For many years, Nizhny Novgorod was one of the most active trading centers. Nowadays, its role in the economy of the entire region, by the way, has not diminished at all – an incredibly huge flow of goods passes through this city every year, which makes it extremely important for all of Russia.
Nizhny Novgorod is one of the main centers of river tourism in Russia. The Chkalov stairs on the Nizhniy Novgorod Embankment are the longest in the country. The ladder was built by German prisoners of war, and it consists of 560 steps. When his descendants, who were successfully engaged in business, came to the Gorky museum-apartment, a ghost of the writer appeared at the table, sighing reproachfully and shaking his head – it is known that the writer despised trade and merchants. Then the ghost disappeared, but since then the museum staff constantly hear his shuffling steps and sighs. Or at least that is the urban legend.
Not a single enemy in the entire history of Nizhny Novgorod managed to capture the city Kremlin. The Koromyslov Tower of the Kremlin is associated with a legend about a brave woman who allegedly killed 10 Tatar Khan soldiers with her yoke. The defender of Nizhny Novgorod was killed, but the invaders so struck her courage that they chose to abandon the attack. A fearless woman was buried under the Kremlin wall along with her yoke, naming a tower in her honor. In the local museum one of the largest paintings ever painted by artists is exhibited – a canvas measuring 7 by 6 meters depicts Kozma Minin. In addition to the obvious artistic merit, the Nizhniy Novgorod monument to Chkalov has its own feature, known as the “secret of the third degree.” The piquant feature of the monument can be seen from the third rung of the ladder, if you stand to the right of the pilot’s figure.
Planetarium of Nizhny Novgorod is the most modern and technologically equipped in the Russian Federation. For example, here visitors can learn how to dock spacecraft on a special simulator. Interestingly, before the planetarium was located on the territory of the monastery. The royal pavilion was erected specifically for Nicholas II, who decided to come to the city for the All-Russian exhibition. According to legend, one of the founders of the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin was a student of Leonardo da Vinci. Documents confirm that a certain architect from Italy was invited for the construction work, but his name could not be established.
