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Nizhny Novgorod - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Nizhny Novgorod |
 | | Nizhniy Novgorod was founded on the site of a Bulgarian settlement in 1221 by the Grand Prince of Vladimir, as a frontier fortress against the Volga Bulgarians, the Mordva, and the Tatars. |
 | | In 1932, the city was renamed Gorky, after the writer Maxim Gorky, who was born here in 1868; it reverted to its original name after the collapse of the Soviet Union. |
 | | Nizhniy Novgorod became the capital of Suzdal-Nizhniy Novgorod principality in 1350, and rivalled the growing influence of Moscow. |
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