Global InformationNizhny Novgorod Oblast information
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast | |
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Oblast | |
| Нижегородская область | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 56°29′N 44°32′E / 56.483°N 44.533°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal district | Volga[1] |
| Economic region | Volga-Vyatka[2] |
| Administrative center | Nizhny Novgorod[3] |
| Government | |
| • Body | Legislative Assembly[4] |
| • Governor[4] | Gleb Nikitin[5][6] |
| Area [7] | |
| • Total | 76,624 km2 (29,585 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 40th |
| Population (2021 Census)[8] | |
| • Total | 3,119,115 |
| • Estimate (2018)[9] | 3,234,752 |
| • Rank | 12th |
| • Density | 41/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 79.9% |
| • Rural | 20.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK  [10]) |
| ISO 3166 code | RU-NIZ |
| License plates | 52, 152, 252 |
| OKTMO ID | 22000000 |
| Official languages | Russian[11] |
| Website | http://www.government-nnov.ru/ |
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (Russian: Нижегородская область, romanized: Nizhegorodskaya oblast') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Nizhny Novgorod. It has a population of 3,119,115 as of the 2021 Census. From 1932 to 1990 it was known as Gorky Oblast (Russian: Горьковская область).
The oblast is crossed by the Volga River. Apart from Nizhny Novgorod's metropolitan area (including Dzerzhinsk, Bor and Kstovo) the biggest city is Arzamas. Near the town of Sarov there is the Serafimo-Diveyevsky Monastery, one of the largest convents in Russia, established by Saint Seraphim of Sarov. The Makaryev Monastery opposite of the town of Lyskovo used to be the location of the largest fair in Eastern Europe.[citation needed] Other historic towns include Gorodets and Balakhna, located on the Volga to the north from Nizhny Novgorod.
- ^ Президент Российской Федерации. Указ №849 от 13 мая 2000 г. «О полномочном представителе Президента Российской Федерации в федеральном округе». Вступил в силу 13 мая 2000 г. Опубликован: "Собрание законодательства РФ", No. 20, ст. 2112, 15 мая 2000 г. (President of the Russian Federation. Decree #849 of May 13, 2000 On the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in a Federal District. Effective as of May 13, 2000.).
- ^ Госстандарт Российской Федерации. №ОК 024-95 27 декабря 1995 г. «Общероссийский классификатор экономических регионов. 2. Экономические районы», в ред. Изменения №5/2001 ОКЭР. (Gosstandart of the Russian Federation. #OK 024-95 December 27, 1995 Russian Classification of Economic Regions. 2. Economic Regions, as amended by the Amendment #5/2001 OKER. ).
- ^ Charter of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Article 5.5
- ^ a b Charter of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Article 21
- ^ Official website of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. Valery Pavlinovich Shantsev, Governor of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast Archived October 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Путин отправил в отставку губернатора Нижегородской области". РБК. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
- ^ "Сведения о наличии и распределении земель в Российской Федерации на 01.01.2019 (в разрезе субъектов Российской Федерации)". Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography. Archived from the original on February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
- ^ "Оценка численности постоянного населения по субъектам Российской Федерации". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
- ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
- ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
- ^ Official throughout the Russian Federation according to Article 68.1 of the Constitution of Russia.
- ^ a b "Нижегородская область. Административно-территориальное деление на 1 января 1992 г.". ГИПП "Нижполиграф", Нижний Новгород, 1993, стр. 5