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The capital city of Nizhegorodskaya oblast: Nizhny Novgorod.
Nizhegorodskaya oblast (other spellings are Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhniy Novgorod, Nizhni Novgorod, Nijni Novgorod) is a federal subject of Russia situated in the central part of European Russia (Volga Federal District). Administrative center of the region is Nizhny Novgorod city.
Nizhegorodskaya oblast population - 3,359,000 (2008); land area - 76,900 sq. km.
Nizhegorodskaya oblast of Russia is crossed by Volga River. The largest city after Nizhny Novgorod is Arzamas. Sarov town is famous for its largest and holiest convent in Russia. Makariev Monastery situated opposite the Lyskovo town is one of the largest fair in Eastern Europe. There are also such historic towns as Balakhna and Gorodets on Volga river in the northern part of Nizhny Novgorod region.
Nizhegorodskaya oblast is also known for its unique architectural construction - 128 m steel lattice hyperboloid tower built in 1929. The author of the project was Great Russian engineer and scientist V.G.Shukhov. The tower is located near the Dzerzhinsk city on the left bank of Oka River.
It is the last tower of a whole number of tangent towers built on both banks of Oka river. Unfortunately other towers were demolished by oblast administration in 1970th as obsolete. There were only two towers in 1990th. In 2004 some local people took to pieces one tower for scrap metal. Today the last tower has the status of Russian architectural heritage.
Nizhegorodskaya region is in the top ten Russian oblasts by industrial output. Main industries of oblast are engineering, metalworking, chemical and petrochemical industries, forestry, woodworking and paper industries.
Nizhegorodskaya oblast nature view
Nizhegorodskaya oblast river
Nizhny Novgorod Russia oblast view
Nizhegorodskaya oblast village scenery
Nizhegorodskaya oblast country house
Nizhegorodskaya oblast church
Nizhegorodskaya region road
Nizhny Novgorod oblast winter
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