The Nizhny Novgorod Region is located in central Russia on the Volga River and its confluents. The region's capital, Nizhny Novgorod , is rightfully considered the third capital of Russia. The compatriots, Minin and Pozharsky, came from this place to liberate Moscow. Pilgrims travel to the Saint Seraphim-Diveyevo Monastery, in the Diveyevo settlement to honour Saint Seraphim of Sarov. In autumn, admirers of the genius Alexander Pushkin meet in the Boldino mansion. And in winter, the Bogorodsk ski resort welcomes skiers. This is the Nizhny Novgorod Region, a combination of the familiar and the new.