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Nizhny Novgorod (/ ˌ n ɪ ʒ n i ˈ n ɒ v ɡ ə r ɒ d / NIZH-nee NOV-gə-rod; [14] Russian: Нижний Новгород, IPA: [ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət] ⓘ, lit. 'Lower Newtown'; colloquially shortened to Nizhny) [a] is a city and the administrative centre of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast and the Volga Federal District in Russia.
Nizhny (Russian: Ни́жний; masculine), Nizhnyaya (Ни́жняя; feminine), or Nizhneye (Russian: Ни́жнее; neuter), literally meaning "lower", is the name of several Russian localities. It may refer to: Nizhny Novgorod, a Russian city colloquially referred to as "Nizhny"
Nizhny Novgorod: Нижний Новгород: Nizhny Novgorod Oblast Nizhny Tagil: Нижний Тагил: Sverdlovsk Oblast Nizhnyaya Salda: Нижняя Салда: Sverdlovsk Oblast Nizhnyaya Tura: Нижняя Тура: Sverdlovsk Oblast Noginsk: Ногинск: Moscow Oblast Nolinsk: Нолинск: Kirov Oblast: Norilsk ...
In 1714, the Nizhny Novgorod Governorate was created. On January 14, 1929, the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast was formed. [15] On July 15 of the same year, it was transformed into the Nizhny Novgorod Territory. On October 7, 1932, the Nizhny Novgorod Territory was renamed the Gorky Territory (in honor of the writer Maxim Gorky).
The historic centre of Nizhny Novgorod (also old Nizhny Novgorod, the old town) is the downtown of Nizhny Novgorod with historical buildings in the borders up to 1917. [1] A number of ancient buildings, natural landmarks and historic districts are found in the area.
Nizhny Novgorod was founded by Prince Yuri II of Vladimir in 4 February 1221. [1] 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.
Erzya flag. The Erzya language (эрзянь кель, eŕźań keĺ, pronounced [ˈerʲzʲanʲ ˈkʲelʲ]), also Erzian or historically Arisa, is spoken by approximately 300,000 people in the northern, eastern and north-western parts of the Republic of Mordovia and adjacent regions of Nizhny Novgorod, Chuvashia, Penza, Samara, Saratov, Orenburg, Ulyanovsk, Tatarstan and Bashkortostan in Russia.
Central or Middle is in an intermediate position between the above two, stretching from Pskov to Tver, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, and down to the Lower Volga region; this group is very heterogeneous and consists of dialects both with and without vowel reduction and either /ɡ/ or /ɣ/.