Nizhnekamsk is a young city, founded in the taiga on the Kama River in 1961 (the official date of foundation is January 12, 1965). Its construction began simultaneously with the construction of a huge petrochemical plant for the production of tires for domestic cars.
The tire “capital” of Russia, which was under construction day and night, quickly became one of the most convenient cities for people to live in Russia. Comfortable housing, wide straight streets border with Muslim and Christian temples, park areas and sports grounds are safe and accessible at any time. The comfortable urban environment is complemented by historical monuments and attractions in the surrounding area.
What interesting things to see on the way to Nizhnekamsk: guide to Tatarstan.
Historical sites and museums
Complex Museum of Nizhnekamsk
Address: Stroiteley Ave., 14 Phone: (8555)432497 Website: www.museum.ru/M2691 Opening hours: 10.00-18.00 Tue-Sun, day off - Mon Cost: 120 rubles (adult), 90 rubles. (students), 70 rub. (schoolchildren and preschoolers)
Opened on the tenth anniversary of the founding of the city of chemists Nizhnekamsk in 1976. Exhibitions in 9 halls of the museum introduce the history and nature of the Perm region since the 17th century: ancient household items, clothing, books and numismatics, stuffed birds and animals, and the exhibition “Inhabitants of Coral Reefs” are presented.
And also with the life of famous patrons of the arts (the retro living room of the Stakheev merchants), the construction of the largest petrochemical plant in Europe, painting and local arts and crafts.
Nizhnekamsk State Tatar Drama Theater named after Tufan Minnullin
Address: st. Kaimanova, 9 Phone: (8555)477369 Website: https://www.nkamsk-teatr.ru Opening hours: 8.00–17.00 Mon-Fri, days off: Sat, Sun Cost: 100-200 rub.
It began as a youth city theater in 1989. In five years it received the status of first the Tatar drama theater and then the state theater.
The repertoire is based not only on Tatar, but also on Kazakh and Russian literature. Has a high public rating.
Chemists Avenue
This avenue is a vibrant local landmark. The main street of Nizhnekamsk stretches almost across the entire city, its length is just over 11 kilometers . With the onset of the warm season, Chemists Avenue turns into a blooming apple orchard. Taking a leisurely stroll along this street, you can come to many other important and interesting historical and cultural monuments.
Parks and monuments, streets
Gabdulla Tukay Park
Address: between Khimikov Avenue and Yunosti Street Cost: free admission
The park was rebuilt at the same time as the library, so it acquired its first and main feature - it became a place for reading and relaxation. All conditions have been created for this: comfortable benches in the alleys and fountains, near which even on a hot day it is not hot to leaf through a familiar book.
The second feature of the park is its theme. Next to the library and the stage there is a stand-book with a biography of the famous Tatar writer Tukay, as well as excerpts from his famous works.
Along the alleys there are paths leading to a reading area for children, filled with figures of heroes of Tatar folk tales and works of the writer. In the “Tukaevsky” corner you can do anything: sit on the grass and read, run on the lawn and have a picnic. There are no restrictions.
There is an interesting corner here. Its secret can only be discovered at night: the pavement tiles near Koza, Baran and Byltyr shimmer, creating national patterns - Tatar tulips.
A little less than half of the park is occupied by an area for sports and games. The complexes are installed for children of different ages. Little ones can ride down the slides and swing on the swings, while older ones can practice on the turnstiles, wall bars, rings and crossbars.
All recreation areas of the park with great features are united by the monument to Gabdulla Tukay.
Lemaev Square
Address: next to N. Lemaev Square
From an abandoned and dilapidated Lemaev Square, under the leadership of Emil Sirazentdinov, it turned into one of the most popular recreational places for city residents.
Alleys paved with paving stones with media stands telling about the history of Nizhnekamsk and its inhabitants diverge from the main entrance 450 m deep into the square. It is better for children to go through the “Steps of Creativity”: a game with geoplastics, music, drawing, chess, and an arts stage in the form of an amphitheater.
It’s worth taking a walk through the square in the evening to reach the renovated fountain, which has a light attraction - a laser projection of the logos of the city’s factories and factories, as well as portraits of the city’s celebrities.
The park's organizers took care of safety - the paths were equipped with night lighting and video surveillance.
