Initially, the digital codes (01 to 89) thatapply on registration numbers, strictly coincide with those numbers under which subjects of the Russian Federation were listed in the Constitution of the Russian Federation in Article 65. The question arises: "152 region - what city?" In 2008, in view of exhaustion of the resource of automobile code 52 (Nizhny Novgorod), the region received an additional code - 152. So, the 152 region is the Nizhny Novgorod region and the city of Nizhny Novgorod.
The Nizhny Novgorod region belongs to Privolzhskyfederal district, is in the heart of Russia. The administrative center of the region is the city of Nizhny Novgorod. The Nizhny Novgorod region is considered one of the largest in Russia, its area occupies 76,900 square kilometers. The greatest length is 400 km. In 2014, the number of people living in it amounted to 3,281,496 people, the urban population of them - 79.34%.
Region 152 includes 48 districts, 70villages, villages and villages - 4630, 26 cities, the largest of them - Bor, Balakhna, Arzamas, Gorodets, Vyksa, Bogorodsk, Dzerzhinsk, Sarov, Kstovo, Semenov and, of course, Nizhny Novgorod. The regional center is located on the confluence of large rivers - the Oka and the Volga, the area of the city is 350 square kilometers, there are almost 1.5 million inhabitants. In Russia, Nizhny Novgorod is the third largest city in terms of population, after Moscow and St. Petersburg. UNESCO has contributed Novgorod to a hundred cities on the planet, which represent the cultural value of world significance.
152 the region of Russia has a rich history.Under Peter I in 1708 during the local reform Nizhny Novgorod was included in the Kazan province. Already in 1714 the Nizhny Novgorod province was separated from the Kazan province, but soon (in 1717) it was abolished. Already in 1719, the Second Petrovsky Reform recreated the Nizhny Novgorod Province again. It consisted of three provinces: Arzamas, Alatyrskaya and Nizhegorodskaya, as well as seven cities.
Under Catherine II in 1779 in Russia there wascreated Nizhny Novgorod vicegerency. It included the Nizhny Novgorod province, part of Kazan, as well as parts of the Vladimir and Ryazan vicinities that were formed earlier.
In 1797 under Paul I the size of the province wassignificantly increased. This happened due to the annexation of territories that were separated from the Penza province. But already in 1801 the Penza province was restored in the same volume. In 1865, as a result of zemstvo reform in the Nizhny Novgorod province, the Zemstvo - local self-government is introduced.
After the revolution, the current region of 152 (Nizhny Novgorod region) has undergone significantterritorial changes. In the province in 1922 Vetluzhsky and Varnavinsky counties, formerly belonging to the Kostroma province, 6 volosts from the Kverninsky district, 4 volosts of the Tambov province, Kurmysh county, were included. The Nizhny Novgorod province became more than half. In 1924, several changes occurred again, the territory began to include 4 districts - Sormovskiy, Rastyapinsky, Balakhninsky and Kanavinsky, as well as 11 counties.
In 1932 the city of Nizhny Novgorod was renamed intoGorky, the territory of the Nizhny Novgorod province in 1937 was transformed into the Gorky region. Only in 1990, Gorky returned its historical name, it again became known as Nizhny Novgorod, and the region - Nizhny Novgorod.
Thanks to the ongoing restructuring in the country, in 1991 the city was opened for visiting foreigners. In 1994, the Sokolsky district, formerly owned by the Ivanovo region, was included in the Nizhny Novgorod region.
Region 152 (Nizhny Novgorod region) represents theseveral natural areas: the steppe zone, coniferous forests, broad-leaved oak forests. There are fourteen reserves in the region. Gorky Regional Council in 1965 took under protection thirty of the rarest natural objects-attractions, they include Ichalkovsky Bor, Bornukovo Cave and other places. In 1978, a colossal work was carried out to protect the environment: approved a list, which included those types of rare medicinal plants, the collection of which was banned; declared protected areas of swamps, steppes, lakes, those territories where rare plant species grow.
Nizhny Novgorod Region has many protected places where they liverare animals and birds. In the Nizhny Novgorod forests you can meet bears, wild boars, elks, wolves, lynxes, foxes, badgers and even wolverines. Of birds in the Nizhny Novgorod region live golden eagle, black stork, eagle owl, owl. In addition, here live the hare-hare, marmot, mole, speckled ground squirrel, hamster, marten, muskrat, otter, beaver. The rivers and lakes are rich in fish.
The territory of the Nizhny Novgorod region is richunique natural objects. Here are located such objects as Kerzhensky Reserve, Ichalkovsky Reserve. The natural monuments include Lake Svetloyar, Vadskoe Lake. According to ancient legends, at the beginning of the XIV century Kitezh hail plunged into the waters of this lake.
The citizens of Nizhny Novgorod are proud of the fact that it is in these parts, in Boldino, that the family estate of the Pushkin family is located, for a long time the famous poet Alexander Pushkin lived and worked there.
Novgorod lands are famous for a lot of ancientmonasteries. In the far XV century, the Monk Makarii on the Kerzhenets River founded the Makarov Zheltovodsky monastery, which still operates. Diveevsky Monastery, which is under the auspices of Seraphim of Sarov, is today the center of Orthodox pilgrimage. To the relics of Seraphim of Sarov, who are in the Trinity Cathedral, believers from all over the world go to worship.
Do you know what region is glorified by the hyperboloid openwork tower? 152. It is in the Nizhny Novgorod region, in the cityDzerzhinsk is this unique building. This tower was built by engineer Shukhov in the distant 1929. The second Shukhov Tower is located in Moscow on Shabolovka. The multi-section hyperboloid construction on the Oka used to be the backbone of the power transmission line at the Nizhegorodskaya GRES.
Architectural monuments are also rich in Nizhny NovgorodNovgorod. Having a long history (more than 800 years), the city is famous for its ancient churches, monasteries, cathedrals. Orthodox people seek here to visit Stroganov Church, Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Peter and Paul Church. Historical monuments include the Annunciation, the Cross Exaltation, the Pechersky Ascension Monastery, the famous Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin, the Old Cathedral and other famous places. Nowadays, Nizhny Novgorod is open to all. Thousands of tourists from all corners of the Earth come to these places to admire the Old Russian monuments.
