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Historical facts & сurrent preparation for the 800 th anniversaryLoading...
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Magic Kremlin in winterLoading...
The Dmitrievskaya TowerLoading...
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HISTORY & CULTURELoading...
Wonderful installations on the walls of the Kremlin are devoted to Minin and Pozharsky
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During the Time of Troubles Nizhny Novgorod continued to support occupied Moscow. Almost the entire country was under Polish occupation, there were no Poles in Nizhny. At the same time, the citizens of Nizhny Novgorod elected a new zemstvo headman - Kuzma Minin.
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By decision of the city council a general meeting of Nizhny Novgorod residents was appointed in the Kremlin. There Minin appealed to the people to unite for the liberation of Russia from foreign invaders and asked Prince Dmitry Pozharsky to lead the people's Home Guard. Loading...
By the fall of 1612, the capital was free.