Main street of the city

In every ancient Russian city there are streets where history preserves events and images embodied in stone. New York has Broadway, Moscow has Arbat, Peter has Nevsky Prospect.

What about Nizhny Novgorod? Bolshaya Pokrovskaya Street is a mirror of our history, as well as a favorite vacation spot for citizens. Cozy cafes and restaurants, original sculptures and old lanterns, numerous shops and souvenir shops.

Start the tour at the very beginning of the street at the figure of the city. I will tell you about who was its real prototype, why and when this sculpture and a large number of others were installed on Pokrovka.

You will learn why the street in Soviet times had a different name, and with whom it was associated.

I will show you the building of the Nizhny Novgorod Drama Theater, and tell you what role he played in the career and personal life of opera singer F. I. Chaliapin and how he is connected with the People's Artist of the USSR E. A. Evstigneev.

You will see a small section of tramways, I will tell you why it is installed on a pedestrian street.

You will see one of the oldest buildings on the street. The house where pressing issues of the Nizhny Novgorod nobility were solved, balls and concerts were given, emperors were met.

You will be surprised by the size and splendor of the Nizhny Novgorod branch of the State Bank.

And finally, you will have the opportunity to visit the store "Art crafts", learn how rich craftsmen land Nizhny Novgorod, and buy souvenirs in memory of our city.

The tour at Gorky Square will end. You’ll find out why it’s called that today and what it used to be.

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