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1984 Birthplace of Eastman and Laird's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

    Chuprova Olimpiada Ivanovna

    The hero of socialist labor, primary school teacher Olimpiada Ivanovna Chuprova, worked in this school

    The hero of socialist labor, primary school teacher Olimpiada Ivanovna Chuprova, worked in this school

      Composer Nesterov Arkady Alexandrovich

      In this house from 1965 to 1999 lived and worked composer Nesterov Arkady Alexandrovich Professor, People's Artist of Russia, honorary citizen of Nizhny Novgorod. 

      In this house from 1965 to 1999 lived and worked composer Nesterov Arkady Alexandrovich Professor, People's Artist of Russia, honorary citizen of Nizhny Novgorod. 

      • nizhny novgorod

      Vladimir Lenin's father

      Ilya Nikolayevich ULYANOV worked here in the building of the Nizhny Novgorod provincial gymnasium from 1863 to 1869 as a head teacher. Anna (1864) and Alexander (1866) Ulyanovs were born in the...

      Ilya Nikolayevich ULYANOV worked here in the building of the Nizhny Novgorod provincial gymnasium from 1863 to 1869 as a head teacher. Anna (1864) and Alexander (1866) Ulyanovs were born in the...

      • nizhny novgorod
      • minin university
      • ulyanov-lenin

      Petrov Sergei Vitalievich

      Guard Lieutenant Sergei Vitalievich Petrov studied at this school. He died in the line of military duty on October 18, 1989, while carrying out a special assignment from the command. For courage...

      Guard Lieutenant Sergei Vitalievich Petrov studied at this school. He died in the line of military duty on October 18, 1989, while carrying out a special assignment from the command. For...

      • bor

      Valsin House (CA. 1876)

      Here Valsin Broussard, founder of what is now the City of Broussard, established his family home ca. 1876. This two-story, gallery-fronted, Anglo-American and French-style home housed the...

      Here Valsin Broussard, founder of what is now the City of Broussard, established his family home ca. 1876. This two-story, gallery-fronted, Anglo- American and French-style home housed...

      • louisiana
      • settler
      • broussard

      Conductor Israel Borisovich Gusman

      In this house from 1970 to 2003 lived an outstanding conductor and musical figure People's Artist of Russia Honorary Citizen of Nizhny Novgorod region Gusman Israel Borisovich

      In this house from 1970 to 2003 lived an outstanding conductor and musical figure People's Artist of Russia Honorary Citizen of Nizhny Novgorod region Gusman Israel Borisovich

      • nizhny novgorod

      Aviation technical school

      Object of cultural heritage of regional significance Building of aviation technical school Built in 1938-1940s. Architect D.P. Silvanov An example of Soviet architecture of the period of...

      Object of cultural heritage of regional significance Building of aviation technical school Built in 1938-1940s. Architect D.P. Silvanov An example of Soviet architecture of the period...

      • nizhny novgorod
      • gorky
      • soviet architecure

      Grebenev Vasily Nikolaevich

      In our school from 1961 to 1982, the commander of a partisan unit, Honored Teacher of the Russian Federation, Vasily Nikolaevich Grebenev (1918 - 1999) worked as director

      In our school from 1961 to 1982, the commander of a partisan unit, Honored Teacher of the Russian Federation, Vasily Nikolaevich Grebenev (1918 - 1999) worked as director

      • bor

      St. Luke and Odd Fellows Hall

      St. Luke and Odd Fellows Hall1905According to a previous plaque, which has since been removed, this is the church building for African Americans who lived in the town of Blacksburg, in the...

      St. Luke and Odd Fellows Hall1905According to a previous plaque, which has since been removed, this is the church building for African Americans who lived in the town of Blacksburg, in...

      • blackhistory
      • blacksburg
      • blacksburgva

      Getting Around

        The Quest: A Water Route to the Pacific Ocean

          A briliant Russian mathematician Alexander Mikhailovich LYAPUNOV

          Alexander Mikhailovich LYAPUNOV, a brilliant Russian mathematician and mechanic, the founder of the theory of steady motion, studied here at the Nizhny Novgorod provincial gymnasium from 1870 to 1876

          Alexander Mikhailovich LYAPUNOV, a brilliant Russian mathematician and mechanic, the founder of the theory of steady motion, studied here at the Nizhny Novgorod provincial gymnasium from 1870 to 1876

          • nizhny novgorod
          • gorky
          • minin university

          Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques

            Stump Puller