Nizhny Novgorod travel

Nizhny Novgorod is the fourth largest city in Russia, ranking after Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Novosibirsk. Population: 1,311,252 It is the economic and cultural center of the vast Volga-Vyatka economic region, and also the administrative center of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast and Volga Federal District.From 1932 to 1990 the city was known as Gorky after the writer Maxim Gorky who was born there.The city is an important economic, transport and cultural center of the nation.