The small Russian town of Arzamas is located in the Nizhny Novgorod Region, 112 km south of Nizhny Novgorod. This is a municipality that has the status of an urban district.
Arzamas has long been famous for trading cattle,bread, onions and glorified Arzamas geese. In addition, in the city skinned and made various products from them. The famous Arzamas yuft was exported to France, Germany, England. The city developed rapidly.
It reached its peak in the 19th century, thereforeThis time is often called the Golden Age of Arzamas. By the XIX century, 36 churches were built in the city, most of which were destroyed during the years of Soviet power. Now the city authorities are trying to restore what is still amenable to restoration. At one time there were rumors that the city was going to be included in the Golden Ring of Russia, but this did not happen. Despite this, tourists come here every day who wants to see the main sights of Arzamas. Buses with guests usually arrive at the Cathedral Square, where the Resurrection Cathedral towers - the symbol of Arzamas. From this place and we will start exploring the city.
Resurrection Cathedral in the city was erected in honorgreat victory over the French in 1812. It took five and a half million bricks to build this magnificent structure, 1000 cubic meters of rubble stone went to the foundation, 165 tons of iron were used. The building was built according to the project of Mikhail Corinth - a student of the famous architect A. N. Voronikhin. The Resurrection Cathedral is undoubtedly the main decoration of the city. It is built on a high hill, harmoniously completing the composition of the central city square.
Sights of Arzamas, to which,Of course, the Resurrection Cathedral belongs, they amaze tourists with their originality. If you look at the temple from a distance, you can see that its domes rise above all the temple buildings of the city. The cathedral was built in the shape of a Greek cross. Its width and length are 64 meters, and its height is 47 meters. The gables of the temple are decorated with large frescoes on biblical scenes. During the years of Soviet power, the cathedral was planned to be blown up, the protest of local residents did not allow it. The temple was simply closed. In mid-1948, it resumed service. In 2009, Patriarch Kirill visited the cathedral.
The cathedral square of the city is a cultural andhistorical Center. Here are the famous sights of Arzamas, Nizhny Novgorod region. In addition to the cathedral, which we talked about, there is the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God on the square.
A monument to V.I. Lenin in a cozy park. There are always a lot of people in the square - citizens come here to visit temples, go shopping or just relax in a public garden.
Многие достопримечательности Арзамаса относятся к religious buildings. This and St. Nicholas Monastery (female), located in the city center. It was founded by Ivan the Terrible in 1580. Since then, the monastery operated until 1924. Then she shared the fate of all such institutions - the new authorities closed the monastery.
В 1994 году монастырь был передан Православной Churches. Today 40 nuns live here, two churches work: in honor of the icon of the Mother of God and in honor of the Holy Epiphany. At the monastery there is a fairly large library. The nuns of the monastery guard the pupils of the labor colony of the city.
Sights of Arzamas, whose photos youYou see in this article, sometimes closely linked by one story. An example of this is the Epiphany Church, which is located on the territory of the Nicholas Monastery. Regarding the beginning of the construction of this temple, there are several versions, but the most reliable suggests that the church was built in 1811. The authors of the project were local architects.
Since the building was reconstructed, fivetimes, and each reconstruction added new architectural features to it. Many attractions of the city of Arzamas admire the courage of architectural solutions. For example, the Epiphany Church has a two-story layout. On the first floor there are cells in which sick nuns live, and a hospital church, and on the second floor, the Church of the Epiphany of the Lord. The church fits perfectly into the overall composition of the Cathedral Square.
This is an amazing project of the Nizhny Novgorod MetropolisOrthodox Church and Historical and Architectural Museum of Nizhny Novgorod. This is a unique exposition (the only one in the world), which is entirely devoted to the life of the Russian patriarchs. The museum began work in August 2013. The exhibits of the collection demonstrate the history of the patriarchate, including the Soviet era, when the life of the church was full of persecutions. Most of the museum is devoted to the life of His Holiness Patriarch Sergius, who was a native of Arzamas.
На многих туристов, посещающих город Арзамас Nizhny Novgorod region, the sights associated with the tragedy of 1988, make a very strong impression. On this terrible day, at 9 hours and 32 minutes, three cars with technical explosives exploded at the city’s railway station. Their total weight was 121 tons. The explosion was of such strength that a crater with a diameter of 53 meters and a depth of 26 meters was formed. The blast wave destroyed buildings within a radius of two kilometers. As a result of the tragedy, 91 people were killed and 1,500 were injured.
At this mark (9.32), the hands of the clocks on the memorial memorial froze. Here under the dome of the chapel is a bell that rings in memory of the victims of the disaster. Sanctified the memorial Bishop Elijah.
And now we will present you some culturalsights of the city of Arzamas. Here is the only in our country house-museum of A. Gaidar. It was opened in 1967. The literary and memorial museum consists of three sections: a memorial household, a literary and a museum of A.M. Gorky.
In the center of the city there is a literary museum.the writer. It is located in the building where the Golikov family used to live (the last name of the writer). This two-storey mansion was built at the end of the XIX century and belonged to the nobleman PP Shcherbakov. In the late 80s of the XIX century, he became the property of A.I. Babaykina, in one of the outbuildings lived the family of the future writer. Here was the childhood and youth of Gaidar. In the museum you can see the original things that once belonged to the Golikov family: dishes, furniture, personal belongings of parents.
In addition, in the museum you can get acquainted withmanuscripts, photographs, documents. On the stands it is easy to trace the growth of an ordinary boy and his transformation into a real writer, journalist. In the central avenue of the Park of Culture and Recreation of Arzamas in 1966, Arkady Gaidar erected a monument: the work of sculptor J. Struchkov and architect V. Zeldman.
Природные достопримечательности Арзамаса в нашей The article presents the Balakhonikhinsky cave. Its area is about 54 hectares. It is located in the east of an old gypsum quarry at a steep wall. The cave has a narrow entrance, more like a slot, which is 2.5 meters long. The cave vault is a hemisphere which has cracked into separate blocks. It crowns the main hall and is reflected in perfectly clear water flowing along the bottom of the cave.
Температура здесь не поднимается выше +3 градусов.Stalactites, stalagmites, stalactites, columns and curtains covered with bluish ice appeared in this cave, which is natural for cadastral formations. Ponori disperse upwards from the central hall. All of them are connected by long underground galleries. The total length of the cave is 48 kilometers, the greatest height is 3 meters. In the long corridor can be distinguished ledges, their height is more than 50 centimeters.
At the entrance to the cave in the summertime, ice veins melt, forming small stalactites on the arch. The Balakhonikhinsky cave is still little studied, therefore it causes a great interest of specialists.
It is unlikely that any of the tourists studyingsights of Arzamas, expects to see here the Eiffel Tower. This magnificently executed, very exact reduced copy of the famous construction is located in the eastern part of the city, near the commercial technical school. It was built in 2012 by students under the leadership of Sergey Brodin, who conceived this project.
Amazing copy built in 1:40 scale.The height of the structure is eight meters. The famous creation of Eiffel transferred to the smallest detail, which here, as in the original, 18036 units. Agree, such sights of Arzamas can surprise even the most sophisticated tourist.
I must say that the inhabitants of the city are very cherish andthe sights of Arzamas maintain in excellent condition, regardless of their age, historical or cultural value. With particular trepidation, they relate to the Monument to the soldiers-internationalists - their fellow countrymen, who gave their lives in Afghanistan and Chechnya. This monument, located on Kalinin Street, always has live flowers.
