Travel to Nizhny Novgorod on August 10th and 11th.
1 and 2 - a view of the place from the side of the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin, called Strelka (English meaning Arrow), the main natural attraction of Nizhny Novgorod, meaning the confluence of the Volga and Oka rivers and separating them. Evening view at the sunset and night view.
3 - a monument to Valery Pavlovich Chkalov, a Soviet test pilot awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union, born in the Nizhny Novgorod province in 1904. In 1937, for the first time in the world as an aircraft commander, he made a non-stop flight over the North Pole from Shchelkovo, Moscow Region, USSR to Vancouver, Washington State, USA. The monument depicts its flight in 1937 with stars. On December 15, 1938, Valery Chkalov died at the age of 34 while testing a new fighter.
4 - excursion motor ship F.I. Parfenov, passing along the Volga river.
5 - retro car GAZ-21 "Volga" against the background of the walls of the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin. The first Soviet car of the Volga series, produced by the Gorky Automobile Plant (GAZ) from 1956 to 1970. The fact is that the GAZ plant is located in Nizhny Novgorod (in the Soviet Union the city was called Gorky) and for GAZ cars Nizhny Novgorod is the homeland, so a number of GAZ models received the Volga series (because of the Volga river flowing here) . The Volga series was one of the most significant cars produced in the USSR throughout history and was the dream of many people who wanted to buy a car. This Volga is an excursion taxi that takes tourists around the historical part of the city.
6 and 7 - one of the large cross spiders living on the embankment of the Volga River and a lamppost on this embankment, entwined with a web of these spiders. In fact, while I was walking along the promenade, I literally saw them at every turn and a lot of cobwebs. Perhaps there were also tegenaria and similar spiders, but the bottom line is that there were a lot of them and they were all huge in size. Their size and number can be explained simply - firstly, this summer turned out to be quite hot, which allowed their population to grow, and secondly, many insects fly from the Volga, which provide them with an excellent diet around the clock. They absolutely do not show aggression, but their area even reached the Nizhny Novgorod metro, houses that are nearby and elements of street devices.