of conferences which take place at Minin University. Do not miss announcements of such trips. In that case the price of the tour can be considerably less. For example, conferences arranged by the Faculty of Humanities often take place in autumn and spring.

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At first it belonged to an old noble family, and then it was bought by Mikhail Rukavishnikov – the representative of the famous Nizhny Novgorod family of industrialists and millionaires. The estate was built in the 17th century and now is being restored.

Visitors can walk on the linden avenue, see partially restored building of the estate, farm buildings, stables; they can climb up the stairs to the tower to see the Oka River and admire the landscape.

A visit to Priklonsky-Rukavishnikov' estate should be agreed with administration of the museum by phone +79519131746 or email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. The best time to plan an excursion is in autumn, in spring or in summer.

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Is the city for those who want to get acquainted with folk art. There you will be able to visit the amazing "Craft City" and see remarkable toys, pictures, carpets, figurines, folk costumes and many other things. You can also stroll around a quarter of the museums, to climb up Gorodetsky hill. Do not forget to buy famous Gorodetsky gingerbread*! While in Gorodets, think about visiting Feodorovsky Monastery as well.

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Is the homeland of national trade Khokhloma **. There are the museum and tourist center "Gold Khokhloma" at factory of Khokhloma painting, historical art museum in the mansion of the 19th century, museum of national life "Semyon Lozhkar's House", the museum of Old Belief ***.

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Serafimo-Diveevsky Monastery (Saint Seraphim-Diveyevo Monastery or Holy Trinity-Saint Seraphim-Diveyevo Monastery) is a monastery of nuns (convent) in Diveyevo settlement which is about 200 km from Nizhny Novgorod. It is situated in a region considered to have immense spiritual significance. The convent is famous because Saint Seraphim of Sarov served as Staretz (Elder) for the nuns of this monastery, though he only travelled to the convent once during his lifetime: he was a monk at the nearby monastery of Sarov. After the fall of communism, his relics, which had been feared lost, were discovered in the storeroom of a "museum of atheism" in Saint Petersburg and solemnly transferred to the Seraphim-Diveyevo monastery, which has come to be named after him.

The new katholikon was built in 1907-1916 to designs by Anatoly Antonov. The monastery started with the Church of Our Lady of Kazan (Kazanskaya), built in 1773-1780. Saint Seraphim blessed the construction of two churches adjoined to Kazanskaya: The Church of the Nativity of Christ (1829) and the Church of the Nativity of Theotokos (1830). The large Trinity Cathedral with its bell tower was constructed in 1865-1875. The Office of the Hegumenia (Abbess) with it Mary Magdalen House Church and the Alexander Nevsky Trapeza Church were built in the end of the 19th century. Finally. The Transfiguration Cathedral was built in 1907-1916. In 2003-2004 there were significant restoration works in the Monastery celebrating 250 year anniversary of Saint Seraphim. This sacral place is well known to Christians in Russia and beyond. Diveyevo is visited by numerous pilgrims from around the world.

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he monastery is located on the bank of the Volga river. The orthodox monk, Macarius was the founder. He was born in Nizhny Novgorod. The house of Macarius parents was near the Temple of Myrrhbearers in Nizhny Novgorod. You can visit the temple at 13A Dobrolyubov St. Near the temple (at the left) you will see a monument to Nizhny Novgorod Saints: Macarius and Efim of Suzdal.

You should also visit cities of Balakhna, Arzamas and lake Svetloyar.

Gingerbread *– sweet cookies with spices. Some spice is always added to the gingerbread dough (for example, cinnamon, carnation, ginger).
Khokhloma ** – painting (drawing) on the wood; on a black background the drawing (pattern) is made in red, green or gold paint. The gold pattern gave the name "gold Khokhloma" to this craft.
Old Belief *** – the religious trend opposing Russian orthodox church reform of patriarch Nikon and tsar Alexey Mikhaylovich in the 17th century.