Chemists Avenue
One of the largest streets in Neftekamsk, on which there are 211 houses, interesting places and businesses.
To get acquainted with the architectural features of the city, it is worth driving through it: green trees and shrubs, residential and office premises, night illumination will amaze with their brevity, purity of form and beauty. The avenue is the face of the city.
Ship Grove
Address: Nizhnekamsk forestry, block 18 Phone: (8555)371155 Website: ship-grove.rf Opening hours: around the clock Cost: from 1630 rub. Directions: route No. 110 “Nizhnekamsk – Ship Grove”
The leading health resort in Tatarstan, renovated several years ago. It is located on the banks of the Kama River, 16 km from the industrial zone, next to a pine forest that provides clean air and creates excellent conditions for recovery for everyone.
Vacationers are offered: highly professional medical workers, modern equipment for the treatment and preventive procedures of the respiratory, cardiac, reproductive systems, gastrointestinal tract, musculoskeletal system, healthy nutrition and unforgettable leisure.
Kama embankment
Address: Krasny Klyuch village, Kama River embankment Directions: by trams No. 2 and No. 8 to the stop. "Red Key"
Updated in the year of the city's fiftieth anniversary. Changes have taken place at the European level. Red carpets with elegant benches lead to the restored and reconstructed buildings on the embankment.
The pier became bright, attracting the eyes of tourists from the river: on the retaining walls there are white seagulls against the background of blue waves and a red key, a symbol of the embankment. A 50-meter-high light and music fountain shoots out from the Kama, its jets dancing to the music are illuminated at night.
Near the shore there is the Lower Embankment with Scandinavian-style houses for selling food and souvenirs. The entire pedestrian area, paved with paving stones, is divided into a recreation area, decorated with flowers in huge flowerpots, and a bicycle lane.
A landmark of the embankment is the recently built museum named after Ahsan Fatkhutdinov. It is located in an unusual house from an architectural point of view and is intended for exhibitions of the artist’s original works dedicated to Gabdulla Tukai.
Nizhnekamsk Maidan
Address: Ilyinka village, st. Ozernaya Directions: route No. 105 “Nizhnekamsk - Ilyinka”
The gathering place for city residents during national holidays, concerts, performances, festivals and competitions is a concert venue 3 km from Neftekamsk.
It was designed by A.A. Akhmadiyarov in order to increase the number of spectator seats. “Maidan” (that’s the name of the site) can accommodate up to 70 thousand people.
The Ilyinka sports complex with a hippodrome and a highway was built nearby.
Ship Grove
During the times of active shipbuilding under Peter the Great, the local grove served as an important supplier of building material - valuable wood.
In addition, true lovers of painting, in particular Shishkin’s work, will be interested in the fact that he painted one of his famous paintings from the ship’s grove.
Churches and Temples
Central Mosque
Address: Khimikov Avenue, 59 Phone: (8555)360736 Website: https://muhtasibatnk.ru Opening hours: 5.00-21.00 Mon-Sun
One of the youngest and most beautiful Muslim churches in Russia, built at the end of the 20th century (1989-96) according to the design of I. Sabitov, R. I. Makuev, F. G. Khanov in the center of Nizhnekamsk at a traffic intersection next to modern high-rise residential areas .
The multi-minaret mosque (the height of the corner minarets is 66 m), built on a geometrically regular rectangular area, surprises with its lightness, weightlessness, light and upward direction.
The complex is multifaceted: it performs not only a cult, but also an educational function. On its territory there is a library, a cultural and historical center, a madrasah, and a hotel.
Church of the Resurrection
Address: st. Muradyana, 5 Phone: (8555)365085 Website: vk.com/orthodox_nk Opening hours: 7.30-18.00 Mon-Sun
A young single-altar church, built at the end of the 20th century and illuminated in 2000. The Christian church, located on a hill, resembles a modern ship.
The wooden iconostasis, especially revered icons of Seraphim of Sarov, St. Nicholas, and righteous Simeon of Verkhoturye speak of the past. People come here to venerate the relics of the saints of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra.
New churches are being built near the church at the expense of parishioners. And gradually one of the most beautiful Orthodox church complexes in Tatarstan appears near the Neftekhimiki Park.
