Nizhegorodsky City District (russian: Нижегородский район) is a central administrative district (
raion
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) in Upper City of
Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət ), colloquially shortened to Nizhny, from the 13th to the 17th century Novgorod of the Lower Land, formerly known as Gork ...
,
Russia
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.
The main strategic, historical, political and cultural district of the city.
Centre of district is popular among tourists. Here is the
Kremlin
The Kremlin ( rus, Московский Кремль, r=Moskovskiy Kreml', p=ˈmɐˈskofskʲɪj krʲemlʲ, t=Moscow Kremlin) is a fortified complex in the center of Moscow founded by the Rurik dynasty, Rurik dynasty. It is the best known of th ...
, the
Minin and Pozharsky Square,
Bolshaya Pokrovskaya Street
Bolshaya Pokrovskaya Street (russian: Большая Покровская улица, lit=Greater Intercession Street. Short-name - Pokrovka) is the high street in the historical centre of Nizhny Novgorod and one of its oldest streets. Until 19 ...
,
Rozhdestvenskaya Street
Rozhdestvenskaya Street – (russian: link=no, Рождественская улица ''Nativity Street'') an historic street in Nizhny Novgorod. Is a unique open-air museum, there are only stone houses, the history of the oldest of which dates ...
, the monument to Minin and Pozharsky and other landmarks.
In the central part of the district are the main political institutions. It is strategically important.
References
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City districts of Nizhny Novgorod