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Interesting facts about Kirov
We will continue our journey through Russian cities, today we’ve got a selection of interesting facts about Kirov. Novgorodians in 1174 captured the Mari city of Koksharov and changed its name to Kotelnich. And after seven years, approximately in 1181, they founded their city Vyatka, now Kirov. From all of this it follows that the year 1181 is the year of the foundation of Vyatka, although according to the law, the year of foundation is 1374. Continue reading
Liliput Village in Iran
In a remote corner of the Iranian province of South Khorasan, not far from its border with Afghanistan, there is a village that about a century ago was inhabited by people of very short stature. This is confirmed by local architecture. Of the approximately two hundred stone and earthen houses that make up the settlement, seventy or eighty are very low. These mud houses with a height of less than two meters with narrow doorways, which can not be entered without stooping. In some of these houses, the ceiling height is only 140 cm. Continue reading
11 unusual sights of Nizhny Novgorod
Each city of Russia with its unique history has its own special sights – these are unusual museums, buildings with unique architecture, interesting and sometimes strange monuments, mysterious places covered with local legends, and modern objects surprising with design and purpose. … Nizhny Novgorod with its centuries-old history was no exception, and we present to your attention its unusual sights, which are rather difficult to get around on foot, so if you are a guest in this beautiful city, of rental cars in Nizhny Novgorod for you will be a great solution. Continue reading
