In 1719, Nizhny Novgorod, when new provinces were established, was incorporated as a provincial city.
In 1767, Empress Catherine II visited Nizhny, who, among other things, was introduced to the famous Nizhny Novgorod self-taught mechanic Ivan Petrovich Kulibin.
Here, by the way, it would be nice to say a few words about the fate of this man. He was born in 1785 and was the son of a poor flour merchant. Completely self-taught, he achieved many interesting results in mechanics; but, unfortunately, he happened to live in that dark, unenlightened time, when it was not only difficult, but downright impossible, even for such a gifted person as Kulibin to cope with the impossible task of putting his invention into practice. In extreme poverty, leaving nothing even for his funeral, forgotten by everyone, Kulibin died in 1818 in Nizhny, giving to his family the self-propelled vessel he had invented for his beloved Volga. At that time, the simplicity and practicality of the plan were simply a miracle. But, alas! Kulibin's fellow citizens, without even trying to launch the ship, used it as firewood for heating the city... Only in 1868 did Nizhny Novgorod residents remember that Kulibin had once lived among them, despite his talent, he ended his life career so pitifully, and decided to found the Kulibin vocational school in memory of the self-taught mechanic, who was opened March 19, 1872.
Nizhey-Novgorod has become the most important cake destination since 1817, when the Makaryevskaya Fair was transferred to it.
In 1884, Emperor Nicholas T. visited Nizhnyaya and this visit left a huge mark in the form of serious transformations and reorganization in the city itself. By order of the Emperor, all private buildings and the old archer's house in the Kremlin were razed to the ground, and in their place a governor's house, an arsenal, a staff building, a guardhouse and a cadet corps named after Count Arakcheev were erected. A garden was planted along the slope of the mountain. The shops, a whole swarm of them, lay behind the ditch, between the wall and the Blagoveshchenskaya plough,
were demolished, the ditch near the Kremlin walls was filled in, and a boulevard was built on this street, which now serves as the decoration of the city and the path to the most beautiful walk, since from this boulevard the view opens up to be truly magnificent. The streets stretching along the very banks of the Volga, and various houses sticking out here and there along the slopes of the slope, were completely destroyed. The slope is decorated with a park; in the ravines there were construction sites: Pokhvalinsk, Zelensvy, Geormevsy and Pechersvy; dams are thrown across the ravines: Lykova, Varvarskaya and Ostrozhnaya; Two hospital barracks were erected on the lower embankment. Private individuals of that time more diligently helped the government in all these reconstructions and transformations, which corresponded to their benefits, not to mention the rapidly growing income of Nizhny, these individuals took advantage of government subsidies given to them directly and indirectly; so, for example, merchants, building houses according to their information and in due course, were exempted from guild duties by 10 l; Those who, in addition, needed monetary assistance, received them from the 000-formed loan capital; one city administration took out a loan from the treasury for the reconstruction of Nizhny, amounting to 8,280,000 rubles.
In 1881, Nizhny Novgorod was blessed with a visit to the late, unforgettable Sovereign Emperor Alexander III and His August Family.
The present-day Nizhny Novgorod, both in its geographical location, and in the external appearance of the buildings, and in the nature of its internal life, is two distinct opposites in its two parts: the upper - upland (the city itself) and the lower - zarfchny (Kunavino settlement and the fair). The upper part, beautifully laid out on the Dyatlov Mountains, is a beautiful provincial city, due to its antiquity and historical significance, boasting historical monuments, shrines and other attractions. The Zarchnaya part, officially called “Makaryevskaya”, but which has retained its former name “Kunavino” to this day, is spread over a wide area along the lowlands and represents a huge shopping center, the main essence of which is the fair, with its many shops, with its “main house”, a new cathedral, people's canteens, and existing for the sake of a fair in isothey hit hotels, taverns, restaurants, etc. The upper part of the city lives the usual provincial-city life day after day all year round, a life filled with those interests that constitute the integral heritage of other, outstanding provincial towns of Roseai. The lower part lives feverishly trading life over the course of several months; this hot life, absolutely rushing forward, is filled every minute in this period of time