Nizhniy Novgorod

Nizhny Novgorod (English: /ˌnɪʒni_ˈnɒvɡərɒd/ ; Russian: Нижний Новгород ), colloquially shortened to Nizhny, from the 13th to the 17th century Novgorod of the Lower Land, known from 1932 to 1990 as Gorky (, Russian: [ˈɡorʲkʲɪj]), is the administrative centre of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast and the Volga Federal District in Russia. The city is located at the confluence of the Oka and the Volga rivers in Central Russia, with a population of over 1.2 million residents, up to roughly 1.7 million residents…