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Novgorod between the 9th and the 15th centuries was one of the most significant cities of medieval Rus.It lay on the trade route from the Varangians to the Greeks and was the center of the Novgorod Republic, which included the major part of what is currently northwestern Russia.
The Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin (Russian: Нижегородский кремль, romanized: Nizhegorodskiy kreml') is a fortress in the historic city center of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. History [ edit ]
Russia is a member of the G20, the OSCE, and the APEC. Russia also takes a leading role in organisations such as the CIS, [289] the EAEU, [290] the CSTO, [291] the SCO, [292] and BRICS. [293] Russia maintains close relations with neighbouring Belarus, which is a part of the Union State, a supranational confederation of the two states. [294]
It is unknown when the first aerodrome in Nizhny Novgorod was built, but its location was 0.5 km north from where the "Moscow" movie theater stands today. This aerodrome was named Nizhny Novgorod Airport. On 23 July 1923, the first domestic and regular flight in Russia was from Khodynka Airport, Moscow, to Nizhny Novgorod Airport, Nizhny Novgorod.
The Gorkovskaya Railroad, a Russian Railways depairtment which operates some 5,700 kilometer (3,500 mi) o rail lines throuout the Middle Volga region an 1,200 kilometer (750 mi) in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, is heidquairtered in Nizhny Novgorod. Syne 1862, thare is an railwey connection atween Nizhny Novgorod an Moscow. [19]
The Prince of Novgorod (Russian: князь новгородский, romanized: knyaz novgorodsky) was the title of the ruler of Novgorod in present-day Russia. From 1136, it was the title of the figurehead leader of the Novgorod Republic .
Nizhny Novgorod was founded by Prince Yuri II of Vladimir in 4 February 1221. [1] Citizens organized an army to liberate Moscow from the Poles in 1611, led by Kuzma Minin and Prince Dmitry Pozharsky. During the Russian Empire, in 1817 Nizhny Novgorod became the country's main trading city.
