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Operation Children 1972

In our school in 1972, a search began for participants in Operation Children, organized by the partisans of the Smolensk region in the summer of 1942

In our school in 1972, a search began for participants in Operation Children, organized by the partisans of the Smolensk region in the summer of 1942

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    Church of St John the Evangelist was here

    On this place stood a church in the name of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian at the city orphanage named after Countess O.V. Kutaisova. It was built in 1903 according to the...

    On this place stood a church in the name of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian at the city orphanage named after Countess O.V. Kutaisova. It was built in 1903 according to...

    • nizhny novgorod
    • gorky
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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. 

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        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...

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        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

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        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

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        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...

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        • blacksburg
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