Nizhny Novgorod region

Main article: Subjects of the Russian Federation

The Nizhny Novgorod region is a constituent entity of the Russian Federation, part of the Volga Federal District, the area is 76.6 thousand km ².

Federal authorities

Territorial branches of federal authorities:

• Election Commission of the Nizhny Novgorod Region
• Main Directorate of the Federal Bailiff Service for the Nizhny Novgorod Region
• Main Directorate of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation for the Nizhny Novgorod Region
• Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the Nizhny Novgorod Region
• Transport Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Volga Federal District
• Office of the State Courier Service of the Russian Federation for the Volga Federal District
• Office of the Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography in the Nizhny Novgorod Region
• Office of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare in the Nizhny Novgorod Region
• Central Interregional Transport Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation
• Upper Volga Basin Water Administration of the Federal Agency for Water Resources
• Volga Customs Administration
• Volga District of the National Guard of the Russian Federation
• Department of the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring in the Volga Federal District
• FBU "State Regional Center for Standardization, Metrology and Testing in the Nizhny Novgorod Region" of the Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology
• Nizhny Novgorod branch of FKU "Tax-Service" of the Federal Tax Service
• Nizhny Novgorod branchFSUE "Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Network"
• Branch of FSUE "Main Radio Frequency Center" in the Volga Federal District
• Territorial Compulsory Health Insurance Fund

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• Branch of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation in the Nizhny Novgorod region

Government

Main article: Government of Nizhny Novgorod region

National debt

2024: 152.1 billion rubles

According to experts from the Center for Economic Research "RIA Rating" for January-October 2024, the volume of public debt in the Nizhny Novgorod region amounted to 152.1 billion rubles. Read more here.

Settlements

• Nizhny Novgorod

• Urban District City of Vyksa
  • City of Vyksa City District Administration Department of Finance

• City district city Dzerzhinsk

• City District City of Sarov
• Chkalovsk City District
  • Council of Deputies of the city district of Chkalovsk

• Semenovsky urban district
• Sokolsky Urban District
  • MKU of the Sokolsky urban district of the Nizhny Novgorod region "Inter-settlement fire service"

• Balakhninsky municipal district
  • Shelyauhovsky Village Council

• Bogorodsky municipal district
  • Committee of Property and Land Relations, Housing Accounting and Distribution of the Bogorodsky Municipal District Administration

• Volodarsky municipal district
  • Ilinogorsk Labor Settlement

• Voznesensky municipal district
  • Office of Agriculture Administration of Voznesensky Municipal District

• Voskresensky municipal district
  • Municipal Unitary Enterprise Housing and Communal Services "Central"

• Gorodetsky municipal district
  • the city of Zavolzhye
  • Brilyakovsky Village Council
  • Zinyakovsky Village Council
  • Kumokhinsky Village Council
  • Smirkinsky Village Council
  • Timiryazevsky Village Council

• Kstovo municipal district
  • Department of Education of the Administration of the Kstovo Municipal District

• Lukoyanovsky municipal district
  • Financial Department of Lukoyanovsky Municipal District Administration

• Pavlovsky municipal district
  • Tarem Village Council
  • Tumbotino Working Village

• Sosnovsky municipal district
• Tonkin Municipal District

Transport

2024: Cargo UAVs with automatic control launched in Nizhny Novgorod region

The Nizhny Novgorod region became the first region of Russia, where in November 2024 an experimental legal regime was introduced for unmanned aircraft systems with automatic control, capable of transporting goods weighing up to 1.5 tons without human participation.

According to Kommersant, the decree on the introduction of a special regime was signed by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. The program is designed for three years and involves attracting investments in the amount of ₽286 million.

In the Nizhny Novgorod region, the operation of cargo UAVs with automatic control began

The Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Gleb Nikitin noted that this step will complete the formation of a full-fledged ecosystem for the development of unmanned aircraft in the region, where specialized classrooms have already been created and tax incentives for manufacturers are in effect.

Within the framework of the program, it is planned to conduct about 2.5 thousand test flights on the territory of the Kstovo-Vostochny airport. For each flight, individual parameters will be determined: cargo weight, distance, weather conditions and restrictions on the size of landing sites.

Director of ANO "Gorky Tech" Evgeny Fedoseev stressed that the new regime optimizes the legal aspects of the use of drones while maintaining all the necessary safety requirements.

14 companies have already joined the program, including BAS LLC, Aeromax and Fly Drone. In a simplified manner, any Russian companies and individual entrepreneurs working in the field of unmanned aircraft can become participants.

The experimental regime will allow the use of drones in agriculture and for monitoring forest fires. The program will involve 325 unmanned systems.

