Nizhniy Novgorod Region (Russia)

Niz^egorodskaa^ oblasth

Last modified: 2005-05-07 by antónio martins
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• Presentation of Nizhniy Novgorod Region
• No flag at Nizhniy Novgorod Region
• Coat of arms
• Nizhniy Novgorod city

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• http://black.inforis.nnov.su/infobase/www.exe/o/nonn/?doc=4443, Regional official website with a law about the coat of arms.
  Reported by Pascal Vagnat, 01 Mar 1999
• Image of the regional coat of arms, also on a book
  Dov Gutterman, 17 Dec 1998

Presentation of Nizhniy Novgorod Region

(Note: You need an Unicode-aware software and font to correctely view the cyrillic text on this page. See here transliteration details).

• Name (english): Nizhniy Novgorod Region • (russian): Нижегородская область | Niẑegorodskaâ oblasth
  
• Capital (russian): Нижиний Новгород | Niẑniĭ Novgorod • (english): Nizhniy Novgorod • (former name): Gorhkiĭ | Горький (1932-199X)
• Area: 76 900 km² (≅29 700 sq.mi.) • Population: 3 627 100 inhabitants in 2000
• Status: Region (область | oblasth) within the Russian Federation
• Federal District: Volga • Economic region: Volga-Vyatka
• License plate code: 52 • Ham radio code: NN • ISO 3166-2 code: NIZ
• Flag not adopted yet • Coat of arms unknown

Iʼd like to once again stress the point that Novgorod and Niẑniĭ Novgorod are two completely different cities, both regional capitals. Novgorod was recently renamed Velikiĭ Novgorod; and Niẑniĭ Novgorod was named Gorhkiĭ | Горький (a.k.a. Gorky) from 1932 to approx. 1992.
António Martins, 21 Feb 1999

"Niẑni | Нижний" means "Lower", "Veliki | Велики" means "Great".
Gvido Petersons, 22 Feb 1999

Coat of arms