capital of the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast and the Volga Federal District in central Russia
  • Gorky
  • Nizhny
  • Nether Novgorod
  • Nijni-Novgorod
  • Gerkiy
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    Nizhny Novgorod
    capital of the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast and the Volga Federal District in central Russia
    • Gorky
    • Nizhny
    • Nether Novgorod
    • Nijni-Novgorod
    • Gerkiy

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    inception
    1221
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    image
    NN-16-05-2022 15.jpg
    4,608 × 3,072; 6.29 MB
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    official name
    Нижний Новгород (Russian)
    start time
    4 February 1221
    end time
    6 October 1932
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    Горький (Russian)
    start time
    7 October 1932
    end time
    21 October 1990
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    Нижний Новгород (Russian)
    start time
    22 October 1990
    pronunciation audio
    Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg
    1.4 s; 61 KB
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    Ніжні Ноўгарад (Belarusian)
    start time
    22 October 1990
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    Горкі (Belarusian)
    start time
    7 October 1932
    end time
    21 October 1990
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    Ніжні Ноўгарад (Belarusian)
    end time
    6 October 1932
    start time
    4 February 1221
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    Nyizsnyij Novgorod (Hungarian)
    start time
    1221
    end time
    6 October 1932
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    Gorkij (Hungarian)
    start time
    7 October 1932
    end time
    21 October 1990
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    Nyizsnyij Novgorod (Hungarian)
    start time
    22 October 1990
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    Нижній Новгород (Ukrainian)
    start time
    4 February 1221
    end time
    6 October 1932
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    Нижній Новгород (Ukrainian)
    start time
    22 October 1990
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    Горький (Ukrainian)
    start time
    7 October 1932
    end time
    21 October 1990
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    Ала ош (Moksha)
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    Алоош (Erzya)
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    Угарман (Mari)
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    Түбән Новгород (Tatar)
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    Чулхула (Chuvash)
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    native label
    Нижний Новгород (Russian)
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    imported from Wikimedia project
    Russian Wikipedia
    demonym
    Nizhegorodian (English)
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    нижегородцы (Russian)
    applies to part
    plural
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    нижегородец (Russian)
    applies to part
    masculine singular
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    нижегородка (Russian)
    applies to part
    feminine singular
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    official language
    Russian
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    motto text
    Купно за едино (Russian)
    literal translation
    Вместе за одно (Russian)
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    All together for one (English)
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    Todos juntos para uno (Spanish)
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    Tutti insieme per uno (Italian)
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    Tous ensemble pour un (French)
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    continent
    Eurasia
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    Europe
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    country
    Soviet Union
    start time
    30 December 1922Gregorian
    end time
    25 December 1991
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    Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
    end time
    29 December 1922Gregorian
    start time
    25 October 1917Julian
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    Russian Republic
    end time
    24 October 1917Julian
    start time
    2 March 1917Julian
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    Russian Empire
    end time
    1 March 1917Julian
    start time
    22 October 1721Julian
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    Tsardom of Russia
    end time
    21 October 1721Julian
    start time
    16 January 1547
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    Grand Principality of Moscow
    end time
    15 January 1547
    start time
    1392
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    Duchy of Suzdal
    start time
    1341
    end time
    1418
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    head of government
    Vadim Bulavinov
    start time
    29 September 2002
    end time
    25 October 2010
    position held
    Mayor of Nizhny Novgorod
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    Sergey Belov
    start time
    24 December 2015
    position held
    Head of Administration
    end time
    18 October 2017
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    Oleg Kondrashov
    start time
    3 December 2010
    end time
    22 July 2015
    position held
    Head of Administration
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    population
    14,400±100
    point in time
    1811
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    31,900±100
    point in time
    1812
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    35,800±100
    point in time
    1856
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    41,500±100
    point in time
    1863
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    90,000±1,000
    point in time
    1897
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    111,400±100
    point in time
    1913
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    111,600±100
    point in time
    1914
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    135,400±100
    point in time
    1923
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    222,000±100
    point in time
    1926
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    350,300±100
    point in time
    1931
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    643,689
    point in time
    1939
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    876,000±1,000
    point in time
    1956
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    941,962
    point in time
    1959
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    1,120,000±1,000
    point in time
    1967
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    1,170,133
    point in time
    1970
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    1,238,000±1,000
    point in time
    1973
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    1,305,000±1,000
    point in time
    1975
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    1,305,000±1,000
    point in time
    1976
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    1,344,474
    point in time
    1979
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    1,373,000±1,000
    point in time
    1982
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    1,405,000±1,000
    point in time
    1985
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    1,401,000±1,000
    point in time
    1986
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    1,425,000±1,000
    point in time
    1987
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    1,438,133
    point in time
    1989
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    1,404,000±1,000
    point in time
    1990
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    1,441,000±1,000
    point in time
    1992
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    1,433,000±1,000
    point in time
    1993
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    1,425,000±1,000
    point in time
    1994
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    1,379,000±1,000
    point in time
    1995
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    1,372,000±1,000
    point in time
    1996
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    1,371,000±1,000
    point in time
    1997
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    1,364,000±1,000
    point in time
    1998
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    1,364,900±100
    point in time
    1999
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    1,343,300±100
    point in time
    2001
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    1,311,252
    point in time
    2002
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    1,309,000±1,000
    point in time
    2003
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    1,296,800±100
    point in time
    2004
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    1,289,500±100
    point in time
    2005
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    1,283,600±100
    point in time
    2006
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    1,278,300±100
    point in time
    2007
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    1,274,700±100
    point in time
    2008
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    1,272,527
    point in time
    2009
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    1,357,000±1,000
    point in time
    2000
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    1,445,000±1,000
    point in time
    1991
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    1,025,000±1,000
    point in time
    1962
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    941,000±1,000
    point in time
    1959
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    1,259,013
    point in time
    1 January 2018
    determination method or standard
    demographic balance
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    reference URL
    http://www.gks.ru/free_doc/doc_2018/bul_dr/mun_obr2018.rar
    publisher
    Federal State Statistics Service
    title
    26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года (Russian)
    retrieved
    23 January 2019
    twinned administrative body
    Simferopol
    start time
    2016
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    Vilnius
    end time
    2022
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    Barcelona
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    shares border with
    Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
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    Bor
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    Dzerzhinsk
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    Kstovo
    coordinate location

    Map

    56°8'50.39"N, 44°11'52.33"E
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    Balakhna
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    area
    410.6 square kilometre
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    locator map image
    Nnovgorod in Europe.png
    330 × 254; 37 KB
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    detail map
    Location map Nizhny Novgorod.jpg
    1,992 × 1,979; 992 KB
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    panoramic view
    Rozhdestvenskaja st.jpg
    10,774 × 2,662; 19.37 MB
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    page banner
    Banner NizhnyNovgorod 003 0589.jpg
    7,350 × 1,050; 6.85 MB
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    winter view
    Snowing in Nzhny Novgorod 20-02-2023 08.jpg
    4,608 × 3,072; 6.88 MB
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    aerial view
    Nizhny Novgorod ISS view 2020.jpg
    2,560 × 1,707; 1.24 MB
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    entry in abbreviations table
    Н. Новгород
    used by
    GOST Р 7.0.12—2011
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    local dialing code