Nizhny Novgorod

City Duma

Main article: City Duma of Nizhny Novgorod

Administration

Main article: Administration of the city of Nizhny Novgorod

• Department of Education of the administration of the city of Nizhny Novgorod

• Administration of the Avtozavodsky district of the city of Nizhny Novgorod

• MKU "Archive of the city of Nizhny Novgorod"

• MKU "Nizhny Novgorod City Forestry"

• MKU "Administrative and Technical Inspection of the City of Nizhny Novgorod"

• MBU "Intersectoral Centralized Accounting Department of Municipal Institutions of the City of Nizhny Novgorod"

HOUSING AND PUBLIC UTILITIES

• JSC "Nizhny Novgorod Vodokanal"

Exhibition infrastructure

• Nizhny Novgorod Fair

Education

• Department of Education of the administration of the city of Nizhny Novgorod

• Nizhny Novgorod State University named after N.I. Lobachevsky (NNSU)

• R.E. Alekseeva Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

• Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical University named after K. Minin

• Nizhny Novgorod State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering

• Nizhny Novgorod State University of Engineering and Economics

• Nizhny Novgorod State Agricultural Academy

• Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy

• Nizhny Novgorod Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the russian

Culture

Nizhny Novgorod is one of the largest cultural centers in Russia. The city has preserved many unique monuments of history, architecture and culture, which gave the foundation of UNESCO to include it in the list of 100 cities of the world that are of world historical and cultural value.

For 2006, there are many artists in Nizhny Novgorod belonging to a wide variety of creative schools and styles, two hundred and seventy of them are part of the local organization of the Union of Artists of Russia, formed in the city in 1933. Since 1997, the chairman of the organization is Vladimir Velichko.

History

Main article: History of Russia

1980

The characters of the cartoon Crocodile Gena and Cheburashka were so wildly popular that they had to be protected from fans, Nizhny Novgorod, 1980.

1904

Unregistered prostitutes caught by Nizhny Novgorod police at the famous fair, Russian Empire, 1900s.

Certificate of Nizhny Novgorod prostitute. In tsarist Russia, prostitution was allowed, but only after registration. Russian Empire, 1904.

1878

Nizhny Novgorod, 1870s.

Alms, Nizhny Novgorod, 1870s.

1817: Construction of a new Fair complex after the fire, designed by Augustine Betancourt

Main article: Nizhny Novgorod Fair

On August 16 (28), 1816, a fire broke out, which destroyed the living room in Nizhny Novgorod, with all the temporary booths.

Realizing the importance of building a new economic center, Emperor Alexander I postponed the reconstruction of the Winter Palace, directing the money allocated for this to build a fair. In total, 6 million rubles were allocated from the treasury for the construction of the living room. Construction was led by Augustine Betancourt.

Old fair house before perestroika in Nizhny Novgorod

The basis for the creation of an architectural ensemble was a plan developed back in 1804 by architect Andreyan Zakharov. For more information about the unique complex of buildings and structures of the Nizhny Novgorod Fair, see the Nizhny Novgorod Fair.