Minin and Pozharsky Square

Minin and Pozharsky Square

View of the square in 2021
Location within Central Nizhny Novgorod
Native name	Площадь Минина и Пожарского (Russian)
Former name(s)	Annunciation Soviet
Namesake	Kuzma Minin and Dmitry Pozharsky
Maintained by	City Duma of Nizhny Novgorod
Location	Nizhegorodsky District, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Postal code	603001
Coordinates	56°19′37″N 44°00′21″E / 56.326944°N 44.005833°E / 56.326944; 44.005833
North	Upper Volga embankment
East	The Kremlin
South	Bolshaya Pokrovskaya, Pozharsky streets and Zelensky Descent
West	Minin, Ulyanov, Varvarskaya, Alexeevskaya streets
Construction
Completion	c. 1787
Other
Designer	Yakov Ananyin

The Minin and Pozharsky Square (Russian: Площадь Минина и Пожарского, romanized: Ploshchad Minina i Pozharskogo), also known as just Minin Square, is the main square of Nizhny Novgorod. It is a social and cultural center of the city, the venue of the most important celebrations. It is located in the historical centre of the old town from the southeast side of the Kremlin.

The square connects the central streets of the city: Bolshaya Pokrovskaya, Varvarskaya, Ulyanov, Minin, Upper Volga embankment and Zelensky Descent. There are many architectural monuments, the Minin University, Lobachevsky University and the Medical University; monuments to Minin, Chkalov; Exhibition Complex, as well as the first city fountain. The square is the roadway. Movement on it overlaps only on holidays and at the time of other events.