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unusual facts about Chkalovsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast


Puchezh-Katunki crater

Puchezh-Katunki is a meteor crater in the Chkalovsky District of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast in Volga Federal District, Russia.


Battle of Sarikamish

These prisoners were kept under confinement for the next three years in the small town of Varnavino east of Moscow on the Vetluga River.

Dmitry Timofeyevich Kozlov

Dmitry Timofeyevich Kozlov (October 23 (November 4) 1896, Razgulyayka, now in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast – December 6, 1967, Minsk) was a Soviet military commander.

Kerzhenets

Kerzhenets (settlement), a former urban-type settlement in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia; since 2004—a rural-type settlement

Macarius of Unzha

Makaryevo (formerly Makaryev), Lyskovsky District of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, at Zheltovodsky Makariev Convent of Holy Trinity.

Nizhegorodsky

Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (Nizhegorodskaya oblast), a federal subject of Russia

Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

The Makaryev Monastery opposite of the town of Lyskovo used to be the location of the largest fair in Eastern Europe.

Valery Chkalov

The village of Vasilyevo where Chkalov was born is now the town of Chkalovsk (Nizhny Novgorod Oblast).


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