Came to Ulyanovsk. What do you think, the first monument on the way I see is of Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin!
Monument erected in Simbirsk (former name of the city of Ulyanovsk) in 1845 in honuor of a native of Simbirsk province.
Thanks to Karamzin the history of Afanasy Nikitin was revealed to the world. Nikolai Mikhailovich found records about Afanasy (rumor has it by accident) in the archives of the Trinity-Sergius monastery and later published excerpts in the notes to the 4th volume of “the History of the Russian state”.
Good sign! Accidents are not accidental.
