Temples of Nizhny Novgorod. Russia

The history of Russia is closely related to religion. Russia in the 21st century is a country with different denominations that are well developed. Until the 10th century, on the territory where Russia now resides, there lived tribes that worshiped, the sun, the moon, beasts, nature. Now they are called pagans. In the 10th century, Russia became Christian thanks to Prince Vladimir. A little later, Islam came to the territory of the Volga Bulgaria, now it is the region of Tatarstan and the Ulyanovsk region of Russia. The first evidence of Buddhism, refer to the 8th century BC, they are found in Buryatia. Since the 12th century AD, Buddhism has been actively developing in Russia. But still the greatest spread in Russia, has Orthodoxy, Christianity. In the 18-19 century, some regions were subjected to violent Christianization. One way or another, there are architectural and historical monuments of Christianity in Russia everywhere. Of course in large cities, there are truly masterpieces. I will show you several churches that I met for 1 hour in the center of Nizhny Novgorod. It is an average city, located about 500 km from Moscow and is closely connected with it historically. Christianity in Russia also had black pages of history. At the end of the 18th century, in the Russian Empire, there were many peasant uprisings, during which religious people suffered many for their service to the emperors. After the seizure of power by the Bolsheviks at the beginning of the 20th century, the churches for various reasons declined, some indeed due to violence, some due to suspension of funding. In Nizhny Novgorod, I saw very beautiful buildings, built by people in a very difficult time. Many pages of Russia are tragic. I think the whole world should be the main goal of having Peace in the whole World. worldpeace