Nizhny Novgorod Fair
nizhny novgorod fair old name — makaryev fair russian нижегородская ярмарка fair nizhny novgorod held annually every july near makaryev monastery left bank volga river midth century following massive fire moved nizhny novgorod decade thereafter still commonly referred makaryev fair attracted foreign merchant india iran central asia according durland journalist visited fair fair date discovery america fair established muscovite prince compete draw commerce away fair held since kazan tartar capital time durland visited fair consisted building bazaar exhibit good sale along broad range performance public fair commerce centre sell half total production export good russia fair ceased society named nizhegorodskaya yarmarka russian нижегородская ярмарка nizhny novgorod fair created headquarters former main fair building however today actually fair exhibition center located historical centre old kanavino center fair main building spirit classicism side administrative building formed central square protect flood high dam built end main fair building outdated decided completely rebuild following year construction new building completed building built style ancient russian architecture th century building served administrative center november new multimedia exhibition russia history opened main fair building main focus exhibition history nizhny novgorod starting finnic people also called oldfair cathedral temple style late classicism september cathedral nizhny novgorod diocese construction cathedral begun became known oldfair cathedral construction new alexander nevsky cathedral building cathedral built behind main fairground main axis fair plan stood mound time groundwaters flood blurred soil building began draft crack appeared wall october revolution cathedral closed warehouse located temple administrative building apartment april decision council religious affair cathedral transferred gorky diocese restoration use cathedral restoration work started cathedral september patriarch moscow ru cyril took part opening monument nizhegorodians participant liquidation consequence chernobyl disaster also called newfair cathedral orthodox cathedral built year – merchant decided build new orthodox cathedral memory visit fair emperor alexander ii turned request construction new cathedral bishop anthony governor muraviov collection donation made required fund ruble kopeck recruited year september established construction committee construction temple august laying cathedral strelka spit main construction cathedral begun august lasted year cathedral transported icon liquidated makaryev monastery suffered fire temple closed valuable seized winter according decision leadership volga flotilla iconostases wooden ornament cathedral broken firewood heat city house late project reconstruction fairground developed planned dismantle cathedral build lighthouse monument lenin place project carried late tent roof cathedral dismantled world war ii antiaircraft battery installed site central tent cathedral defended gorky city name nizhny novgorod soviet era luftwaffe air raid restoration cathedral began restoration broken tent temple began june cathedral returned russian orthodox church september cathedral given status cathedral main alexandre duma de paris à astrakan ou voyage en russie munrobutlerjohnstone henry alexander trip volga fair nijninovgorod oxford j parker co fitzpatrick anne lincoln great russian fair nizhnii novgorod houndmills basingstoke hampshire macmillan association st antony college oxford isbn jules verne michael strogoff courier czar — historical novel contains interesting description fair nizhny novgorod durland kellogg red reign true story adventurous year russia new york century company – another interesting description fair author journalist visited dissolution first duma official site nizhny novgorod fair russian history makaryev fair russian