In October 2024, a research and production center for unmanned air systems began work in the region, which became an important stage in the development of the industry.^[1]

Ministry of Transport and Roads of the Nizhny Novgorod Region

• GKU NO "Center for the Development of Transport Systems"

Subway

• MP "Nizhny Novgorod Metro"

Motor transport

• GP NO "Arzamas Passenger Road Transport"
• GP NO "Gorodetsky passenger road transport"
• GP NO "Nizhny Novgorod Passenger Road Transport"
• LLC TK "Volga-Trans"

Rail transport

• Gorky Railway, Russian Railways

• Volga-Vyatka Suburban Passenger Company JSC

Water transport

• Volga-Fleet JSC

Digitalization

Ministry of Digital Development and Communications of the Nizhny Novgorod Region

• GAU NO "Center for Coordination of Digital Economy Projects"

• JSC "Nizhny Novgorod Territorial Center for Informatization"

• IT companies in Arzamas
• IT companies in Dzerzhinsk
• IT companies in Kstovo
• IT companies in Nizhny Novgorod
• IT companies in Sarov

2024

Revenue growth of ICT companies by 9.1% to ₽114,8 billion

The turnover of companies in the Nizhny Novgorod region engaged in the field of information technology and communications in 2024 increased by 9.1% and reached ₽114,8 billion. At the same time, exclusively IT companies in the region increased revenue by 10.6%, bringing the figure to ₽66 billion. This became known on February 21, 2025.

According to the press service of the Nizhny Novgorod region, the region occupies 5% in the total turnover of all Russian software companies. In 2024, the region took first place in the ranking of measures to support IT companies among the subjects Russia according to the association Russoft"."

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The Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Gleb Nikitin stressed that regional IT companies are creating developments in various popular areas - from artificial intelligence to information security. In 2024, they increased not only turnover, but also the number of employees.

The development of the IT industry in the region includes the following areas:

• Construction of the Neimark IT campus.
• Creation of the innovative scientific and technological center "Quantum Valley."
• Holding the annual conference "Digital Industry of Russia."
• Implementation of IT support programs.
• Solving the issue of IT personnel shortages.

Deputy Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Egor Polyakov noted that the departure of foreign competitors from the Russian market opened up new opportunities in the field of import substitution for domestic technology companies.

According to Russoft, the Nizhny Novgorod region for the fourth year in a row holds the third place in the level of development of the software development industry. Support for domestic IT solutions is part of the tasks of the federal project of the national project "Data Economics and Digital Transformation of the State," which began to operate in Russia on January 1, 2025 on behalf of President Vladimir Putin.^[2]

In the Nizhny Novgorod region, IT companies allocated 6 billion rubles to compensate 50% of software development costs

In September 2024, it became known that ₽6 billion was allocated in the Nizhny Novgorod region to support IT companies engaged in the development of import-substituting software. The funds will be used to compensate for 50% of the costs of developing projects, while applications are accepted until September 18, 2024. Read more here.

Power

Ministry of Energy and Housing and Communal Services of the Nizhny Novgorod Region

• Nizhny Novgorod hydroelectric power station
• Cheboksary hydroelectric station
• Dzerzhinskaya CHPP
• Sormovskaya CHPP

• Teploenergo JSC
• Volgoelektroset LLC
• Nizhny Novgorod Electric Grid Company LLC
• PJSC TNS energo Nizhny Novgorod

Industry

Culture

Ministry of Culture of the Nizhny Novgorod Region

• GBUK NO "Nizhny Novgorod State Regional Universal Scientific Library named after V.I. Lenin"
• GBUK NO "Nizhny Novgorod State Regional Children's Library named after Tatyana Mavrina"
• GBUK NO "Nizhny Novgorod State Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve"
  • Museum-branch "Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin"

• MBUK "Centralized inter-settlement club system" (Vachsky municipal district)
• MBUK "District House of Culture with a centralized club system" (Ardatov municipal district)

Tourism

2024: Tourist flow growth by 12.5% to 4.7 million people

Deputy Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Oleg Berkovich announced in early February 2024 that he had reached a record tourist flow rate in the region - more than 4.7 million visitors, which is 12.5% more than in 2023.

According to the government of the Nizhny Novgorod region, such an increase indicates the strengthening of the status of the region as one of the main tourist centers in Russia. Over the past years, the flow of guests has been steadily increasing by an average of 10-15% annually.

Nizhny Novgorod

The Deputy Governor noted that a significant increase in the number of tourists was facilitated by holding more than 170 thematic events in Nizhny Novgorod and other settlements of the region within the framework of the status of the "Cultural Capital of Russia." Special attention was paid to the celebration of the 225th anniversary of Alexander Pushkin, the 120th anniversary of Valery Chkalov and the 550th anniversary of Balakhna.

The Minister of Tourism and Fisheries of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Sergey Yakovlev emphasized the increased popularity of regional attractions. Tourists actively visit Arzamas, Diveevo and Bolshoi Boldino. The transformation of Semenov, Chkalovsk, Gorodets and Vyksa also attracts new guests.

Of particular interest to travelers are the natural attractions of the region - Lake Svetloyar, Lake Toskanka and Kerzhensky Reserve. In 2025, the region will continue to work to increase tourist attractiveness as part of the national project "Tourism and hospitality."

