Nizhny Novgorod

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Nizhny Novgorod

Total population

1,198,245

Coordinates56.33°, 44.01°

Demographic figures from Rosstat. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Nizhny Novgorod, colloquially shortened to Nizhny and from 1932 to 1990 known as Gorky, is both a city and the administrative centre of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast and the Volga Federal District in Russia. The city is located at the confluence of the Oka and the Volga rivers in Central Russia, with a population of over 1.2 million residents, and roughly 1.7 million residents in the wider urban area. Nizhny Novgorod is the sixth-largest city in Russia, and the second-most populous city on the Volga and in the Volga Federal District. The city is located 420 kilometers (260 mi) east of Moscow. It is an important economic, architectural, educational and cultural centre in Russia and the Volga-Vyatka Economic Region, and provides the majority of Russia's river tourism.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

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Nataliya Lapina

Soviet and Russian actress

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Vladimir Dikson

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Boris Kolchin

Soviet historian and archaeologist (1914-1984)

Genrich Antonovitch Leer

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Eduard Lindeman

astronomer (1842-1897)

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Sergey Lisin

Russian speedskater

Vasily Likhachyov

Russian politician and diplomat (1952-2019)

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Mark Lolo

Russian businessperson

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Boris Lomov

Soviet psychologist (1927-1989)

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Lukshin Vasily Andreevich

Ilya Maksimov

Russian footballer

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Pawel Petrowitsch Malinowski

Soviet architect (1869-1943)

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Aleksandr Markov

Russian mathematician (1937-1994)

Nikolay Maslennikov

Russian politician

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Valeria Matorina

Soviet writer (1937-2012)

Yelena Medvedeva

Russian actor

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

• Bor
  3 mi away · pop. 78,145
• Kstovo
  14.3 mi away · pop. 61,602
• Balakhna
  19.7 mi away · pop. 49,867
• Dzerzhinsk
  21.7 mi away · pop. 213,410
• Bogorodsk
  24.3 mi away · pop. 34,676
• Gorodets
  30 mi away · pop. 30,563
• Zavolzhe
  31.7 mi away · pop. 39,236
• Volodarsk
  32.3 mi away · pop. 10,102
• Dal'neye Konstantinovo
  35.8 mi away · pop. 4,274
• Vorsma
  36.5 mi away · pop. 10,793
• Semyonov
  36.9 mi away · pop. 24,451
• Gorbatov
  38.7 mi away · pop. 2,049

Browse all places in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

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Books about Nizhny Novgorod

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Gallery

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