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Institute for Nobles ( Russian: Дворянский Институт) was a form of boys-only boarding school in the Russian Empire that provided secondary education in the 19th century.
Lobachevsky University ranks among Russia’s top 8 universities in terms of graduate salaries in the field of law. Lobachevsky University Choir wins prizes at the Choral Games of Siberia 2024. UNN students take part in BRICS Summit events in Nizhny Novgorod. Dragon Boats festival held at UNN.
Nizhny Novgorod is the sixth-largest city in Russia, the second-most populous city on the Volga, as well as the Volga Federal District. It is an important economic, transportation, scientific, educational and cultural centre in Russia and the vast Volga-Vyatka economic region, and is the main centre of river tourism in Russia.
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In the Oka estuary formed a comfortable place to gather Murom and Suzdal armies for war against Volga Bulgaria. In 1220 Prince Yuri II of Vladimir conquered Bulgaria. The following year he decided to establish an important place for Vladimir-Suzdaland founded a city in the mouth of the Oka. The name of the city - Nizhny Novgorod, that is, the "Lowe...
Under Suzdal and Gorodets
In February 1238, Gorodets and his surroundings were attacked by one of the independently operating detachments scattered throughout the territory of the Vladimir principality after the capture of the capital.[citation needed] After the 1238 Battle of the Sit River, Sviatoslav Vsevolodovichwas prince of Suzdal, under whose jurisdiction Nizhny Novgorod and Gorodets also fell. For a short period of time, a "veche republic" was established in Nizhny Novgorod in the style of Veliky Novgorod.[cita...
Principality of Nizhny Novgorod-Suzdal
In 1341, after the death of Ivan Kalita, Khan Uzbek divided the main territories of northeastern Rus'. Part of the land, which included Nizhny Novgorod, Gorodets and Unzha, became the property of Prince Konstantin of Suzdal. An independent Nizhny Novgorod-Suzdal Principality was formed, which occupied a vast territory. In the east, its border ran along the Sura River, in the southeast and south - along the rivers Pyana and Seryozha. The main stronghold in the east was the Kurmysh Fortress, fo...
In 1392 the Vasily I of Moscow received a jarligto the Nizhny Novgorod-Suzdal Principality and conquered Nizhny Novgorod. The final accession of the principality to the possessions of Moscow took place at the end of the 1440s. In 1408, the city was devastated during the invasion of the emir of the White Horde Edigu. In 1445 he was conquered by the ...
In 1695, during his Azov campaign, Peter the Great came to Nizhny Novgorod. After the regional reform, Nizhny Novgorod has become a gubernatorial citysince 1719. In 1721, the episcopal chair was appointed archimandrite Pitirim, who founded Hellenic-Greek and Slavic-Russian church schools. In 1722 the city again visited Peter the Great, celebrating ...
Revolutionary Nizhny Novgorod
After the February Revolution, the situation in the city began to heat up. In September 1917, preparations were made for the elections to the City Duma. In June, it became known that the population of the factory settlements - Molitovka, the Felzer plantand the Novaya Etna plant - was not included in the electoral lists. On June 14, workers went to a demonstration demanding electoral rights. The Duma was forced to make concessions by including these villages in the Kanavinsky constituency. In...
Industrialization
In 1929, the cities of Sormovo and Kanavino were abolished, and their territory was included in the Greater Nizhny Novgorod. The city began to be divided into districts. In the same year, the administrative division of the country in the governorates was abolished. Nizhny Novgorod Governorate is abolished. Nizhny Novgorod became the center of the Nizhny Novgorod krai (since 1932 - the Gorky krai). October 7, 1932 the city was renamed Gorky, in honor of the 40th anniversary of the literary and...
World War II
In the territory of the city and the region, 56 Soviet military units and formations were created. In November 1941, in the city formed 72 units of the people's militia (34,568 people) who participated in the Battle of Moscow. In this territory, in the Eastern Front of World War II, 822,000 people fought for the Soviet Union. Of these, more than 350,000 people did not return from the battlefield. 130 sailors-submariners did not return from sea campaigns. 316 people were awarded for fighting f...
Perestroika
In the early 1990s, the status of the "closed city" was lifted,and the city became available for visits by foreigners. October 22, 1990 by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSRGorky was renamed back to Nizhny Novgorod.
20th and 21st centuries
At the end of the 20th century, information technology began to develop in the city. Many commercial enterprises operating in the field of mobile communication, Internet and software development were opened. Nizhny Novgorod has become one of the largest and most famous Russian IT centers, maintaining this status for several years. In the territory of Nizhny Novgorod and the region, 8 mobile phone service providers provide services, which is unique for Russia. One of the main problems in the 2...
World Cup 2018
In 2018, Nizhny Novgorod hosted the FIFA World Cup. In this regard, the city was completely restructured. First of all, the Spit was completely changed. A new stadium, an embankment and a park were built here. Near to the stadium was built a new metro station Strelka. The historic city center has also been transformed. All the ancient streets were restored, new museums were opened, and a grand FIFA Fan Fest took place on the main Minin and Pozharsky square. The 2nd line of the City Railwas al...
A. Gatsysky Nizhegorodian. Guide to Nizhny Novgorod and the Nizhny Novgorod fair.— N. Novgorod: Type. provincial government, 1875. - 60 p.Nikolay Khramtsovsky. A short outline of the history and description of Nizhny Novgorod.— 1859.V. Kuchkin The territory of the Suzdal and Nizhny Novgorod Grand Dukes in the XIV century. // Formation of the state territory of north-eastern Russia in X-XIV centuries./ V. Kuchkin; The responsib...Martin, Janet (2007). Medieval Russia: 980–1584. Second Edition. E-book. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-511-36800-4.The first university of Nizhny Novgorod laid the foundations for the development of the system of higher education institutions in the city. In 1930, six institutes resulted from the transformation of some faculties of State University of Nizhny Novgorod.
Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod provides education based on research. Research areas at the University include the most important fields of exact sciences, natural sciences and the humanities.
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One of the largest factories, originally called the Nizhny Novgorod Machine Factory (now referred to as Sormovo) began its construction of metal steamers in 1851, and continued to be a powerhouse of war and domestic production.
