Nizhny Novgorod

There is also a town Velikiy Novgorod with Novgorod in its name

Nizhny Novgorod (Russian:Ни́жний Но́вгород, often shortened to Nizhny) is the sixth largest city in Russia. The first five 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.

From 1932 to 1990 the city was known as Gorky (Russian: Го́рький) after the writer Maxim Gorky.

 Other websites 

Nizhny Novgorod City Government website  
Official website of Nizhny Novgorod State Art Museum  
Art Museum of Nizhny Novgorod 
http://www.nne.ru The Nizhny Novgorod and Arzamas Archdiocese 
VisitNizhny.com  Information about tourism and entertainment in Nizhny Novgorod 
Nizhny Novgorod Online 

Category:Cities and towns in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Category:Capitals of oblasts of Russia