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Porsche 911 SC wins Street Machine Summernats 35 Grand Champion

A scorching performance in the driving events sealed the deal for livi krevatin's porsche in the summernats 35 grand champion chase, share this:.

Grand Champion at Street Machine Summernats is a culmination of a strong showing in the judging categories – quality of paint, execution of engineering, bodywork etc – and driving performance in a two-discipline driving event that tests acceleration, braking, handling and driver control. The prize is the Chic Henry Memorial Grand Champion sword, Summernats’ ultimate accolade.

The Summernats 35 Grand Champion is Livi Krevatin and his stunning 1978 Porsche 911 SC. Levi and his car’s combination of quality and driving performance edged out a tough field of Elite-grade street machines for the award.

Sometimes, Grand Champions are crowned after one or more attempts but Summernats 35 was the first crack of the whip for this reimagined rear engined air-cooled German performance thoroughbred that debuted at Motorex last year . Although Livi, too, is a first-timer at Grand Champion, this was not his first Summernats.

“I had a V8 Celica here years ago,” laughs the building industry worker who, with wife Jennifer, are Canberra locals. “It was an RA40 with an alloy Rover in it. It was just a ‘street’ thing out on the oval and I did the driving events in it.”

Livi collected this then-tatty 1978 Porsche as part-payment for a job about 13 years ago.

“I put a year’s rego on it and drove it for a while; I took it to the track at Wakefield Park before I took it off the road,” Livi explains. “Like a lot of people, I guess, I’ve always dreamed of a Porsche and getting this one gave me that opportunity.”

The build of the car from what was effectively a tatty trade-in to a world class driver’s car took seven years just over the ACT/NSW border at Real Steel workshop in Queanbeyan.

“It was going to be a nice road car but things evolved,” Livi explains of the now Summernats Elite car.

The result was featured in our Dec 2022 issue but the quick summary is: although built with plenty of hand-crafted parts, tricks and tweaks, Livi and the Real Steel mob built this wundacar to drive. It’s built a stunning level of Pro Touring quality.

And the hard evidence was right there on the bitumen strip on Sunday morning in front of the Chic Henry Grandstand. This car nailed it.

“To be honest I was a bit nervous,” Livi mentioned after receiving the sword. And he had every right to be nervous: It was a fresh build with less than 500 kays on the clock and these tail-heavy Porsches have a bit of a… ummm… trait for leaving roads and tracks backwards. There was none of those naughty tail-heavy traits on show as Livi drove – not wrestled or babied or drifted or blasted – his Porsche into Summernats Grand Champion history.

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Summernats 36 rolls into Canberra with high hopes (and a warning from police)

Sun might not be out, but guns are. Photo: James Coleman.

It sounded distant at first, but Summernats 36 kicked off today by charging the city’s air with a full 15 minutes of internal-combustion roar.

More than 500 cars cruised down Northbourne Avenue from Exhibition Park in Canberra (EPIC) as the opening salvo to four days of Australia’s biggest car festival, with burnout competitions, mullet competitions, rock concerts and more cruises to come.

Summernats co-owner Andy Lopez says this will “undoubtedly be the biggest Summernats ever”.

Rumbling back down Northbourne Avenue. Photo: James Coleman.

The number of entrants topped out at 2500 cars as early as May, and more than 120,000 spectators are expected through the gates between now and Sunday, “bringing $35 million worth of economic impact to the ACT in what would otherwise be a fairly quiet time of the year”.

“It shows off Canberra in a different light to Australia and around the world,” Andy says.

“Of those 120,000 people who’ve come here, 85 per cent are from out of state.”

Back at EPIC, Queanbeyan’s Sandner family is wiping the last skerricks of dust off their 1977 Holden Torana LX.

“In a sense, it’s pretty much a third child,” Jason Sandner says.

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Jason has become a Summernats regular since his first as a high-schooler in the late 1980s. He was driving a heavily modified Suzuki Swift when he met his now wife, Tanya. The couple have two children, who both helped turn the Torana from an ordinary brown sedan to the immaculate ‘Opaline Blue’ machine it is today, complete with fat 12-inch wheels, an all-new interior and a purpose-built aluminium racing engine.

