Nizhny Novgorod is located to 400 kilometers to the east of Moscow. Approximately 1.500.000 inhabitants. It is the third Russian city, behind Moscow and of San Petesburgo. The total area of Nizhny Novgorod surpasses the 350 kms2. Between 1932 to 1990 I am called Gorky. Here she was exiliado Andrei Sakharov.
The Russian chronicles say that Nizhni Novgorod was founded by Great Prince Yuri on 1221. The position convenienet of the city in the confluence of two great rivers (the Volga and the Oka) predetermined the main tasks of the new city; protection against invasions and development of commerce.
From its construction the city was surrounded by a pit and a wood Kremlin was elevated.
In 1350 Nizhni Novgorod step to be the capital of the principality of Nizhni Novgorod. The palace of the Prince, the stone cathedrals, and the monasteries were constructed in the Kremlin. The new capital began to develop to the commerce and the arts, and began to construct a new system of fortifications and to coin its own currency.
Nizhni Novgorod became one of but the important cultural centers of Russia. In century fourteen, as much the great Russian philosopher Paul Visokiy as talented Prokhor painter (the precursor of Andrei Rublev) lived here.
Between its foundation and the century fourteen Nizhni Novgorod was burned and devastated seven times by the tribes and armies of the tartars. But after each invasion people recovered and renewed the city.
At the end of century fourteen Moscow persecuted a policy to unite all Russian earth. And in 1393 Nizhni the Novgorod lost its independence and was incorporated to the principality of Moscow.
At the beginning of the century the fourteen construction of the stone Kremlin was finished. After the fusion of Nizhni Novgorod, the city lost its military importance and began to develop to the commerce and the transport. Its position in the intersection of more significant the commercial routes East-West worked to its favor.
The population of Nizhni Novgorod played a significant role in the destiny and the history of Russia when they headed the patriotic movement in “the Times of Problems” (1603-1613). Kuzma Minin and Dmitri Pozharski, the citizens of Nizhni Novgorod, and the army of their people squashed the Polish invaders and saved Russia. In the memory of that event the Cathedral of the Arcángel and the obelisco of granite were constructed in the Kremlin.
The population of Nizhni Novgorod took the active part in the reforms from Pedro the Great one. Its experience in the manufacture of candles contributed decisively to the foundation of Russian navy. The boats constructed for Azov and Persian wars, and the soldiers of regiments formed in Nizhni Novgorod distinguished themselves in battle.

That to visit in Nizhny Novgorod?
Verkhne-Volzhskaia Naberezhnaia - the Superior Enbarque extends from monument to Valerii Chkalov, the famous aviator by its non-stop flight from Moscow to Vancouver via the North Pole in l937. The enbarcadero has been the favorite place to take a walk for more than a century. Nevertheless rare time this report of people.

* The Kremlin
* Minin and the seat of Pozharsky
* street Bolshaia Pokrovskaia
* Verkhne-Volzhskaia Naberezhnaia
* contiguous Seat of Lenin and streets
* Street of Gorky
* Street of Maiakovskii
* Street of Varvarskaia