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Vyksa

An industrial town in Nizhny Novgorod oblast. Its iron works were founded in the 18th century by Batashevs family. The Batashev palace-museum has been well restored.

Former main iron foundry was located just opposite the palace. Two funny turrets have been preserved.

The embankment of the former factory pond.

Some of the workshops of the metallurgical plant in Vyksa were built by the famous engineer Shukhov, that's why his hyperboloid structures are very popular here.

Bus stops near the administration building and the Batashev house-museum.

Drawings.

Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ (1773).

Citations from The Epistle to the Colossians a the entrance to the cathedral tell wives to be in subjection to their husbands.

Soviet apartment blocks.

Old buildings.

Former representative office of the Singer company (1910) on Lenin Street.

City Palace of Culture (1929).

At the entrance there is a monument to Lenin (1927). Everyone already knows who Lenin is, so the plaque, instead of the usual “founder of the Soviet state,” describes in detail who made the monument.

In the eastern part of the city you can look at the Iversky Convent (second half of the 19th century). So far, the bell tower (in a distorted form) and secondary temples have been restored.

Residential and administrative buildings.

The giant monastery cathedral (1902) was blown up in 1929, but not completely: apparently, there was not enough explosives. The main dome is still missing; restoration work, judging by the state of the scaffolding, has stalled.