Nizhny Novgorod

Nizhny Novgorod (Russian: ??????? ?????????), colloquially shortened as Nizhny and also transliterated into English as Nizhniy Novgorod or Nizhni Novgorod, is the fourth largest city of the Russian Federation, ranking after Moscow, Saint Petersburg and Novosibirsk. It is the economic and cultural center of the vast Volga-Vyatka economic region, and also the administrative center of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast and Privolzhsky Federal District.

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Russian - Transliterated - English - Russian Federation - Moscow - Saint Petersburg - Novosibirsk - Volga-Vyatka economic region - Nizhny Novgorod Oblast - Privolzhsky Federal District

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

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1932 - 1990 - Maxim Gorky

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