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Nizhni Novgorod

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Nizhni Novgorod (Russian) [ˈniʒnij ˈnɔvgərət]
n
(Placename) a city and port in central Russia, at the confluence of the Volga and Oka Rivers: situated on the Volga route from the Baltic to central Asia; birthplace of Maxim Gorki. Pop.: 1 364 900 (1999 est.) Former name (1932-91) Gorki
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Noun1.Nizhni NovgorodNizhni Novgorod - an industrial city in the European part of Russia; birthplace of Maksim Gorky
Gorkiy, Nizhnyi Novgorod, Gorki, Gorky
Russian Federation, Russia - a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state


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At the same time, he was a gentle, amiable sort of an individual, and, even on our first encounter in Prussia I had contrived to draw him out, and he had told me that he had just been to the North Cape, and was now anxious to visit the fair at Nizhni Novgorod.
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