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During the Russian Empire, in 1817 Nizhny Novgorod became the country's main trading city. In 1896, the city hosted the largest All-Russia exhibition. In the Soviet era, Nizhny Novgorod was renamed Gorky, in honor of the writer Maxim Gorky. Then it was the industrial center of the Soviet Union.
Nizhny Novgorod (/ ˌ n ɪ ʒ n i ˈ n ɒ v ɡ ə r ... The centrally located Nizhny Novgorod Synagogue was built in 1881–1883; disused during the Soviet era, it ...
Nizhny Novgorod (known from 1932 to 1990 during the Soviet era as Gorky) is a large city on the Volga River. In the mid-1960s its population exceeded one million, meeting the Soviet requirement for the development of a rapid-transit system. Construction began on December 17, 1977, and the network was opened to the public on November 20, 1985.
The 17th century was a period of economic growth in the history of Nizhny Novgorod. At the beginning of the century, the street was called Kosmodemyanskaya by the church of Cosmas and Damian located in the center of the Lower Posad. But in 1653 a stone Christmas temple was built and the street was called Rozhdestvenskaya.
During World War II, an anti-aircraft battery was installed on the site of the central tent of the cathedral, which defended the Gorky city (the name of Nizhny Novgorod in the Soviet era) from the Luftwaffe air raids. In 1983, the restoration of the cathedral began. In 1989, the restoration of the broken tents of the temple began.
During World War II, an anti-aircraft battery was installed on the site of the central tent of the cathedral, which defended the Gorky city (the name of Nizhny Novgorod in the Soviet era) from the Luftwaffe air raids. In 1983, restoration of the cathedral began. And in June 1992 the cathedral was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church.
Soviet Era. In October 1950, the Soviet Council of Ministers approved a resolution for constructing an oil refinery near the city of Nizhny Novgorod. [1]
In the Nizhny Novgorod Governorate, the post of governor appeared on 6 February [O.S. January 26] 1714. [1] Then Tsar Peter I appointed Andrei Izmailov, a close Pantler of Tsar Ivan V and ambassador to Denmark, who arrived at his residence in the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin on April 5 [O.S. March 25] 1714, to this position.