* During the tour, we will take a leisurely walk along the street of first dates, museums, student and business meetings. The most beautiful buildings in the 19th century were built on the Georgievskaya Embankment in Nizhny Novgorod. The houses on the Verkhne — Volzhskaya embankment keep their secrets. I will reveal the secrets of the street development, the architectural features of ancient mansions. You will learn the biographies of outstanding people, hear colorful stories from the lives of the richest and most influential citizens of the late XVIII – early XIX, get acquainted with the dynasty of Nizhny Novgorod merchants, patrons of Rukavishnikov. Sirotkin's house on the Upper Volga embankment is impressive! You will hear about the secrets of the Soviet military commander, scientists, designers, pilots, artists, writers and just interesting people. According to the 18th-century British thinker Edmund Burke, history is a union between the dead, the living and the unborn. After the tour, the old manors will become your relatives in their own way, and famous figures are not faceless book characters, but good friends.