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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

            Robert E. Bush