Jason and Xavier Sandner and the 1977 Holden LX Torana. Photo: Tanya Sandner.

“It was a good four-year build process for Jason to strip it down, do all the undercarriage and body, and then obviously reassemble,” Tanya recalls.

“It was hard while the kids were little because he’d be in his workshop for an extra hour each day, but our son would go along as soon as he could walk and we have photos of him there in his nappy, helping dad with a rag in his hand.”

It’s not actually an SLR 5000, but looks very cool anyway. Photo: Tanya Sandner.

The finished product was unveiled to the Summernats crowd in 2014, but during the scrutineering process this year, it was selected to be among the Top 60 cars to again have a place undercover in the hallowed Pavilion building.

Winning Grand Champion would bring tears to his eyes, but just being here in the hall is a “massive achievement” and enough for Jason.

“I’ve always helped my brother with his cars and he’s had his Commodore in the hall quite a few times, so for me to gain that level of success is massive.”

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Over the years, the biggest change to Summernats they’ve noticed has been improvements to the calibre of the cars.

“Look, it’s like anything, where there are a bit of shenanigans that go with crowds, but it’s no different to your average cricket or football match,” Tanya says.

“You walk around and see so many families and young children that are just so engrossed.”

This year’s Summernats also brings an expanded ‘Fringe Festival’ to Braddon on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings. And on Friday night, the main stage will be taken up by Daryl Braithwaite and the Screaming Jets (replacing Jimmy Barnes) and Grinspoon.

Mullets are a mainstay at Summernats but behold the ‘skullet’. Photo: James Coleman.

ACT Policing and NSW Police have jointly issued a formidable warning to anyone looking to engage in “antisocial behaviour” over the event.

“We’ll have a zero tolerance towards antisocial driving or antisocial behaviour,” ACT Policing’s Acting Superintendent Rod Anderson says.

“We’ve brought in extra resources at EPIC as well as the surrounding area … If motorists are detected doing burnouts, we’ll be seizing their vehicles, and I can tell you, we have plenty of room to store as many vehicles as we can.”

Day passes are still available on the Summernats website .

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Any of the participants at Summernats bringing modified cars into the event should do their homework Bev Hutchinson! If they did, they would be aware that anyone using our roads to bring a modified vehicle that is registered and defective into the event, either towed or driven, will be issued with an infringement notice!

I am sure you would feel differently if you or any of your family suffered injuries as a result of any of these unregistered vehicles.

The “local coppers” were just doing their job!!

* registered vehicles

* registered vehicles.

And a big thank you to the local coppers that were defecting show cars being transported on trucks and trailers. Great job. No wonder you’re not respected!! The biggest money maker in the calendar and hounded by nothings. Security thugs put in place to make trouble to try and get rid of the show. Anton

One can only praise Andy Lopez for turning Canberra’s biggest event and Australia’s premier street machine festival into the professional and automotive event it is today. Once hailed as Australia’s biggest sleaze festival, Summernats is now what it should have always been, a festival for families, specialist car enthusiasts and a showcase for automotive art.

The entertainment which showcased the festival for all those years, the unsavoury behaviour, the toxic harassment and violence shown towards women, the strip shows and the wet T-Shirt competition have all gone with event organisers now adopting better security and zero-tolerance policies towards bad behaviour and harassment.

The street machines and restored vehicles are now the focus of the festival. I read somewhere that Interstate participants make up over 90% of those entering the gates. The expense, the skills, knowledge and love that owners have gone to in building and restoring their cars are simply exceptional. The highlight of the festival and not to be missed street cruise along Northbourne Avenue has finally been reintroduced following anti-behaviour and crowd control issues. All thanks to Andy Lopez!

The vehicles participating in the Grand Champion award are not to be missed. Will it be the exceptionally restored Blue Moon or Forged from Queensland, or Jason and Xavier Sandner taking it out for Queanbeyan again?

I am hoping and my money is on Jason and Xavier!!

