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unusual facts about Krasny Bor, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast


Tanya Savicheva

In August 1942, Tanya was one of the 140 children who were rescued from Leningrad and brought to the village of Krasny Bor.


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

Krasny Bor, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

In 1972 a stela with the bas-relief of the girl and pages from her diary was built on Tanya's grave for means earned by Young Pioneers and members of the Komsomol from the Shatkovsky District.

Macarius of Unzha

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

Nikolskoye, Tosnensky District, Leningrad Oblast

Nikolskoye is connected by roads with Otradnoye, Ulyanovka, and Krasny Bor.

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.

Puchezh-Katunki crater

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

Valery Chkalov

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


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