Novgorodskaya oblast

Nizhny Novgorod region , the subject of the Russian Federation , located in the central European part of Russia. In the RSFSR was established January 14, 1929 , and June 15 was transformed into the Nizhny Novgorod region . From 1936 to 1990. existed, as Gorky Region .

The region comprises 48 districts , 25 towns , 70 villages, 4630 villages.Center field - the city of Nizhny Novgorod , formerly Gorky, situated at the confluence of the Volga and Oka. The population of Nizhny Novgorod third after Moscow and St. Petersburg, a city in Russia . Nizhny Novgorod is one of 100 cities in the world , representing, according to UNESCO world cultural value.

The area is bordered in the north -west of the Kostroma Region in the north- east - with the Kirov , in the east - the Republic of Mari El and Chuvashia, in the south - with the Republic of Mordovia in the south- west - the Ryazan Region in the west - the Vladimir and Ivanovo regions.

center of the region - the city of Nizhny Novgorod - located at the confluence of two major rivers of Central Russia - the Volga and Oka.

major cities in the region are Arzamas Gagin Balakhna, Dzerzhinsk, Paul, Kstovo Vyksa . It is also known unknown former city of Sarov Arzamas-16.This is a closed city , where the nuclear research center Academician Dmitri A. Sakharov and his colleagues created our nuclear weapons .

Regional economy based on industrial and military machinery and instrument engineering , metallurgy , shipbuilding, other industries.Also here the development of trade , agriculture and handicrafts . This is primarily Khokhloma and Gorodets painting , embroidery , etc. Bor

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