The best thing about Summernats is that Andy Lopez smile!

What a cutie!

He can cruise past my house any day!!

Should we expect the usual Sunday morning hysterical page 1 Canberra Times headline proclaiming some Summernats altercation and blowing it all out of proportion? Get’s a bit tiring. The media likes to tear things down because it makes headlines, but what do they build in its place? Nothing.

I like stock cars. Give me unmolested classics anytime. Hence why I’m not interested in Summernats

Good for you so , don’t go

*cringe* I hate Summernats because of it’s Super-Bogany reputation BUT let’s face it Canberra has a reputation for being “the only Cemetery with streetlights.” Even I have to admit, at least it injects life into Canberra and we need more of that. Also, just as many Bogans attend Summernats there are also plenty of genuine Car Enthusiasts that go because they are interest in the design, mechanics and technology of the cars.

I love the art of cutomized cars like you do.

What is a turn-off are the mindless burn-outs. Ranks slightly higher than New Year fireworks.

Both should be banned.

Rubbish, why are we hellbent on getting rid off everything that lots of people enjoy

For all the talk of zero tolerance from authorities, living in suburbs near the venue during the event is hellish. The noise and air pollution are off the charts, and behaviour of some attendees outside the venue is pretty appalling. Add to this that the authorities are always undermanned and clearly reluctant to be too heavy handed in their containment actions. Stationary patrols with traffic controls on key roads seem to be off the agenda, leaving stretches of the Federal highway north of Epic and other streets open to high speed/high rev manoeuvres. Fix a few of these things and it might be tolerable.

How can Andrew Barr and the greens square away there wanting us all to drive Electric cars no new gas installations in new homes they want a green Canberra then pat themselves on the back for Summer Nuts fumes burning rubber antisocial behaviour it really does not pass the pub test

Burning rubber, tee hee.

As with many things in the ACT, eg rampant expansion of housing, its hard to see how Summernats fits in with the “green” image the government likes to project.

How about E vehicles at Summernats? That would certainly calm down the noise.. A famous comedian once said “ These are my principles, if you don’t like them, I have others” Hypocrisy? Of course, but there is money to be made…

Yeah, and fake V8 sounds

The EV junkies have already had their festival at EPIC: https://the-riotact.com/expo-set-to-spark-new-interest-in-evs/581037

I don’t think there has been a sequel and does doesn’t appear to be any EV charging stations at or nearby to EPIC, anyhow.

CR, I think that event was pretty flat

Like the batteries?

EV = boring

Can’t wait until it ends.

Festival of the Bogan

Carla Macgregor ah yes the millionaire bogan that can afford a car more than the cost of a house in Canberra 🤣😍

Street racing currently going on in Wright in the Molonglo Valley. Summernats supporters cannot be trusted to behave. Time to cancel this anti-social event.

Brindie bet youre a delight at parties. typical canberran response. a few loose cannons so lets cancel the whole thing, even though the majority are doing the right and responsible thing. i guess theres never any anti-social things happening in canberra other than the 4 days of summernats.

I wonder if double demerits and double fines could also be put on the table for weekend? I’m not against Summernats, and sure it’s less “get ya tits out” than ten years ago, but it’s clear too many attendees still don’t get the message to keep the driving-shenanigans at Epic.

Quick, everyone whinge

Geoff Rey the car hating whingers are probably getting wound up to comment as we speak.

Geoff Rey most EVs would smoke most of these beaters at the lights any day. It’s all about the psychological need of drawing attention to  mediocre people that have little to offer other than basic trades and services. Most of you are whinging that the world is leaving yah all behind.

Geoff Rey Well said!

As someone who would never attend, nor has any interest in it….. I hope they have a great time. Massive parties, spend up big (and behave). Having big, diverse events is important to a town. For people like me…. I just avoided that part of town and let them have fun.

Lucas Hayden my favourite place to be! Just struggle to find someone who wants to go with me lol. Nothing like the smell of burning rubber 🤣

Marnie Gigliotti never been interested. Never cared. But would never not want it. The economic value is too high and well, everyone deserves a party in whatever they like!!

