Name: Nizhny Novgorod
Country: Russia
Time zone: GMT +3
Area: 466,5 sq.km.
Population: 1,255 million (2011)
Founded in: 1221
Climate: moderately continental
Average temperature: -4°C to -20°C in winter, +12°C to +25°C in summer
Area code: +7 (831)
Airports: Strigino
Train stations: Nizhny Novgorod
Ports: river terminal (Volga river)
Bus stations: Nizhny Novgorod
Subway: 2 line; 14 stations
Religious buildings: Orthodox: Archangel Michael Cathedral, Saviour Old Market Cathedral, Nativity of St.John the Baptist Church, Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Most Holy Mother of God Cathedral, Elijah the Prophet Church, Assumption of the Mother of God Church, Pechorsky Ascension Monastery, Holy Cross Exaltation Convent, Makaryevo Monastery (Makaryevo village, 80 km from Nizhny Novgorod), Diveevo St.Seraphim Monastery (Diveevo village, 180 km from Nizhny Novgorod); Catholic: Assumption of the Most Holy Mother of God Church; Muslim: Cathedral Mosque; Synagogue
Architectural landmarks: the Kremlin, Chkalov steps, Bolshaya Pokrovskaya street, M.Rukavishnikov House, Pushnikov Chambers, Olisov Chambers
Statues and memorials: M.Gorky, Y.Sverdlov, N.Dobrolyubov, K.Minin and D.Pozharsky, V.Chkalov, K.Minin and D.Pozharsky Needle, Heroes and Victims of 1905 Revolution, Prince Georgy Vsevolodovich and the Holy Hierarch Simon of Suzdal, Heroes of Volga Naval Fleet, From Natives Gorky to the Battlefield Memorial
Museums: State Fine Arts Museum, Russian Photography Museum, State History and Architecture Museum-Reserve, JSC GAZ History Museum, River Fleet History Museum, Architecture and Lifestyle of Nations of Nizhny Novgorod Part of Volga region Museum, Railroad Museum
House-Museums of: Gorky State Museum, Kashirins Lodge Gorky Childhood Museum, Gorky Flat-Museum, Dobrolyubov Literature and Memorial Museum, A.Pushkin, V.Korolenko, Y.Sverdlov, F.Shalyapin, A.Sakharov, Chkalov Memorial Museum (Chkalovsk, 97 km from Nizhny Novgorod), Pushkin Boldino State Literature and Memorial and Nature Museum-Reserve (Bolshoye Boldino village, 250 km from Nizhny Novgorod)
Theatres: Gorky State Academic Drama Theatre, Pushkin State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Stepanov Chamber Music Theatre, Komediya Theatre, State Young Spectators Theatre, State Academic Puppet Theatre, Vera State Childrens Theatre
Natural sites and parks: Sormovo Culture and Leisure Park, Avtozavod Central Culture and Leisure Park, 1st of May Culture and Leisure Park, Pushkin Landscape Culture and Leisure Park, Kulibin Landscape Culture and Leisure Park
Expo centres: Nizhny Novgorod Fair
Sports venues and clubs: Lokomotiv Stadium (FC Volga), Severny Stadium (FC Nizhny Novgorod), Nagorny Trade Unions Sports Palace (HC Torpedo, JHC Chaika, BC Nizhny Novgorod), Zarechye Sports Palace (VC Gubernia), Start Stadium (Bandy Club Start), Krasnaya Gorka Sports and Fitness Complex (MFC Futbol Hokkey NN) (Bor, 35 km from Nizhny Novgorod), Sarov Ice Sports Palace (HC Sarov) (Sarov, 180 km from Nizhny Novgorod)
Performance sites: Rostropovich State Academic Philharmonic Hall [29], Glinka State Conservatory, Jupiter Concert Hall
Entertainment sites: Planetarium, Circus, Switzerland Park, Limpopo Zoo, Exotarrium, Butterfly House, Juvenile Railway
Restaurants of national cuisine: Russian: Vitalich, Pyatkin, Kupechesky
