Sights in Nizhny Novgorod
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Museum of Volga People’s Architecture & Culture
The open-air Museum of Volga People’s Architecture & Culture has a pleasant woodland setting and a collection of traditional wooden buildings from Russian and Mordva (a Finno-Ugric people) villages. Young history enthusiasts stage colourful celebrations of five main village holidays a year. That involves a lot of singing and dancing, as well as teaching Russian visitors their forgotten rituals originating from Slavic paganism. Dates vary, so check with the staff if this might happen during your stay. The museum is located in the remote Shchelokovsky Khutor park, which is the final stop of bus 28 (every hour), which passes ul Belinskogo in the centre.
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Sakharov Museum
A reminder of more repressive times, the Sakharov Museum is located in the flat where the dissident scientist spent six years in exile. The Nobel laureate was held incommunicado until 1986, when a KGB officer came to install a telephone. When it rang, it was Mikhail Gorbachev at the other end, informing Sakharov of his release. The phone is a highlight of the exhibition. To get there take marshrutka 4 or 104 from pl Minina i Pozharskogo.
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Archaeological Museum
The 17th-century Pechorsky Monastery, overlooking the Volga, houses a small Archaeological Museum, which includes, on the 2nd floor, a moving exhibition on Bolshevik repressions against the church.
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Nizhegorodsky State Art Museum
The former governor’s house is now the Nizhegorodsky State Art Museum. Exhibits range from 14th-century icons to 20th-century paintings by artists including Nikolai Rerikh and Vasily Surikov.
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Assumption Church
The stone Assumption Church, from the 17th century, is unique in that its design was normally exclusive to wooden churches.
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Gorky Museum
Fans of Maxim Gorky can visit the Gorky Museum, a wooden house where the writer lived during his thirties.
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Stroganov
The baroque Stroganov or Nativity Church has retained its magnificent stone carvings.
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Nevsky Cathedral
On the west bank of the Oka River is the eye-catching Nevsky Cathedral
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