Nizhny Novgorod
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Nizhny Novgorod

En nameNizhny Novgorod
Ru nameНижний Новгород
Image skylineNizhny Novgorod Circus.JPG
Image captionView of Nizhny Novgorod
Geocode56
Latm20
Longd44
Longm00
Image flagFlag of Nizhny Novgorod.svg
Flag captionFlag of Nizhny Novgorod
Image coaCoat of arms Nizhny Novgorod.gif
Coa captionCoat of arms of Nizhny Novgorod
HolidaySecond Sunday of September
Federal subjectNizhny Novgorod Oblast
Adm data as ofJuly 2009
Administrative center ofNizhny Novgorod Oblast
Inhabloc catCity
Inhabloc typeCity of oblast significance
Mun data as ofSeptember 2009
Urban okrugNizhny Novgorod Urban Okrug
LeaderHead
Leader nameVadim Bulavinov
Representative bodyCity Duma
Area (km2)410.68
Pop census1311252
Pop census rank4th
Pop latest1280355
Pop latest date2009
Established date1221
Current cat date1221
Prev name1Nizhny Novgorod
Prev name1 dateSeptember 1932
Prev name2Gorky
Prev name2 dateOctober 22, 1990
Postal codesin the 603000-603998 range
Dialing codes831
DateSeptember 2009

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Nizhny Novgorod, colloquially shortened as Nizhny, is the fourth largest city in Russia, ranking after Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Novosibirsk. Population: 1,311,252 (Russian Census (2002)); 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.
From 1932 to 1990, the city was known as Gorky, after the writer Maxim Gorky who was born there.
The city is an important economic, transport and cultural center of the Russian Federation.

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Leader of Nizhny Novgorod cell of banned Nurcular intl sect detained near Moscow - Interfax-Religion Tweet this news
Interfax-Religion---Nizhny Novgorod-, June 24, Interfax - The Volga regional center for combating extremism has detained the leader of the -Nizhny Novgorod- cell of the banned ... - Date : Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:33:26 GMT+00:00
Ruskova Vodka set for rollout in Latin America - MoodieReport Tweet this news
MoodieReport--Making its debut in the US in 2007, Ruskova is produced and bottled in a state-of-the-art distillery in -Nizhny Novgorod-, Russia. First imported into Florida ... - Date : Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:24:14 GMT+00:00
Moscow heat hits historical high - Xinhua Tweet this news
Xinhua--Meteorologists also described the weather in -Nizhny Novgorod-, a city 400 kilometers east from Moscow, as "abnormal". The first time ever, the heat reached ... - Date : Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:13:32 GMT+00:00
Russia Bid Faces Stadium Construction Challenge in Race for 2018 World Cup - World Football Insider Tweet this news
World Football Insider--Other new stadiums in Russia's World Cup bid include a 68000-seater St. Petersburg and venues in the cities of Kazan, Kaliningrad, -Nizhny Novgorod-, Saransk, ... - Date : Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:12:58 GMT+00:00
New superfast rail services - The Voice of Russia Tweet this news
The Voice of Russia--Rail ticket windows have started selling tickets to superfast rail services between Moscow and -Nizhny Novgorod- and between -Nizhny Novgorod- and St. ... - Date : Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:31:40 GMT+00:00
Directly Elected Mayors on Their Way Out - The Moscow Times Tweet this news
The Moscow Times--Direct mayoral elections have been abolished in -Nizhny Novgorod-, Chelyabinsk, Ulyanovsk and Izhevsk. Critics say city managers will be much easier to fire, ... - Date : Thu, 17 Jun 2010 23:23:13 GMT+00:00
Russian region expecting significant shortage of grain - AgraNet (subscription) Tweet this news
AgraNet (subscription)--Leaders of Russia's -Nizhny Novgorod- region have said that there is likely to be a shortfall in the area's cereal harvest of some 300 000 tonnes this year ... - Date : Wed, 16 Jun 2010 10:09:36 GMT+00:00
Frenchmen from Literature Express "Blaise Cendrars" Enjoyed Vladivostok - Vladivostok Times Tweet this news
Vladivostok Times--During their trip they made stops in the main big cities including -Nizhny Novgorod-, Kazan, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, Ulan-Ude. ... - Date : Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:57:06 GMT+00:00
Thunderstorm causes power outage in 12 districts of Nizhny Novgorod region - ITAR-TASS Tweet this news
ITAR-TASS---NIZHNY NOVGOROD-, June 13 (Itar-Tass) -- Twelve districts of the -Nizhny Novgorod- region have a power outage because of last night's thunderstorm, ... - Date : Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:33:47 GMT+00:00
Over 300 Russian police search for assailants - Xinhua Tweet this news
Xinhua---...- fanning out to track down the assailants who attacked Moscow tourists in the Russian city of -Nizhny Novgorod-, RIA Novosti news agency reported Sunday. ... - Date : Sun, 13 Jun 2010 11:27:28 GMT+00:00

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