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===Chkalov Stairs===
The [[Chkalov Stairs|Chkalov Staircase]] connects [[Minin and Pozharsky Square]], the Upper Volga, and the Lower Volga embankments. It was built by the architects Alexander Yakovlev, Lev Rudnev, and Vladimir Munts. The staircase itself was constructed in the late 1940s by [[German prisoners of war in the Soviet Union|German prisoners]] of war forced to labour around Gorky. It is the longest staircase in [[Russia]]. The staircase starts from the monument to [[Valery Chkalov|Chkalov]], near St. George's Tower of the [[Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin|Kremlin]]. It is built in the form of a figure of eight and consists of 560 steps if you count it on both sides. The number of steps from the bottom to the top is 442 on the right. In the intersections of the side slopes there are two observation platforms. At the bottom of the stairs is a monument to the Hero boat, which is located at the Lower Volga embankment.