Sennaya Square — a square connecting the streets Bolshaya Pecherskaya Street, Gorky Street and Rodionov Street.
The History of the Square
Since the 18th century, the hay trade in Nizhny Novgorod took place at Minin Square in front of the Dmitrievsky Gate Kremlin. But because of the mountains of trash left behind, the hay market was moved in 1828 to a site specifically planned between Minin Street and Bolshaya Pecherskaya Street the streets surrounding the square (the site where the NGLU building now stands).
After the decision was made to build along its main axis, closer to Verkhne-Volzhskaya Embankment At the suggestion of engineer A. I. Delvig, the hay market was moved from the Mariinsky Women’s Institute complex to the junction of B. Pecherskaya Street and the ancient Kazan Highway, outside the city limits, in 1839. Despite repeated attempts by the authorities to change the square’s name, it has remained unchanged and is still used in the everyday speech of Nizhny Novgorod residents to this day.