Nizhny Novgorod

Nizhny Novgorod on the Volga

We had been delayed at the locks so we were ate arriving in Nighy Novgorod, meaning Lower New City to distinguish it from another city named Novgorod. There was some other river traffic such as this aggregate barge which we had to let it go by before mooring on the bank beside it.

 A view of a cathedral looking up river.

A view of the kremlin from the river.

A detail of one of the tower and the river gate to the left.

The Chkalov Steps, named after a test pilot who flew his last test when he crashed his plane on landing. There are 442 steps to connect the river port to the main square high above the river...but there were coaches waiting to take us to the kremlin. 

                                      

 Another cruise ship, the Alexander Pushkin with whom we had shared a lock earlier in the day.

 The Church of the Nativity, a beautiful church built bt the Stroganoff family.

A detail of one of the windows.

A detail of the dome.

 The separate bell tower.

The inside of the church.

 The icon wall.

The kremlin, the main gate from the inside.

The city's symbol and coat of arms  on top of the tower.

The battlements from the inside, which encloses an area similar in size to the Kremlin inMoscow with walls two kilometres long. There is also a collection of military hardware which was built in the city, and of course an iconic T-34.

 An aircraft...I forget which make but I won't even guess and if I get it wrong I will be inundated with emails correcting my mistake.

A conning tower of a submarine which was also made in the city.

 A katyuska rocket firing lorry, nicknamed Stalin's Organ by the Germans.

 A heavy artillery assault tank.

 The municipal offices within the kremlin grounds.

 The caesural inside the kremlin grounds.

An eternal flame to remember the fallen.

 One of the thirteen towers that surrounds the grounds.

 A view of the river gate from the inside of the kremlin.