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The place where I live

Nizhny Novgorod (colloquially often — Nizhny Novgorod) is a city in Russia, the administrative center of the Nizhny Novgorod Region, the center and largest city of the Volga Federal District. It is located in the center of the East European Plain at the confluence of the Oka and Volga. The Oka divides the city into two parts - the upper one on the Woodpecker Mountains and the lower one on its low-lying left bank. In the period from 1932 to 1990, the city was named Gorky (in honor of the writer Maxim Gorky).

Nizhny Novgorod is a megacity with a developed economy and the nearest city to Moscow with a million people. 1.26 million people live here — this is the fifth place among Russian cities. But the number of residents of Nizhny is gradually decreasing.

Population dynamics in the largest cities of Russia

Back in 2017, the city was a sad sight: dirty streets, broken roads and crumbling buildings. But throughout the spring of 2018, it was strenuously put in order before the World Cup: garbage was removed, roads were repaired, a new metro station and stadium were completed, the station was restored and the facades of houses were painted, public spaces were landscaped.

The 2018 World Cup turned out to be a turning point for Nizhny Novgorod. There is much less garbage on the streets now, although it is still dusty, and in public places it is really crowded.

Rozhdestvenskaya Street is the most elegant and popular

The bridge over the Oka, the new stadium and the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

Nizhny Novgorod was founded in 1221 on a high hill at the confluence of two major rivers — the Oka and Volga - as a fortress on the border of Russian possessions. In 1612, a people's militia was assembled here to expel Poles and Lithuanians from Moscow and enthroned the Russian tsar.

In 1822, the largest fair in the country was opened in Nizhny Novgorod, which is why the city quickly became a center of trade. Nizhny Novgorod merchants, artisans and coachmen were rapidly making decent fortunes. The city got rich, and since then there has been a saying that St. Petersburg is the head, Moscow is the heart, and Nizhny Novgorod is the pocket of Russia.

When the Communists came to power, the market trade was curtailed and large industrial enterprises were placed in the city, for example, the GAZ - Gorky Automobile Plant, which is still operating. It makes Skoda, Volkswagen and Mercedes Sprinter buses branded Russian assembly. Previously, the main products of the plant were Gazelles and Volga, now they make Gazelle

The Dmitrov Tower of the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin is one of the symbols of the city. Monument to Kozma Minin, he shows the militia the way to Moscow