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Highlights include Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Archangel Michael Cathedral, Chkalov Monument, Chkalov Staircase, Dmitrievskaya Tower, Fair Fountain.

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  1. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral: story on the “Nizhny Novgorod Fair and Strelka” route

    This stop will explain why the huge Fair church was built on flood-prone ground and was not moved.

  2. Archangel Michael Cathedral: story on the “Volga Slope and the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin” route

    The church will introduce the route to the history of a state commission and the master who completed another's work.

  3. Chkalov Monument: story on the “Volga Slope and the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin” route

    This point will connect the view of the Volga with the choice of a site where one monument replaced another.

  4. Chkalov Staircase: story on the “Volga Slope and the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin” route

    The descent will show the price the city leader paid for a major postwar construction project.

  5. Dmitrievskaya Tower: story on the “Volga Slope and the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin” route

    This tower is needed to distinguish the sixteenth-century fortress from the nineteenth-century museum reconstruction.

  6. Fair Fountain: story on the “Nizhny Novgorod Fair and Strelka” route

    The cast-iron inscription opens into a history of water, fires, and merchants’ expenses.

  7. Ivanovskaya Tower and Ivanovsky Descent: story on the “Volga Slope and the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin” route

    The final stop will test the city legend with a letter from the person named as a witness.

  8. Kanavinsky Bridge: story on the “Nizhny Novgorod Fair and Strelka” route

    Here, the city crossing became part of a military railway bypass.

  9. Main Fair House: story on the “Nizhny Novgorod Fair and Strelka” route

    This stop will show how trading shops, the governor's apartment, and city services fit under one roof.

  10. Minin and Pozharsky Obelisk and the site of the cathedral: story on the “Volga Slope and the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin” route

    Here, the militia's campaign connects with the later fate of the monument and the vanished cathedral.

  11. Rukavishnikov Estate: story on the “Volga Slope and the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin” route

    The merchant's palace will become the starting point for a discussion of how a private house was transformed into a public museum.

  12. Spassky Old Fair Cathedral: story on the “Nizhny Novgorod Fair and Strelka” route

    Here begins the story of a seasonal trading town that needed a church of its own.

  13. Strelka Warehouses: story on the “Nizhny Novgorod Fair and Strelka” route

    Here, the port warehouses reveal the origins of their unusually intricate metal structures.

  14. Strelka—the confluence of the Oka River and the Volga River: story on the “Nizhny Novgorod Fair and Strelka” route

    The final stop will bring the whole route together around this low cape’s chief advantage: access to two rivers.

  15. Taynitskaya Tower and Kremlin Boulevard: story on the “Volga Slope and the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin” route

    Here it will become clear why the walking path appeared after private houses were removed from the Kremlin wall.