External links [edit]
- Unofficial website of Nizhnekamsk (in Russian)
- Article about Nizhnekamsk and its surroundings (in English)
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Attractions in the surrounding area
Source "Holy Key"
Address: Krasny Klyuch village, Svyatoy Klyuch park Directions: by trams No. 2 and No. 8 to the stop. "Red Key"
On the left bank of the Kama there is a Holy Spring, which has united both Orthodox and Muslims for many centuries.
According to legend, in 1666, Imam Duhait came here to find a site for a new city. In the forest, on the slope of a mountain, an icon of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker appeared to him, next to which there was a spring with healing water. The imam dug a cave in this place, to which a very narrow hole led (it was possible to move along it only on all fours). He made a depression in the ground at the foot of the cave - a small pool, and created a simple system of gutters so that water from the source in the cave could flow into it. He built a modest chapel over the entrance to the cave, visible from the river.
The imam’s grave has not survived, but for several hundred years a stone with Arabic script stood over it.
People of any faith come to worship the holy spring, which does not freeze even in winter. They always drink healthy and tasty water, wash their faces with it, and the bravest ones swim in the pool, not afraid of its low temperature.
Today, the territory of the source - a whole cascade of waterfalls flowing from the hill - is landscaped with natural rubble stone and forged fences. There is a Wishing Tree and a kissing fence with locks.
Church of the Intercession of the Mother of God
Address: Bolshoye Afanasovo village, st. Tsentralnaya, 61 Phone: (8555)444332 Website: hram-p.narod.ru Opening hours: 6.00-18.00, Mon-Sun Directions: route No. 56 to the stop. "Brickworks"
The church was built in 1817 on the site of a wooden church and is an architectural monument of the classicism period.
The fate of the double-altar church is unenviable: it was closed in 1930, and returned to believers only in the late 80s of the 20th century.
The church was illuminated again in 1990, restored with the help of parishioners-philanthropists and OJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim. Today, the blue building of the temple with the hemisphere of a huge dome is one of the spiritual centers of Nizhnekamsk.
Church of John of Kronstadt in Nizhnekamsk
Address: Krasny Klyuch village, st. Sadovaya, 5 Opening hours: 8.00-16.00 Mon-Sun Travel: by trams No. 2 and No. 8 to the stop. "Red Key"
The famous priest John of Kronstadt visited the Holy Spring several times at the invitation of the merchant-philanthropists Stakheevs. Here, in honor of him, in just 3 years (1992-1995), a small temple with a ridge on the roof was built.
The rectangular white stone structure cannot be called majestic. But simplicity and architectural uncomplicatedness do not “ground” the temple and increase the faith of parishioners in the miracle created by the saint.
Monument to the Defenders of the Motherland
A tall, light obelisk with a star on top, the Eternal Flame, as well as memorial steles represent a single image of the monument to the defenders of the Motherland. Its opening was timed to coincide with the 40th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. Near the memorial there are several pieces of military equipment.
Location: Lemaev Square.
Industry of the city
The industrial complex is represented by Nizhnekamskneftekhim OJSC, the Nizhnekamsk Tire Plant, the Tatarstan Oil Refinery Complex, the Nizhnekamsk Carbon Black Plant, and a thermal power plant. OAO Nizhnekamskneftekhim accounts for more than 40% of pollutants. In recent years, the company has managed to reduce the volume of emissions and wastewater. Heavily contaminated wastewater undergoes biotreatment, and sulfur-alkaline wastewater is disposed of. In 2014, the enterprise launched an Environmental Program for 7 years, as a result of which the volume of emissions, wastewater and discharges, non-recyclable and recyclable waste, used water, land restoration, city greening, sanitary care of forests, creation of a unified sanitary protection system should be reduced. zones of an industrial hub. All large enterprises have identified the primary task of increasing the level of cleanliness of air and water. In this regard, funds are allocated for the construction of treatment facilities, modernization of industrial facilities, and landscaping of urban areas
Embankment of the Kama River
The city embankment is created for pleasant walks in good company. The view of the city on one side and the Kama River on the other creates a pleasant, refreshing atmosphere and fills you with a good mood.
Evening embankment is a charming place. Numerous lanterns lit along the entire walking area give a feeling of calm and set the mood for a romantic mood.
When arranging the embankment, the wishes of the townspeople were taken into account and stairs were provided that make it possible to go down directly to the water.
