Bolshaya Pokrovskaya Street
Nizhny Novgorod, Bolshaya Pokrovskaya 
Bolshaya Pokrovskaya - the main street of Nizhny Novgorod, it connects the area of Minin and Pozharsky with the area of Liadov. The main one in the city of Bolshaya Pokrovskaya became in the end of the 18th century, before the revolution the street was considered noble, mere mortals had nothing to do here.
The Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin
Nizhny Novgorod
The Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin is the main attraction of the city. It began to erect in the beginning of the 16th century, as a result, a whole city turned out, which was supposed to protect against the Tatars' raids. The two-kilometer wall of the Kremlin was fortified with 13 towers - only twelve remained.
Nizhny Novgorod Drama Theater. M. Gorky
Nizhny Novgorod, B. Pokrovskaya, 13 
The Nizhny Novgorod State Academic Drama Theater named after M. Gorky is one of the oldest in Russia, he is over 200 years old. The history of the theater begins from the time when Prince Shakhovskoy moved to Nizhny Novgorod for permanent residence and moved the troupe to the city.
Pechersky Monastery
ul. Privolzhskaya, 108, Nizhny Novgorod 
They say that in order to experience the spirit of Nizhny Novgorod, you need to visit the Pechersky Monastery. It was founded in 1328, however, then the building completely collapsed because of a landslide. The main shrine - the icon of Our Lady of Pechersk - was saved.
Chkalovskaya staircase
Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhnevolzhskaya nab., 1 
Chkalovskaya staircase - a monumental building - is a huge staircase in the ancient Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod. The giant staircase was laid in 1943, after the victory of the Soviet troops at Stalingrad.
Literary Museum of Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod, Minina, d. 26 
Literary Museum named after A.M. Gorky - the first museum in the world, which presents museum collections, illuminating the life and work of the classic of world literature, A.M. Gorky. In addition, in the collections of the Literary Museum a large layer of books and manuscripts of Nizhny Novgorod writers of the XIX century.
Museum of Architecture and Life of the Peoples of the Volga Region
Nizhny Novgorod, Gorbatovskaya, 41 
A unique open-air museum, where wooden architecture is represented by magnificent cult, residential and household buildings. Peasant huts are wonderful monuments of wooden architecture. Sledges, trunks and cradles, spinning wheels and seamstresses, rollers, buckets and solstices are lovingly decorated with carving and painting.
The Gorky Childhood Museum "Kashirin's Lodge"
Nizhny Novgorod, congress Pochtovy, d. 21 
The Literary and Memorial Museum "Kashirin's Lodge" is the estate of Maxim Gorky's grandfather - V. V. Kashirin, a Nizhny Novgorod artisan. In the house of his grandfather in 1871-1872. Alyosha Peshkov's childhood passed. In all the premises, a household environment has been recreated that characterizes the life of the Nizhny Novgorod petty-bourgeois family.
Museum of the history of artistic crafts of the Nizhny Novgorod region
Nizhny Novgorod, B. Pokrovskaya, 43 
The museum of the history of the artistic crafts of the Nizhny Novgorod region of Russia presents about four thousand works of folk art that make it possible to trace the history of the Nizhny Novgorod art crafts development during the 17th-21st centuries.
Museum-apartment of AM Gorky in Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod, Semashko, d. 19 
This is the last Nizhny Novgorod apartment AM Gorky, which contemporaries called "Gorky Academy." The writer lived here in 1902-1904. - in the heyday of literary, creative and social activities.
The Museum "Steam Locomotives of Russia"
Nizhny Novgorod, Clubnaya, 5 
As a matter of fact, the Museum "Steam Locomotives of Russia" is not so much a museum as an open space on which steam locomotives are collected. The entrance to the exhibition grounds is completely free and free, there are no staff, guides or security guards.
Nizhny Novgorod State Art Museum
Nizhny Novgorod, the Kremlin, corp. 3 
The museum was opened on June 25, 1896 in the Dmitrov Tower of the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin. His collection includes works transferred by the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts - plaster casts from antique sculptures, paintings by KB Venig, PO Kovalevsky, AI Meshchersky and other artists.
