Monument to Minin and Pozharsky, Nizhny Novgorod

The monument is located in the historic centre of Nizhny Novgorod on National Unity Square, under the walls of the Kremlin, near the Church of St. John the Baptist.

[1] Then, in 1611, in Nizhny Novgorod, the zemstvo elder Kuzma Minin began to call on the people to take up arms against the Polish occupiers.

[2] After the service, Minin appealed to the people of Nizhny Novgorod with a call to stand up for the liberation of the Russian Tsardom from foreign enemies.

[4] Initially, it was supposed to erect a monument in Nizhny Novgorod, but due to the fact that it was of great value to the country, it was decided to install it on Red Square in Moscow.

Лѣта 1818 года To Citizen Minin and Prince Pozharsky Grateful Russia Russian: Гражданину Минину и Князю Пожарскому Благодарная Россія

Kuzma Minin on the square of Nizhny Novgorod (the porch of the wooden church of St. John the Baptist), calling on the people to donate. Konstantin Makovsky (1839–1915)
Emperor of All Russias Nicholas II on the Annunciation Square near the model of the monument to Minin and Pozharsky
Unrealized project of the monument. Postcard 1910–1914
National Unity square