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Nizhny Novgorod (Russian Federation)
Region: Volga Federal District
Local time: 03:12 am (+3:00 GMT)
Population: 1286 thousand people
Transport: Railway Station, Bus Station, Airport, River Port
Status: city of regional subjection, administrative center of Nizhni Novgorod region, center of Privolzhsky Federal District.
It is situated at the confluence of Oka and Volga rivers, in 439 km. to the east from Moscow.
Phone code: +7 (831) *******
Economy
Nizhni Novgorod is one of the largest industrial centers of Russia.
Leading industries and enterprises:
- Machinebuilding and metalworking (essentially automotive industry, shipbuilding and arms manufacture) - Gorkovsky Automotive Plant, shipbuilding plant "Krasnoe Somovo"; air craft building plant "Sokol", Нижегородский машиностроительный завод, ОАО "Гидромаш", ОАО "Теплообменник", "Etna" JSC, "RUMO" JSC, "Termal" JSC, plant "NITEL", plant of communication equipment n.a. A.S. Popov, scientific-production association "Salyut", Nizhni Novgorod Plant n.a. G.I. Petrocsky
- Metallurgy - Gorkovsky Metallurgical Plant
- Chemistry and petrochemistry - plant "Orgsynthesis", oil refining plant "LUKOIL"
- Building industry - production of building materials (plants of reinforced concrete structures, asphalt and concrete etc.)
- Pharmaceuticals - plant "NIZHFARM"
- Light industry - plant "Technotkan", flax-weaving integrated plant, hosiery and knitting, tannery and footwear, garment production enterprises
- Food industry - Nizhni Novgorod Butter and Fat Integrated Plant, meat processing plant, sausage factory, dairy plant, champagne factory, brewery (beer "Okskoe"), confectionery
- Heat and energy supply - Avtozavodskaya TPP, Sormovskaya TPP (TGK-6), Gorkovskaya Hydro-Electric Power Station
- Transport - Gorkovskaya Railway (branch of "Russian Railway" OJSC), "Volgotransgas", "Verkhnevolzhskie Oil-Trunk Pipelines" OJSC, shipping company "Volzhskoe Parokhodstvo"
- Woodworking and polygraphic industries
- Information Technologies - innovative centers Intel, MERA Networks, Telma Soft
Agriculture: grain crops, meat and milk cattle breeding, poultry farming.
Culture
Theatres: Legitimate Drama Theatre n.a. M. Gorky, Opera and Ballet Theatre n.a. A.S. Pushkin, Puppet Theatre, Musical Theatre n.a. V.T. Stepanov.
Museums: Historical and Architectural Museum-Resort, Fine Art Museum, Museum of Folk Art Handicraft, Architecture and Life Style of Nizhni Novgorod Region Nations, Museum of River Fleet. Museum of M.Gorky (with branches: Literature Museum, "Kashirin Cabin" and "The Last Flat of M. Gorky in Nizhni Novgorod"). House-Museums of N.A. Dobrolyubov, Sisters Nevzorovs, Ya.M. Sverdlov, Museum-Flat of A.D. Sakharov, Museum of A.S. Pushkin. Russian Museum of Photograpgy.
Planetarium.
Sightseeings: Stone Kremlin with Archangel Cathedral, Pechersky and Blagoveschensky Monasteries, Assumption Church on Iljinskaya Gora (hill), churches of "Stroganoff Style" - Smolenskaya and Pozhdestvenskaya.
