Gorkij

Country

Soviet Union

Coordinates

56.3269, 44.0075

History

• Nyizsnyij Novgorod (1221–1341), Grand Principality of Vladimir
• Nyizsnyij Novgorod (1341–1392), Principality of Suzdal—Nizhny Novgorod
• Nyizsnyij Novgorod (1392–1418), Principality of Suzdal
• Nyizsnyij Novgorod (1418–1547), Grand Principality of Moscow
• Nyizsnyij Novgorod (1547–1721), Tsardom of Russia
• Nyizsnyij Novgorod (1721–1917), Russian Empire
• Nyizsnyij Novgorod (1917–1922), Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
• Nyizsnyij Novgorod (1922–1932), Soviet Union
• Gorkij (1932–1990), Soviet Union
• Nizhny Novgorod (1990–1991), Soviet Union
• Nizhny Novgorod (1991–), Russia

Composers

• Mily Balakirev (1836–1910), was born in Nyizsnyij Novgorod
• Alexander Krein (1883–1951), was born in Nyizsnyij Novgorod
• Alexander Kasyanov (1891–1982), died in Gorkij
• David Ashkenazi (1915–1997), was born in Nyizsnyij Novgorod
• Daniil Trifonov (1991–), was born in Nizhny Novgorod