Sights of the town: a brief description, photo

Small Russian city of Arzamas situated in the Nizhny Novgorod region, 112 km South of Nizhny Novgorod. Is a municipal entity given the status of city district.

Arzamas is famous for its trade in cattle, bread, onions and the famous Arzamas geese. In addition, the city cut the skin and were made from different products. The famous Arzamas Russia leather were exported to France, Germany, England. The city developed rapidly.

Special prosperity it has achieved in the nineteenth century, so this time is often called the Golden age of Arzamas. By the nineteenth century, the city has built 36 churches, most of which were destroyed in the years of Soviet power. Now the city authorities are trying to restore what is still amenable to restoration. At one time there were rumors that the city is going to turn into the Golden Ring of Russia, but this did not happen. Despite this, every day here come the tourists who want to see the main attractions of the town. Buses with visitors usually arrive to the Cathedral square, where stands the Cathedral of the resurrection – the symbol of the resurrection. In this place, and we begin acquaintance with the city.

Sights of the city of Arzamas: brief description

Holy resurrection Cathedral in the city was erected in honor of the great victory over the French in 1812. To build this magnificent structure took five and a half million bricks, 1,000 cubic meters of quarry stone went to the Foundation, was used 165 tons of iron. The building was designed by Michael Corinth – student of the famous architect A. N. Voronikhin. Resurrection Cathedral – this, no doubt, the main decoration of the city. It is built on a high hill, harmoniously completing the composition of the Central town square.

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Attractions of the town, which, of course, is the resurrection Cathedral, will amaze you with its originality. If you look at the temple from afar, you can see that its dome towering over all the temple buildings of the city. The Cathedral was built in the shape of a Greek cross. The width and the length is 64 meters, height-47 meters. The pediments of the temple are decorated with large frescoes on biblical subjects. In the years of Soviet power the Cathedral was planning to blow up, the protest of local residents are not allowed to do. The temple had just closed. In mid-1948, it resumed service. In 2009, the Cathedral was visited by the Patriarch Kirill.

Cathedral square

The Cathedral square of the city is a cultural and historical center. Here are the famous attractions of Arzamas Nizhny Novgorod region. In addition to the Cathedral, we were talking about, the square is the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God.

Here is a monument to V. I. Lenin in the Park. On the square is always full of people – the townspeople come here to visit temples, go shopping or just relax in the Park.

Monastery piously-the Nikolaev

Many of the sights of the town, belong to places of worship. This St. Nicholas monastery (female), located in the city centre. It was founded by Ivan the terrible in 1580. Since then, the monastery operated until 1924. She then shared the fate of all similar institutions – the new government closed the monastery.

In 1994 the monastery was returned to the Orthodox Church. Today, here are 40 nuns, there are two temple in honor of icon of mother of God and in honor of the Holy Theophany. The monastery has a pretty big library. Nuns watch over the inmates of the labour colonies of the city.

Church of the Epiphany

Attractions of the town, photos of which you see in this article, at times closely linked by a single story. Example - Church of the Epiphany, which is located on the territory of Nikolaev monastery. At the beginning of the construction of this temple there are several versions, but the most reliable says that the Church was built in 1811. The authors of the project were local architects.

Since the construction of the building was rebuilt five times, and each renovation has added his new features. Many of the sights of the town, admired the daring architectural solutions. For example, the Church of the Epiphany has a two-story layout. On the first floor are the cells in which nuns live patients, and the hospital Church and the second Church of the Epiphany. The Church fits perfectly into the overall composition of the Cathedral square.

The Museum of the Russian Patriarchate

This is an amazing project of the Nizhny Novgorod Metropolia of the Orthodox Church and historical-architectural Museum in Nizhny Novgorod. This unique exhibition (the only one in the world) that is completely dedicated to the life of the Russian patriarchs. The Museum began its work in August 2013. The collection of exhibits demonstrate the history of the Patriarchate, including the Soviet era, when Church life was full of persecution. A large part of the Museum is dedicatedlife of his Holiness Patriarch Sergius, who was a native of Arzamas.

Memorial to the victims of June 4, 1988

Many tourists visiting the city of Arzamas Nizhny Novgorod region, the sights associated with the tragedy of 1988, make a very strong impression. That dreadful day 9 hours 32 minutes at the railway station of the city blew up three cars with technical explosives. Their total weight amounted to 121 ton. Explosion was such force that a crater with a diameter of 53 meters and a depth of 26 meters. The blast destroyed buildings within a radius of two kilometers. As a result of the tragedy killed 91 people and injured 1,500 people.

At this point (9.32) stopped the clock on the commemorative memorial. Here under the dome of the chapel is the bell that tolls in memory of the victims of the disaster. Memorial consecrated Bishop Elijah.

The House-Museum of A. Gaidar

Now imagine you some cultural sights of the city of Arzamas. Here is the only one in our country, the house-Museum of A. Gaidar. It was opened in 1967. Literary-memorial Museum consists of three departments: memorial household, and literary Museum of A. M. Gorky.

In the city centre is a literary Museum of the writer. It is located in the building where once lived a family Golikov (name of writer). This two-storey mansion was built in the late nineteenth century and belonged to the noble p. P. Shcherbakov. In the late 80-ies of the XIX century it became the property of A. I. Babycino, one of the lodges lived the family of the future writer. Here passed the childhood and youth of Gaidar. In the Museum you can see genuine items that once belonged to the family Golikov: dishes, furniture, personal belongings parents.

In addition, in the Museum you can get acquainted with the manuscripts, photos, documents. On the stands is easy to trace the growth of normal boys and turning it into a real writer, a journalist. On the Central alley of the Park of culture and recreation of the town in 1966, Arkady Gaidar, a monument: sculptor Y. Struchkov and architect V. Zeldman.

Balahnicheva cave

Attractions in Arzamas in our article is Balahnicheva cave. Its area is about 54 hectares. It is on the East of the old gypsum quarry near steep walls. The cave has a narrow entrance, which resembles a slit whose length is 2.5 meters. The cave is a cracked on the individual blocks of the hemisphere. It is crowned by the main hall and is reflected in a perfectly clean water flowing along the bottom of the cave.

The Temperature does not rise above +3 degrees. In this cave, which is natural for cadastral entities, there were stalactites, stalagmites, stalactites, columns and curtains covered in blue ice. From the Central hall up diverge ponory. They are linked by underground galleries. The total length of the cave is 48 km, the greatest height-3 meters. In a long corridor, you can highlight ledges, their height more than 50 cm.

At the entrance to the cave in summer, ice core has thawed, forming small stalactites on the vault. Balahnicheva cave is still poorly understood because of the great interest of specialists.

Eiffel tower

Hardly anyone from exploring the sights of the town, expecting to see here of the Eiffel tower. This is great executed, very accurate reduced copy of the famous structures located in the Eastern part of the city, near commercial College. It was built in 2012, students under the leadership of Sergei Brodina, who conceived this project.

Amazing copy of built to scale 1:40. The construction height - eight meters. The famous Eiffel's structure transferred in the smallest details, which here, as in the original, 18036 units. You see, these sights of the town can surprise even the most experienced traveler.

Monument to soldiers internationalists

I Must say that the people are kept and maintained in excellent condition sights of the town, regardless of their age, historical and cultural values. With great trepidation they relate to the Monument to soldiers-internationalists - their fellow countrymen who gave their lives in Afghanistan and Chechnya. This monument, located on Kalinin street, are always fresh flowers.