width of the Volga

Day #20: Nizhny Novgorod

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April 21st 2013
Nizhny is a river city, with the old part of the city and its Kremlin situated high up on the highest hill overlooking the vast Volga. This means stuning panoramic views over the city and the river, but a killer of a walk up to our hostel in the old town: 90 minutes from the train station, mostly steeply uphill. It was worth it, though, for the views, and we spent the rest of the day admiring the ... read more

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Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new Romanov Dynas... ... read more