Dobrolyubov Street (formerly Mironositskaya) runs in a gentle arc from Ilyinskaya Street to Bolshaya Pokrovskaya.

Located in Zapochayanye (Nizhegorodsky District of Nizhny Novgorod), near the Church of the Myrrh-Bearing Women. It was designed as a continuation of Osypnaya Street according to the plans of 1799, 1804, and 1824. But its building lines were finally fixed only by the city plan of 1839: the short street began at Lykova Dam and ran through to Ilyinskaya Street. A square was planned next to the Church of the Myrrh-Bearing Women. The first stone building on it was the house of S. Pyatov. But right up to the end of the 19th century the street itself remained winding. Only under the 1881 plan of Nizhny Novgorod was it cut through in a straight line and built up toward Ilyinskaya Street strictly along the building lines, mostly with stone houses.

The photographer Maxim Petrovich Dmitriev captured Dobrolyubov Street with the Church of the Holy Myrrh-Bearing Women on Lykova Dam between 1910 and 1916 — these photographs survive as important visual evidence of the street's appearance in the early 20th century.[1] The street was originally called Mironositskaya Street, after the church of the same name located there. It was later renamed in honor of Dobrolyubov.

Nikolay Alexandrovich Dobrolyubov (1836–1861) was a Russian literary critic, poet, and revolutionary democrat. He was born in Nizhny. Dobrolyubov's childhood and youth were spent at house no. 2 on Oktyabrskaya Street. A museum has been opened in the house. In 2026, an architectural and artistic concept for Dobrolyubov Street was approved in Nizhny Novgorod. The occasion was the unsatisfactory state of the exterior signage and fixtures: a significant share of the structures were outdated, and some were made of poor-quality materials and installed without regard for the architectural and historical features of the buildings. The concept aims to preserve the appearance of the buildings, tie the structures to the existing entrance groups, and create a comfortable visual environment. Color restrictions are introduced for information signs, and the permitted materials are metal, wood, stone, waterproof plywood, as well as finishes of gilding, metal leaf, craquelure, and artificial aging. The document prohibits installing solid metal door panels without decorative relief on facades facing the building lines, and requires a single type of door to be used within one facade.[2]

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  1. Open Nizhny — In the 2020s, the municipal authorities of Nizhny Novgorod approved a design code for Dobrolyubov Street — a regulatory document introducing a unified architectural and artistic
  1. GIPERNN — In the 2020s, a unified design code was approved for Dobrolyubov Street: an architectural and artistic concept, agreed upon by an October order of City Hall, regulating
  1. Vremya N — In October 2026, the city administration of Nizhny Novgorod approved an architectural and artistic concept for Dobrolyubov Street. The occasion for its development was
  1. Newsroom24 — In 2026, an architectural and artistic concept for Dobrolyubov Street was approved in Nizhny Novgorod. The occasion was the unsatisfactory state of the exterior design
  1. pro-nn.org — Nizhny Novgorod. Dobrolyubov Street. Church of the Holy Myrrh-Bearing Women on Lykova Dam (archive)