Cities

Nizhny Novgorod

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General Reference

Geography Atlas. "Nizhny Novgorod." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/nizhny-novgorod.

APA Style

Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Nizhny Novgorod. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/nizhny-novgorod

BibTeX

@misc{geographyatlas-nizhny-novgorod,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Nizhny Novgorod},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/nizhny-novgorod},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

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.

Facts

Population

1,250,619 1

Area (sq km)

514.56 1

Founding Year

1221 1

Population Estimate Year

2010 1

Elevation (m)

200 1

Latitude

56.32694 degrees north 1

Longitude

44.0075 degrees east 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Russia

Source Nizhny Novgorod (Wikipedia)

On Continent

Europe

Sources

1. Nizhny Novgorod (Wikipedia)

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