Russian town I have been living in Arzamas for twelve years. Arzamas is medium-sized town in south part of Nizhny Novgorod region and in the west part of Russia. Arzamas is not far from Nizhny Novgorog. There are not mountains, town is on East European Plain, the landscape is flat. It was was founded in 1578 by Ivan the Terrible. Arzamas has a population of 1 hundred 6 thousands people. This town is included in number of cities, which have historic and cultural importance. It’s famous for 26 churches and train catastrophe, what happened in 1988 in result of explosion of three wagons with high explosives. There are quiet streets and a lot of typical and traditional blocks of flats. Arzamas is popular with tourists because it is on lines of touristic routs.