Nizhny Novgorod is a large city, the city millionik and such in our country, unfortunately not so much. Nizhny Novgorod is 442 kilometers from Moscow, with a population of nearly half a million people. The town is situated near the rivers Volga and Oka.The history of Nizhny Novgorod originated in 1221. The founder of the city is Vladimir-Suzdal Prince, the grandson of Yuri Dolgoruky George II. The city became an extreme point of North-Eastern Russia, built it as an Outpost to protect the Russian land from the Mordvins and Bulgars, had a Prime location. Volga and Oka made the city an important trading center. Hence Russia had trade links with the Volga Bulgaria.
