Located in the centre of the East European plain at the confluence of the Oka and the Volga. Oka divides the city into two parts - upper (Nagorno) Matlovich mountains, and the lower (Zarechnaya) on its left low-lying shore. In the period from 1932 to 1990 the city was known as Gorky (in honor of the writer Maxim Gorky). Nizhniy Novgorod is the fifth largest city of Russiawith a population of 1 263 873people (2014), an important economic, transport and cultural center of the country. The city is the center of Nizhny Novgorod Metropolitan area population of over 2.08 million people; it is the sixth largest in the country and second in the Middle Volga region. Nizhny Novgorod is located 400 km East of Moscow, and the transport corridor between the two cities stands out as the conurbation Moscow - Nizhny Novgorod. Known as a major center for shipbuilding, aircraft building, automotive and information technology. In the period from 1959 to 1991 the city was closed to foreigners, but at present it is the largest center of the river cruise tourism in Russia and a venue for international exhibitions of different profiles on the basis of the Nizhny Novgorod fair.Nizhny Novgorod is located at the confluence of Nizhny Novgorod - the largest city in the Volga Federal District. The population of the urban district Nizhny Novgorod - 1272719 [4] people. (2014). Average age - 39.9 years [39]. 64% of city dwellers - working-age dependency ratio is 0.57 [39]. By nationality, 95% of the population - Russian [40]. As of 2009 the city's population of about 358 000 pensioners and there were 30 centenarians, whose age was 100 years or more. [41] The city population of 2.7 thousand. Families with many children, bringing up 8.6 thousand. Children [42]. 12.6 thousand. Single mothers bringing up 13.6 thousand. Children [42]. By 2012, the number of large families has increased to 3700two major waterways of the European part of Russia - Volga and Oka rivers. City is divided into two parts Oka: Sermon east highlands, located on the right bank of the Oka and Volga rivers in the north-western tip of the Volga Uplands - Dyatlov mountains and western (on the left bank of the Oka and the right bank of the Volga) Zarechnaya lowlands. Mouth of the Oka - the geographic center of the East European Plain
Nizhniy Novgorod is the fifth largest city of Russiawith a population of 1 263 873people (2014), an important economic, transport and cultural center of the country. The city is the center of Nizhny Novgorod Metropolitan area population of over 2.08 million people; it is the sixth largest in the country and second in the Middle Volga region.
Nizhny Novgorod is located 400 km East of Moscow, and the transport corridor between the two cities stands out as the conurbation Moscow - Nizhny Novgorod.
Known as a major center for shipbuilding, aircraft building, automotive and information technology. In the period from 1959 to 1991 the city was closed to foreigners, but at present it is the largest center of the river cruise tourism in Russia and a venue for international exhibitions of different profiles on the basis of the Nizhny Novgorod fair.Nizhny Novgorod is located at the confluence of Nizhny Novgorod - the largest city in the Volga Federal District.
The population of the urban district Nizhny Novgorod - 1272719 [4] people. (2014).
Average age - 39.9 years [39]. 64% of city dwellers - working-age dependency ratio is 0.57 [39]. By nationality, 95% of the population - Russian [40].
As of 2009 the city's population of about 358 000 pensioners and there were 30 centenarians, whose age was 100 years or more. [41] The city population of 2.7 thousand. Families with many children, bringing up 8.6 thousand. Children [42]. 12.6 thousand. Single mothers bringing up 13.6 thousand. Children [42]. By 2012, the number of large families has increased to 3700two major waterways of the European part of Russia - Volga and Oka rivers. City is divided into two parts Oka: Sermon east highlands, located on the right bank of the Oka and Volga rivers in the north-western tip of the Volga Uplands - Dyatlov mountains and western (on the left bank of the Oka and the right bank of the Volga) Zarechnaya lowlands. Mouth of the Oka - the geographic center of the East European Plain