Theme Week Russia – Nizhny Novgorod, the economic and cultural center of the Volga-Vyatka economic region

1 August 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

Pechersky Monastery © Bestalex

Pechersky Monastery © Bestalex

Nizhny Novgorod colloquially shortened to Nizhny, is, with the population of 1,250,615, the fifth largest city in Russia. From 1932 to 1990, the city was known as Gorky, after the writer Maxim Gorky who was born there.   read more…

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