Nizhny Novgorod

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Lee Daniel Crocker (talk | contribs) at 17:19, 28 July 2002. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Jump to navigation Jump to search

Nizhny Novgorod (Russian Нижний Новгород) (sometimes written in English Nizhniy-Novgorod or Nizhni Novgorod), (population 1,5 million) is the third largest city in Russia and lies at the confluence of the Oka and the Volga rivers. It has been an economical and cultural center of the vast Volgo-Vyatski region. Nizhny Novgorod was known from 1932 to 1990 as Gorki.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nizhny_Novgorod&oldid=128234"