Sunday, May 5, 2013

Novgorod Then and Now


Pokrovskaya street
Nizhny Novgorod, colloquially shortened to Nizhny, is, with the population of 1,250,615, the fifth largest city in Russia, ranking after Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Yekaterinburg. It is the economic and cultural center of the vast Volga-Vyatka economic region, and also the administrative center of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast and Volga Federal District. From 1932 to 1990, the city was known as Gorky, after the writer Maxim Gorky who was born there. The city is an important economic, transport and cultural center of the Russian Federation. So I would like to share some old and new images of Nizhny Novgorod. Nizhny Novgorod in XIX, at the beginning of XX centuries and today. 19 More images after the break...

The Kremlin and the Kremlin elevator

The inhabitants of doss-house NA Bugrov

Nizhneposadsky Guest House

The building of the city exchange in the area Sofronovskoy

Christmas Street

Sofronovskaya area and garden Blinovskii

View from the tower on Christmas Ivanovo street and Arrow

View of the confluence of the Volga and Oka Rivers and Lower Bazaar

Lower Volga embankment

Balchug Vetoshny market

The building of the nobility Nobility and street

Nizhny Novgorod district court and the Noble Assembly

The building of the State Bank

The Governor's house in front of Drama

Demetrius Tower

Building on the city council Annunciation Square

Annunciation Square, left side

Zelensky Congress and rocker tower

The new City Hall Theatre