Nizhny Novgorod Museum N.A. Dobrolyubova
Nizhny Novgorod, Lykovaya Dama, d. 2a 
The Nizhny Novgorod Museum of NA Dobrolyubov was opened in 1971. And the historical and literary part of the exhibition opened in 1986. Currently, the museum is located in the apartment of the publicist. The house of the provincial priest is filled with genuine things of the Dobrolyubov family.
Nizhny Novgorod Orthodox Museum
Nizhny Novgorod, congress Pokhvalinsky, d. 5 
The exposition of the Nizhny Novgorod Orthodox Museum introduces the history of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Nizhny Novgorod Diocese. Here are the true objects of Orthodox worship: Crosses, Gospels, Sacred Vessels, church utensils.
Nizhny Novgorod Puppet Theater
Nizhny Novgorod, B. Pokrovskaya, 39B 
The Nizhny Novgorod Puppet Theater is located in a historical building, which is an architectural monument of local importance and was built by the architect Feodor Shekhtel. The opening of the theater marked the performances "Stepka-Rastrepka", "Negro Tomok", as well as "The Exit of Petrushka."
Nizhny Novgorod Opera and Ballet Theater. A.S. Pushkin
Nizhny Novgorod, Belinsky, 59 
Nizhny Novgorod State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater. A. Pushkin - one of the oldest theaters in Nizhny Novgorod, established in 1931. The repertoire of the theater is based on classical domestic and foreign works of opera and ballet.
Russian Museum of Photography
Nizhny Novgorod, Piskunova, d. 9a 
The Museum of Photography is located in a building built in the XIX century, and is protected by law as a monument of history and culture. It was in this building that world-famous photographers worked: AO Karelin - the founder of artistic photography, MP Dmitriev - founder of journalistic photography.
Technical Museum in Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod, Bolshaya Pokrovskaya, 43, fl. 3 
Did Nizhny Novgorod suppose Vyacheslav Khurtin, stumbling upon one of the city flea markets on the old calipers "Bolshevik", what exactly with this spontaneous purchase will begin a serious hobby of collecting technical rarities?
Rukavishnikov Manor
Nizhny Novgorod, nab. Verhnevolzhskaya, 7 
Rukavishnikov's estate in the middle of the 19th century fell for debts to a large pawnbroker and owner of the steel plant Mikhail Rukavishnikov. His son, Sergei, decided to turn her into the richest and most beautiful house in Nizhny Novgorod and remodeled the estate in the style of an Italian palazzo.
Art Gallery "Russian Age"
Nizhny Novgorod, pl. Minina, d. 2/2 
Art Gallery "Russian Century" is a gallery of modern sculptures, graphics and paintings. This place was founded in 1992, and its main activity is the holding of all kinds of exhibitions.
Nizhny Novgorod, no matter how tried the provisional authorities, was able to maintain its face for many centuries. Here in general, always lived peculiar people. Then local oligarchs snatched Moscow and bought everything in it, then the defenders of traditions defend every ancient building, so that the city does not turn into a faceless metropolis.
The city reminds of merchant Russia. The one that Maxim Gorky did not particularly like. Although the writer in Nizhny remember with a quiet love. Here there are "Gorky" places, where the childhood of genius passed. The streets of Novgorod are a separate story. The main name is Bolshaya Pokrovskaya, this is the oldest and once rich street. Here are preserved low houses of the 19th century, paving stones and sculptures. Every passerby has the feeling that he is walking around an ordinary European city.
And this city is loved by artists - for those species that you rarely see elsewhere. The beauty opens with the Verkhne-Volzhskaya embankment.
Lower is a sea of souvenirs and gifts. At a well-known fair visitors from nearby provinces gathered. It was in this city that the Khokhloma painting originated. Lace and bone products were also very popular. And this city is loved by artists - for those species that you rarely see elsewhere. The beauty opens with the Upper Volga Embankment. Also, connoisseurs of beauty go for inspiration to the "Switzerland" park and a viewing platform at the monument to Chkalov.