Nizhny Novgorod
capital of the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast and the Volga Federal District in central Russia
- There is also a town Velikiy Novgorod with Novgorod in its name
Nizhny Novgorod (Russian:Ни́жний Но́вгород, often shortened to Nizhny) is the fourth largest city in Russia. The first three are Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg and Kazan. Nizhny Novgorod had a population of 1,249,861 in 2021, and one of 1,438,133 in 1989. It is the economic and cultural center of the vast Volga-Vyatka economic region, and also the administrative center of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast and Volga Federal District.
Nizhny Novgorod
Нижний Новгород | |
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| Etymology: nizhegorodian | |
| Nickname(s): Poket of Russia | |
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| Coordinates: 56°15′25″N 43°55′57″E / 56.256833°N 43.932522°ECoordinates: 56°15′25″N 43°55′57″E / 56.256833°N 43.932522°E | |
| Country |  Russia |
| Federal District | Volga |
| Region | Nizhny Novgorod Oblast |
| Founded | 1221 |
| Government | |
| • Type | City Duma |
| • Body | Nizhny Novgorod City Duma |
| • Mayor | Yury Shalabaev (United Russia) |
| Area | |
| • City | 410.68 km2 (158.56 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 514.56 km2 (198.67 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 200 m (700 ft) |
| Population | |
| • City | 1,249,861 |
| • Rank | 6th |
| Time zone | |
| Moscow Time | UTC+03:00 |
| ZIP Code | 603xxx |
| ISO 3166 code | NIZ |
| Website | adm |
From 1932 to 1990 the city was known as Gorky (Russian: Го́рький) after the writer Maxim Gorky.
Other websitesEdit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nizhny Novgorod.
- Nizhny Novgorod City Government website Archived 2006-07-17 at the Wayback Machine (in English)
- Official website of Nizhny Novgorod State Art Museum Archived 2006-06-14 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- Art Museum of Nizhny Novgorod (in English)
- http://www.nne.ru The Nizhny Novgorod and Arzamas Archdiocese (in Russian)
- VisitNizhny.com Archived 2020-10-19 at the Wayback Machine Information about tourism and entertainment in Nizhny Novgorod (in English)
- Nizhny Novgorod Online (in Russian)