Lucas Hayden oh for sure! I will always be a car loving bogan and proud of it! I’m so glad they’ve kept it here mainly for the economic reasoning 😊

Marnie Gigliotti let’s be honest. Everyone from Canberra is at the coast…. So it’s a good place to have it!

Lucas Hayden haha except for me sitting here crocheting while I could be out being a rev head 🤣

Lucas Hayden if only the people who hate it viewed it the same way you do.

Matt Jorgensen yeah it’s stupid mate. Its not all year. No point complaining about it. Just let people have fun!

Lucas Hayden another sensible person like myself. Honestly I live the next suburb over from EPIC and have no interest in cars or summernats. Yet I don’t be a Karen and complain about people enjoying themselves for 4 days a year, like they don’t come and complain about me playing golf.

Now that’s real culture. And a refreshing escape from stultifying woke dystopia.

Avoid Braddon

Kate Tricks why…? It’s no different to any other weekend in that area!! 🤣

“We’ll have a zero tolerance towards antisocial driving or antisocial behaviour,” ACT Policing’s Acting Superintendent Rod Anderson says.

He’s joking of course, because this just doesn’t happen in Canberra.

Stealing cars, whilst driving on the influence of hard drugs is OK though

The police have zero tolerance of that too. Sadly the clowns that let them out on bail or good behaviour bonds have a different opinion.

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The capital city of Ulyanovsk oblast .

Ulyanovsk - Overview

Ulyanovsk is a city in Russia located about 870 km southeast of Moscow, the administrative center of Ulyanovsk Oblast. It is named in memory of Vladimir Ulyanov (Lenin), a native of this city.

The population of Ulyanovsk is about 622,900 (2022), the area - 316 sq. km.

The phone code - +7 8422, the postal codes - 432000-432073.

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History of Ulyanovsk

Ulyanovsk in the 17th-19th centuries.

In 1648, by decree of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, the fortress of Sinbirsk was founded on the right bank of the Volga River in order to protect the eastern borders of the Tsardom of Russia from the raids of nomadic tribes (Nogai Tatars), as well as to colonize the Volga region.

In the fall of 1670, Sinbirsk was unsuccessfully besieged by the army of Stepan Razin - the Don Cossack, who was the leader of the 1670-1671 uprising, the largest in the history of pre-Petrine Russia. In 1678, 1,579 people lived in Sinbirsk.

In 1729, the coat of arms of Sinbirsk was approved - a white pillar topped with a golden crown in the azure field. In 1780, Sinbirsk was renamed Simbirsk. In 1793, 13,317 people lived in this town.

In 1812, Ivan Goncharov, a famous Russian novelist and critic, was born in Simbirsk. In 1836, Emperor Nicholas I visited Simbirsk and made a lot of orders for the construction of new buildings in the town, especially in its central part. In 1840, the Simbirsk Theological Seminary was opened.

More Historical Facts…

In 1845, a monument to Nikolay Karamzin (1766-1826) was opened - the author of one of the first generalizing works on the history of Russia and a reformer of the Russian literary language, who was born near Simbirsk. Today, this monument erected in Karamzin Public Garden is one of the symbols of Ulyanovsk. In 1848, one of the first libraries in the Volga region was opened in this town - the Karamzin Public Library.

In the summer of 1864, a terrible fire occurred in Simbirsk, which lasted 9 days. Only one fourth of the town buildings survived. In 1867, the merchant Yurgens opened the first bookstore in Simbirsk. In 1870, the future “leader of the world revolution” Vladimir Ulyanov (Lenin) was born in Simbirsk. Alexander Kerensky, a prominent Russian politician and statesman, was born here in 1881. According to the 1897 census, 43.3 thousand people lived in Simbirsk.

Ulyanovsk in the first half of the 20th century

From 1908 to 1912, Igor Kurchatov, the future creator of the Soviet atomic bomb, lived in Simbirsk with his parents and studied at the local gymnasium. In 1916, the construction of the Imperial Bridge over the Volga River was completed in Simbirsk. With a length of 2,089 meters, it was the longest bridge in the Russian Empire at that time.

