Original: Nizhny Novgorod, colloquially shortened to Nizhny, is the fourth largest city in Russia, ranking after Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Novosibirsk.
Simplified: The first three are Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Novosibirsk. Nizhny Novgorod had a population of 1,311,252 in 2002, and one of 1,438,133 in 1989.