Nizhni Novgorod
[nizh-nee nov-guh-rod; Russian nyee-zhnyee nawv-guh-ruh t]
- a city in the Russian Federation in Europe, E of Moscow, on the Volga River.
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Formerly Gorki.
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Your article in the Nizhni-Novgorod Listok was balm to my soul.
Letters of Anton ChekhovAnton Chekhov
Martha was arrested and exiled to a convent in Nizhni-Novgorod.
Women of the Teutonic NationsHermann Schoenfeld
To illustrate this I take a recent instance from the province of Nizhni-Novgorod.
RussiaDonald Mackenzie Wallace
After a long course of drudgery he had the good fortune to obtain the place of secretary to a barrister at Nizhni-Novgorod.
Nizhni Novgorod
- a city and port in central Russia, at the confluence of the Volga and Oka Rivers: situated on the Volga route from the Baltic to central Asia; birthplace of Maxim Gorki. Pop: 1 288 000 (2005 est)Former name (1932–91): Gorki
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