Monument to Afanasiy Nikitin

Very famous monument

onument of the famous sculptor. Piece of art. No politics, just a story. This is a monument to the first European who visited India. And this is not Vasco da Gama.

monument

It's a monument, with the head of a horse on the front of a boat. Unique, though not necessarily a must see.

Interesting monument adjacent to a relaxing park

The monument overlooks the Volga, and is located within a quiet park, across from a Russian orthodox church. A nice monument, and on a sunny day, it would be an excellent object to take a picture with...

A identification of the navigator.

Original Text

With a calm watching, I could appreciate some grace from sculpture to Afanasy Nikitin, a Russian shipping, trader and writer (Tver) who arrived in India, Turkey and Persia.

Hoja Yusuf Horasani

Original Text

I think few people have read the famous "Walking for three seas," especially in the original. Meanwhile, it has long been published, itself in it by the text of Afanas in a number of places calls by the text exactly like this, and the zaka ...