page_title: Bolshaya Pokrovskaya Street
section_title: Attractions
hierarchical_section_title: Bolshaya Pokrovskaya Street / Attractions
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Нижегородский театр драмы
context_page_description: Bolshaya Pokrovskaya Street is the high street in the historical centre of Nizhny Novgorod and one of its oldest streets. Until 1917 it was considered a street for noblemen. Formed as the main street of the city by the end of the 18th century. It is considered an analogue of the Arbat in Moscow or 6-7 Lines of Vasilyevsky Island in St. Petersburg.
context_section_description: Educational theater at the Theater School named after Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev;
  Trade Union House;
  Former building of the Upper-Posad Chambers of Commerce;
  Museum of photography of Russian photographer Andrey Karelin;
  Dramatic Theater;
  State Bank;
  Rukavishnikov's Manor House (now the Orlyonok cinema);
  The building of philological, financial faculties and the faculty of social sciences of Nizhny Novgorod State University;
  The Nizhny Novgorod Puppet Theater;
  "Art crafts" - a museum store;
  House of Communication.
caption: Dramatic Theatre
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