After the First World War and the Russian Civil War, the city’s industry was in ruin. During the war years, not a single building was constructed in Simbirsk, street lighting disappeared, boulevards and parks fell into disrepair, up to a hundred residential buildings were destroyed.

On May 9, 1924, in connection with the death of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin), Simbirsk was renamed into Ulyanovsk, and Simbirsk Governorate - into Ulyanovsk Governorate. Other proposed options for the new name of the city were such as “Lenin”, “Leninsk”, “Ilyich”.

By the end of the 1930s, almost all churches in Ulyanovsk were destroyed or used for other purposes. On the eve of the Second World War, Ulyanovsk was a provincial city with a population of about 110 thousand people. There were no large industrial enterprises, with the exception of the 3rd State Plant named after Volodarsky (Ulyanovsk Cartridge Plant) - one of the oldest defense enterprises in Russia, specializing in the production of cartridges for rifled weapons.

During the Second World War, Ulyanovsk became the place of evacuation of 17 industrial enterprises from the occupied regions and the front line. The Minsk Tank School, renamed the 2nd Ulyanovsk Tank School, was relocated from Minsk, the Mogilev Military Infantry School, which became the Ulyanovsk Military Infantry School, was relocated from Mogilev. In 1942, a medical institute evacuated from Voronezh began to work in Ulyanovsk.

From October 1941 to August 1943, the Moscow Patriarchate was in evacuation in Ulyanovsk, headed by Metropolitan Sergius. From 1942 to 1945, Andrei Sakharov, the future creator of the hydrogen bomb, academician and human rights activist worked at the Ulyanovsk Machine-Building Plant.

On January 19, 1943, Ulyanovsk became the center of the newly formed Ulyanovsk Oblast. From the second half of 1941 to the beginning of 1942, the population of Ulyanovsk, due to the evacuees, doubled and amounted to more than 200 thousand people. By 1945, as a result of re-evacuation, it decreased by 50 thousand and amounted to 152 thousand people.

Ulyanovsk after the Second World War

In the post-war period, Ulyanovsk became an industrial city. In 1953, during the construction of the Volga cascade of hydroelectric power plants, part of Ulyanovsk was included in the flooding zone of the Kuibyshev reservoir. In 1957, the Ulyanovsk airport was built. Since the 1960s, thanks to the high rates of housing and industrial construction, Ulyanovsk began to grow rapidly both in area and in population. On May 5, 1967, the 300,000th resident of the city was born.

In the 1969-1970s, in honor of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Lenin, the historical center of Ulyanovsk was built up with modern buildings: the hotel “Sovetskaya”, the House of Artists, the Memorial Center of Vladimir Lenin, the hotel “Venets”, the new railway station Ulyanovsk-Tsentralny, the new river station, the central airport Ulyanovsk-Tsentralny, the central department store, the central bus station, the Palace of Pioneers, the park “Friendship of Peoples”, etc.

With the construction of the Memorial Center of Vladimir Lenin, Ulyanovsk became one of the main tourist centers of the USSR, after Moscow and Leningrad. The city was not closed to foreigners, which distinguished it from many other industrial regional centers, but foreign tourists were not allowed to deviate from the route. On June 1, 1973, the 400,000th resident of Ulyanovsk was born. On April 16, 1982, the population of Ulyanovsk exceeded 500 thousand people.

On June 5, 1983, in Ulyanovsk, the river cruise ship “Alexander Suvorov” crashed into the railway bridge across the Volga (the Imperial Bridge). By mistake of the crew, the ship tried to pass under the non-navigable span of the bridge. As a result, more than 170 people died. The large number of casualties is explained by the fact that at the time of the collision, most of the passengers were in the movie theater and on the dance floor on the upper deck, which was completely destroyed by the collision with the bridge girder.

On July 17, 1987, the 600,000th resident of Ulyanovsk was born. The city’s tourist significance declined sharply after the collapse of the USSR. In 1998, Ulyanovsk celebrated its 350th anniversary.

