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In Makaryev we made a short stop to visit the Makaryevo-Unzhensky monastery which was founded in 1439 and forms the main tourist attraction in Makaryev eventhough you will not encounter a lot of visitors compared to Kazan where we were before.

We had a guided tour of the Makaryevo-Unzhensky monastery which was interesting and returned to the ship for a nice lunch.

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Cruising down the Volga river we left Nizhny Novgorod behind and continued our travel experience in beautiful Russia in eastern direction. Our next destination Kazan lies on that same river or to be more precise at the confluence of the Volga and Kazanka Rivers.

The city of Kazan is the largest city and capital of the Republic of Tatarstan and it has been referred to as the third...

Nizhny Novgorod is one of the largest cities in Russia ranking after Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Yekaterinburg.

We visited the major tourist attraction such as the house of Maxim Gorky, a Russian author who was born in the city of Nizhny Novgorod and which is also known as Gorky because of his works in Socialist Realism literature.

The Church of...

We arrived in Yaroslavl after breakfast and followed our guide for a sightseeing tour around the most the tourist attractions of Yaroslavl starting with some beautiful churches.

The Church of Elijah the Prophet in Yaroslavl was incredibly beautiful and its interior is stunning. We had a very interesting tour around the church and were shown all the architectural highlights.

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From Kizhi we arrived in the town of Kirillov on the shores of Lakes Siverskoye and Dolgoye and where we made a stop for some sightseeing.

We visited the St. Cyril Monastery also located on the shore of Lake Siverskoye which today may look pretty deserted but is considered one of the prominent monasteries in Russia because of its great location.

The St. Cyril Monastery...