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7 unusual facts about Nizhny Novgorod Oblast


Grapevine cross

From there, the Georgian bishop Timothy brought the cross to the emigre Georgian prince Bakar, residing in Moscow and then in Lyskovo.

Kerzhenets

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

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.

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.

Tsentralny

Tsentralny Urban Settlement, a municipal formation which the Work Settlement of Tsentralny in Volodarsky District of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia is incorporated as


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.

Macarius of Unzha

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

Valery Chkalov

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


see also

Krasno

Krasno, Russia, a village (selo) in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia

Pyra

Pyra, Russia, an urban-type settlement in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia