Nizhniy Novgorod locates at the confluence of the Oka and Volga, at a distance of 439 km. from Moscow. There is a large railway junction : 6 railway lines (3 main),
river port, airport and metropolitan (since 1985).
Nizhniy Novgorod is the most important centre of engineering industry (70% of industrial production ), including auto and ship industry. Leading companies of engineering industry are joint-stock company «Gas», «Nizhegorod autofactory», factories are of particularized cars, gear-boxes, punches, press-forms and other.
The mark of the old town is Kremlin on the high bank of Volga. Here administrative buildings, region Legislative Assembly and municipal duma, where you can find picture gallery and concert hall of philharmonia locate. Eternal fire is burning in Kremlin in memory of lost during the war.
The Nizhegorodians kept a number of unique monuments of history, architecture and culture.
You can establish diplomatic relations, visit the Nizhegorodian market, museums and theatres, admire the works of craftsmen, nature, architecture of Nizhniy Novgorod.
