Review article

The article presents a brief analytical review of the historical and architectural regional heritage of the late Xviii - the first half of the XiX century on the example of Nizhny Novgorod. The author shows the features of Nizhny Novgorod classicism which are reflected in specific architectural designs such as residential, public and religious buildings. A general picture of the Russian classicism era is drawn up on the example of unique, iconic objects of the cultural heritage of Nizhny Novgorod. As for the objects belonging to the ordinary background city development, they are not considered on the example of exemplary projects. The architecture of buildings of classicist orientation located in non-metropolitan historical cities of Russia is an integral component of artistic national culture and enriches the peculiar polystylistic appearance of the ancient city of the volga region.