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Nizhniy Novgorod
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Nizh·niy Nov·go·rod or Nizh·ny Nov·go·rod  (nzhn nvg-rd, nyzhn nôvg-rt)
A city of western Russia on the Volga River west of Kazan. Founded as a frontier post in 1221, it was formerly famous for its trade fairs. The city was renamed Gorky from 1932 until 1990 in honor of Maksim Gorky, who was born here in 1868. Population: 1,300,000.


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Reports last week said the country's number two carmaker GAZ plans to slash 14,000 jobs by the end of the year at factories in its Volga River base of Nizhny Novgorod.
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Kommersant reported in May that Russia had halted work on the modernization of the fighter jets at the Sokol aviation plant in the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod.
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He was born in the city of Nizhny Novgorod, east of Moscow.
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