Along with Gorodets and Arzamas Balakhna deservedly enters the first hundred historical cities of Russia . This is not an accident, the history of the city is long and full of diverse events . Back in the 3-2 millennium BC . e . in these parts lived tribes of the Balakhna Neolithic culture . Evidence of this is the results of excavations in the vicinity of the city . Judging by what archaeologists have found, the Balakhnin people were not only hunters and fishermen, they were able to process stone, smelt metal, weave linens from vegetable fibers, clay utensils, farming and livestock breeding . In general, their life was not so primitive .
In the Middle Ages Balakhna became a notable center of the salt industry, and later - an important city in shipbuilding. One of the brightest pages that Balakhna wrote in the history of Russia is connected with the native of the city Kuzma Minin, who was named the First Citizen of Russia. However, throughout the history of the Balakhna people have shown themselves to be brave and honest defenders of the fatherland.
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How to get there
The city passes the highway Р152 Rostov - Ivanovo - Nizhny Novgorod, from Nizhny Novgorod Balakhna is 37 km (decent road), from Rostov - 311. About 5-6 hours on the M7 or P75 and M7 routes you can get here from Moscow.
By direct communication railway station Balakhna is connected with the cities of Varya, Zavolzhye, Nizhny Novgorod and Pravdinsk. From Novgorod, you need to go by train to the Trans-Volga region and get off at Balakhna station. Bus number 203 can be reached from the bus station of Nizhny Novgorod (flight "Nizhny Novgorod - Balakhna")
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Hotels Balakhny
Pension and Business Center "Volga" offers travelers rooms with all amenities, as well as a sauna, a sauna, a restaurant, a swimming pool, a children's playroom, a gym and a guarded parking lot. Next to the landscaped bank of the Volga, where there are places for outdoor recreation. The boarding house is focused, first of all, on symposium tourism and conducting business seminars. It is located in a picturesque place, in the village of Lukino, on the 31st kilometer of the route Nizhny Novgorod - Ivanovo.
Municipal hotel at Sq. Dzerzhinsky, d. 40 and the guest house of foreign specialists of OJSC "Volga" at ul. Gorky, 3 are quite suitable for staying in.
Atelika Slavyanka KO 20.05 for 3 nights, from 1 784 rubles
Sunville Argo Mini-Hotel 28.04 for 3 nights, from 1 800 rub.
Sunville Paradise Hotel 20.05 for 3 nights, from 1,860 rubles
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Souvenirs from Balakhna
In the 19th century, when fashionable women were carried away by lace and no outgoing dress was carried by a lace insert or frills, Balakhna became one of the centers of lacework in Russia. They say that the products of Balakhna craftsmen were much more beautiful and intricate than the famous Belgian laces, but they could only be sold under the brand of foreign products. You can get acquainted with the masterpieces of lacework in the Museum of lace (Soviet Sq., 12), here you can buy modern products that will be a wonderful gift.
The city has also been famous for its splendid tiles, which were burned here. Bright, multicolored, with intricate patterns, they attract the eye and delight with their beauty. The city is charming with its provincial silence and leisurely pace, the uncomplicated architecture of civil structures underscores the beauty of churches, the fate of most of which is full of dramatic events.
Pokrovsky men's the monastery was founded in the city in 1552, and in 1783 it was abolished, as it became very scarce
On its territory in the years of prosperity a stone tent church was built in honor of Nicholas the Wonderworker, it is with the oldest stone temple in the city . In the history of this temple there were different periods . Before the revolution of 1917 it contained one of the great Orthodox shrines, the miraculous icon of the Virgin Hodigitria, and in the Soviet era - industrial and then residential premises . . But now the church has been returned to the believers, and in 2008 the first service took place after a long interruption . In the 17th century the Church of the Intercession was built in the monastery of the Intercession Church, the Bolsheviks closed it in 1937 . October 14, 2010, on the Feast of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin Theotokos, in the church was resumed services .
Church of the Nativity stands on the site of the Nativity convent, closed in 1764. And in this cathedral warehouse premises were located from 1937 to 1988, but now the church is returned to the diocese, regular services are held here, Sunday School works.
At the height of the Great Patriotic War, in 1943, a monument to Kuzma Minin, outstanding townspeople. This sculpture is very colorful, it bears the imprint of the wartime in which it was created. In the same square, in the house number 1 is the museum of Kuzma Minin. Archaeological finds from the outskirts of the city, original documents of past days, household items and the best samples of handicraft products are collected in a fairly extensive exposition of the museum. The museum works daily from 9.00 to 17.00.
Another monument is dedicated to those who performed a feat of arms, he is on the street. Ryazanov: Memorial to the soldiers of the Soviet army who died of wounds in hospitals in the city of Balakhna. It is located next to the Troitskaya cemetery church, on the mass graves of those soldiers and officers who gave their lives for the independence and prosperity of the Motherland.
Events and Festivals
Badakhna City Day falls on the first weekend of September. They celebrate it widely: they organize the "Street of Masters", concerts, the fair of ecological products "Gifts of nature", attractions, children's towns and fireworks.
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