page_title: History of Nizhny Novgorod
section_title: Revolutionary Nizhny Novgorod
hierarchical_section_title: History of Nizhny Novgorod / Soviet era / Revolutionary Nizhny Novgorod
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Строительство баррикад в Сормове, во время Декабрьского восстания 1905 годаEnglish: Building barricades in Sormovo, during the December uprising of 1905
context_page_description: Nizhny Novgorod was founded by Prince Yuri II of Vladimir in 4 February 1221. Citizens organized an army to liberate Moscow from the Poles in 1611, led by Kuzma Minin and Prince Dmitry Pozharsky. During the Russian Empire, in 1817 Nizhny Novgorod became the country's main trading city. In 1896, the city hosted the largest All-Russia exhibition. In the Soviet era, Nizhny Novgorod was renamed Gorky, in honor of the writer Maxim Gorky. Then it was the industrial center of the Soviet Union. During the World War II, the city sent to the front a huge amount of military equipment and ammunition. Therefore, the German air force bombed the city for 3 years. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the city was renamed back to Nizhny Novgorod. In Russia, the city became a political center and the capital of the Volga Federal District. Now the city is the center of information technology and develops tourism.
context_section_description: After the February Revolution, the situation in the city began to heat up. In September 1917, preparations were made for the elections to the City Duma. In June, it became known that the population of the factory settlements - Molitovka, the Felzer plant and the Novaya Etna plant - was not included in the electoral lists. On June 14, workers went to a demonstration demanding electoral rights. The Duma was forced to make concessions by including these villages in the Kanavinsky constituency.
  In the September elections, the victory was won by the representative of the Socialist-Revolutionary Party Vladimir Ganchel.
  After the October Revolution, Soviet power in the city was established in the autumn of 1917. In 1919, Kunavino and Sormovo received the status of cities. Instead of the name "Kunavino", "Kanavino" gradually began to be used.
caption: The main barricade near the Sormovo parish school. December 1905
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