Over the past four years, ₽6,6 billion has been allocated for the implementation of a national project in the Nizhny Novgorod region. The new program, initiated by Russian President Vladimir Putin, aims to develop tourism infrastructure, produce domestic products for the industry, train personnel and promote travel in Russia both domestically and abroad.^[3]

Education and Science

Ministry of Education, Science and Youth Policy of the Nizhny Novgorod Region

• SCEI "Boarding School for Deaf Children"

• Department of Education of the administration of the city of Nizhny Novgorod
• Department of Education of the administration of the Kstovo municipal district

• Research Institute of Chemistry and Polymer Technology named after Academician V.A. Kargin with an experimental plant
• Research and Design Institute of Urea and Organic Synthesis Products
• Federal Research Center Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences
• Federal Research and Production Center Nizhny Novgorod Research Institute of Radio Engineering
• All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics
  • Center for Collective Use "Computing Center"

UNIVERSITIES of the Nizhny Novgorod region

• Nizhny Novgorod State University named after N.I. Lobachevsky
• 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 Federation

• Sarov Institute of Physics and Technology - branch of the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI in Sarov

Colleges and organizations of DPO

• GAPOU "Perevozsky Construction College"
• FSBEI DPO "Volga Institute for Advanced Training of the Federal Tax Service"
• GBU DPO "Nizhny Novgorod Scientific and Information Center"
• SBEI DPO "Nizhny Novgorod Institute for Education Development"
• POU DPO "Volga Media School"
• ChPOU "Institute of Professional Education Vladimir Velmovsky"
• ANO "Consulting and Training Center" Zavolzhsky City Sports and Technical Club "
• ANO "Center for Additional Education and Training"
• KUKNO (Corporate University of the Government of the Nizhny Novgorod Region)

Health care

Ministry of Health of the Nizhny Novgorod Region

• GP NO "Nizhny Novgorod Regional Pharmacy"
• PKU "Main Bureau of Medical and Social Expertise in the Nizhny Novgorod Region" of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation

Clinics

• FBUZ "Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology in the Nizhny Novgorod Region"
• Federal Medical and Biological Agency Volga District Medical Center
• GBUZ NO "Medical Information and Analytical Center"
• GBUZ NO "Nizhny Novgorod Regional Blood Center named after N.Ya. Klimova"
• GBUZ NO "Nizhny Novgorod Regional Oncological Dispensary"
• GBUZ NO "Nizhny Novgorod Regional Clinical Hospital named after N.A. Semashko"
• GAUZ NO "Regional Dental Polyclinic"
• GBUZ NO "Dzerzhinsky Perinatal Center"
• GBUZ NO "Emergency Medical Hospital of Dzerzhinsk"
• Clinical Hospital No. 50 FMBA of Russia

• LLC "Unified Medical Center"
• LLC Center for Modern Medical Technologies "Garantia"
• International Clinical Hospital named after B.I. Filonenko (LLC "Visus-1")
• Network of clinics "Alexandria" (LLC "ROST-medicine," LLC "ROST-medicine-NN," LLC "ROST-clinic," LLC "Alexandria")
• Network of multidisciplinary clinics "Sadko" (LLC "Clinic of modern technologies" Sadko, "LLC" Children's clinic "Zdorovenok," LLC "Clinical and diagnostic laboratory" Sadko, "LLC" Clinic of innovative cosmetology "Sadko," LLC "Nizhny Novgorod branch of the clinic" Sadko, "LLC" Center for the development of dentistry "Sadko")
• Network of multidisciplinary clinics "Ultramed" (LLC "A-MC" UltraMed, "LLC" UltraMed, "LLC" CMP UltraMed, "LLC" Family dentistry UltraMed, "LLC" DMC UltraMed ")
• Doctor Dent Dental Clinic Network (Doctor Dent + LLC, Doctor Dent Center LLC, Doctor Dent LLC)

Religion

• Nizhny Novgorod Diocese of the Nizhny Novgorod Metropolis of the Russian Orthodox Church
• Gorodetsky Feodorovsky Monastery

History

Main article: History of Russia

Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin

Main article: Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin

1897

1884: Nikolai Minervin was born - one of the first Russian newsreels

Minervin Nikolai Lvovich (May 7 [19], 1884, Balakhna, Nizhny Novgorod province - August 2, 1959, Moscow) - Russian and Soviet cameraman, photographer, inventor, director, one of the first Russian newsreels.

1237: Principality of Vladimir-Suzdal

Organizations of the Nizhny Novgorod region

• Organizations in Arzamas
• IT companies in Arzamas

• Organizations in Gorodets

• Organizations in Dzerzhinsk
• IT companies in Dzerzhinsk

• Organizations in Kstovo
• IT companies in Kstovo

• Organizations in Nizhny Novgorod
• IT companies in Nizhny Novgorod

• Organizations in Sarov
• IT companies in Sarov

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