In the 2000s, there was a discussion about the reverse renaming of the city to Simbirsk, but the residents of Ulyanovsk for the most part did not support this proposal. In 2009, the arches of the old railway bridge were replaced. On November 24, 2009, the Presidential Bridge across the Volga was opened, the second longest in Russia, with a length of about 6 kilometers.

Streets of Ulyanovsk

General view of Ulyanovsk

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Soviet architecture in Ulyanovsk

Hotel Venets in Ulyanovsk

Ulyanovsk - Features

From 1648 to 1780, the name of Ulyanovsk was Sinbirsk, and from 1780 to 1924 - Simbirsk. This name was given to the town by its founder, Bogdan Khitrovo, after the name of the settlement of Sinbir (named after the Bulgarian prince Sinbir), the remains of which were located nearby. In 1924, after the death of Vladimir Ulyanov (Lenin), Simbirsk was renamed into Ulyanovsk.

Ulyanovsk is located in a forest-steppe zone on the Volga Upland, on both banks of the Volga River (Kuybyshev Reservoir). The climate is moderately continental. The average temperature in February is minus 10.4 degrees Celsius, in July - plus 20.2 degrees Celsius. A characteristic feature of Ulyanovsk is the constant winds blowing from the Volga.

This city is a major transport point, lying between central Russia and the Urals. Neighboring regional centers are three to five hours away by car. There are two international airports near the city - Ulyanovsk-Central (ULV) and Ulyanovsk-Vostochny (ULY).

The banks of the Volga in Ulyanovsk are connected by two bridges. The old railway bridge was officially opened in 1916 and was named “Imperial of His Majesty Nicholas II”. In 1917, it was renamed Freedom Bridge. In 2009, it again began to be called “Imperial Bridge”. The new bridge (also called “Presidential Bridge”) was commissioned on November 26, 2009.

Public transport is represented by trams, trolleybuses, buses, and minibuses. In Ulyanovsk tram lines are located exclusively in the right-bank part of the city and trolleybus lines are in the left-bank part. In the last years of the USSR, it was planned to build a subway in Ulyanovsk.

It is a multi-ethnic city. The ethnic composition according to the 2010 All-Russian Population Census: Russians (77.65%), Tatars (12.64%), Chuvash (5.02%), Mordovians (1.4%). The economy of the city is based on the enterprises of the automotive industry, engine building, aircraft building, instrument making, machine building, and metalworking.

Ulyanovsk has a high potential for the development of the tourism industry. The tourist image of Ulyanovsk as “The Birthplace of Vladimir Lenin” is supplemented with some new ones now: “Russian provincial town of the 19th century”, “Homeland of Oblomov”, “Architectural Museum in the Open Air”.

The City Day of Ulyanovsk is traditionally celebrated on the second Sunday in September.

Main Attractions of Ulyanovsk

Lenin Memorial - a whole museum complex dedicated to Vladimir Ulyanov (Lenin) and his family. This is one of the largest historical and museum complexes in the Volga region. The main building was constructed for the 100th anniversary of Lenin’s birth in 1970.

This is the only museum in the world that reflects the entire life of Lenin. It has more than 70 thousand exhibits including authentic belongings of the Ulyanov family, documents, photographs, and other items related to different periods of Russian history. Lenin Square, 1.

House-Museum of Vladimir Lenin . The exhibition of this museum is located on the territory of a wooden estate - a monument of urban architecture that belonged to the Ulyanov family at the end of the 19th century. Lenin spent his childhood and youth here. Lenina Street, 68.

Novy Venets Boulevard - a pedestrian street in the center of Ulyanovsk located on the highest point of the city. From here you can see the Volga, Imperial Bridge, and city districts. The boulevard was finally built up in the 1960s. The construction of many buildings was related to the celebration of the 100th anniversary of Lenin’s birth.

Museum of Local Lore named after Ivan Goncharov . This museum occupies a beautiful mansion with an elegant tower built as a monument to the great Russian writer Ivan Goncharov. The exhibition halls display archaeological artifacts and fossils. A significant part of the exposition is devoted to the life and work of Ivan Goncharov. An interesting numismatic collection and an exhibition of folk costumes also attract the attention of visitors. Novy Venets Boulevard, 3/4.

Historical and Memorial Museum of Ivan Goncharov - a magnificent building, which is a historical and architectural sight of Ulyanovsk. In 1812, the famous Russian writer Ivan Goncharov was born in one of its rooms. The exposition occupies all three floors of the building. A separate hall is dedicated to the history of the building itself, in the remaining halls there are thematic exhibitions related to the personality of the writer and his family. There are also halls that house historical collections and a collection of merchant household items. The tower of the building houses the Museum of the History of the Simbirsk Town Clocks. Goncharova Street, 20.

Museum “Simbirsk Classical Gymnasium” . Simbirsk was one of the first Russian cities to introduce secondary education for children. The museum exposition is dedicated to the history of the development of education in the Russian Empire. It is located in a former gymnasium, where Vladimir Ulyanov and Alexander Kerensky studied at one time. Inside, the atmosphere of the 19th century has been recreated. The interiors of classrooms, halls, dressing rooms, and a gym have been restored. The building that houses the museum was constructed in 1790. Spasskaya Street, 18.

Museum “Fire Department of Simbirsk-Ulyanovsk” . The exposition of this museum is located in the 19th century building previously occupied by the town fire brigade. The museum was opened after the restoration of the building in 1979. The collection consists of pre-revolutionary and Soviet sections. In the central part there is a diorama depicting the fire of 1894 in Simbirsk. Lenin Street, 43.

Historical and architectural complex “Simbirsk Fortified Line” . At the time of the foundation of Ulyanovsk, the Simbirsk line protected the Russian land from the raids of nomads from the east. Today, you can find a unique historical and architectural museum here. It features a defensive fortress and an earthen rampart, which were restored based on historical documents and remains found by archaeologists in Simbirsk. The exposition includes examples of Russian weapons, old documents, maps, diagrams, decrees, and a model of a water mill. Leo Tolstoy Street, 43a.

Museum of the History of Civil Aviation . This museum located near the airport Ulyanovsk-Tsentralny has an airfield and 4 halls with exhibits illustrating the history of aviation from the time of the Russian Civil War to the present day. In terms of the total number of exhibits (about 9 thousand), it is the country’s largest aviation museum. One of the unique exhibits is the Tu-144 supersonic airliner. Aviatsionnaya Street, 20a.

Balalaika Museum - a unique museum with a collection of the rarest balalaikas (a musical instrument very popular in pre-revolutionary and Soviet Russia). The guests of the museum are invited to immerse themselves in the world of village music, to hear the sound of real peasant balalaikas. Here you can also taste tea made from herbs collected in the forests of the Ulyanovsk region. Bebelya Street, 19.

Savior Ascension Cathedral - a picturesque Orthodox church of sky-blue color built in the Baroque style in the 2000s to replace the demolished Ascension Cathedral (albeit in a different place). Ulyanovskaya Street, 2.

Holy Resurrection-Germanovsky Cathedral - one of the oldest churches in Ulyanovsk built in the early 18th century. During the years of Soviet power, it was closed and used as the state archive. In 2003, the building was returned to the Orthodox diocese. Gogolya Lane, 11.

House of Merchant Bokounin - a beautiful monument of wooden architecture, one of the architectural gems of Ulyanovsk. It was erected at the beginning of the 20th century on the territory of the estate of the Ulyanovsk merchant Sergei Bokounin. Part of the premises is occupied by the restaurant “Teremok”. Radishcheva Street, 4.

The Volga River (Kuibyshev Reservoir) - the largest artificial reservoir on the Volga created in the 1950s. The reservoir is 500 km long, with a maximum width of 44 km. Its powerful water resources are used to generate electricity. Due to its gigantic size, it significantly affected the Volga itself, changed the flow regime and began the processes of coastal washout. Home to many species of fish, the reservoir attracts fishing enthusiasts to its shores.

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