Structure of manufacturing industries:

The priority industrial sectors include the most important areas for the region – automotive industry and metallurgy, petrochemical and defense industries. These industries traditionally determine the situation in the region’s industry setting the vector for its future development.

Enterprises of the Nizhny Novgorod Region provide the Russian Federation with an extensive range of products:

The industrial production index in 2025:

Trading partners of the Nizhny Novgorod Region are 130 CIS and non-CIS countries.

Machinery, mineral products, metallurgy as well as chemical industry products predominate in the commodity structure of the region’s export.

The leading places in the import of goods are occupied by chemical industry products, machinery, equipment and vehicles, food products and raw materials, as well as metals and products made from them.

The automotive industry is one of the strategic sectors of the Nizhny Novgorod Region’s economy, which has a multiplier effect on related industries and determines the level of social and economic development of the region. Demand in this industry generates the need for high-tech products of metallurgical, chemical, electrical and other industries.

Key enterprises:

Key manufacturing enterprises:

• "Nizhny Novgorod Automobile Plant" LLC is the largest specialized enterprise in the region, producing a wide range of passenger and cargo commercial vehicles, minibuses and special equipment

• "Luidor PCF" LLC – production of small buses and special-purpose vehicles based on all-metal vans

• "PROMAVTO GROUP" LLC – production of special-purpose vans in various modifications

• "Avtomekhanichesky Zavod" LLC – production of vans and special equipment

• "Novy Zavod" LLC – production of special-purpose vehicles in various modifications

• "RusKomTrans" LLC – production of special-purpose equipment for various industries (automobile hydraulic lifts, crane-manipulators, tank equipment, etc.)

• "ST Nizhegorodets" LLC – production of buses, trucks and special commercial vehicles

• "AZ "Chaika-Service" LLC – production of special equipment based on chassis (auto-lifts, hydraulic manipulators, tow trucks, dump trucks, etc.)

The following enterprises are engaged in the production of powerplants and vehicle components:

• Zavolzhsky branch of "UAZ" LLC, "SOLLERS PT" LLC (SOLLERS Group) – production of engines and engine spare parts for SUVs, light commercial vehicles and buses of the PAZ type

• "AFT Nizhny Novgorod" JSC – production of spare parts for motor vehicles

• Acoustic Materials Plant “Avtotekhnika” – production of insulation materials

• Nizhny Novgorod Production Association “Autopromagregat” – production of pipelines for brake and fuel systems, lighting fixtures, gasoline vapor recovery systems and many others for Russian automobile plants GAZ, UAZ, VAZ

• “Sosnovskagropromtechnika” JSC – one of the largest manufacturers of automotive components – high-quality products made of plastic, composite materials, non-ferrous metals and rubbers

• "Zavod INCOM" LLC, "Zavod Link" LLC, "Yazaki Volga" LLC – manufacturer of harnesses, wires for vehicles, household and industrial equipment

• "PC Celesta" LLC – production of automotive components, specializing in the manufacture of composite materials for interior and exterior parts of passenger cars, trucks, and special equipment

• "NiAS" LLC – production of seats for buses, minibuses and special equipment

The Nizhny Novgorod Region is one of the largest industrial centers of the Russian Federation with a great potential in shipbuilding

Shipbuilders of the Nizhny Novgorod Region produce a wide range of civil and auxiliary vessels for the Navy’s needs, such as:

• Passenger cruise ships

• Tankers (for transportation of bulk crude oil and petroleum products)

• Dry bulk vessels

• Reinforced concrete structures (floating docks, landing stages)

• Trailing suction hopper dredger (for excavation and removal of soil in navigable waterways)

• Boats (sea-going speed hovercrafts and lading boats, diving support vessels, service and auxiliary boats, emergency rescue boats with special equipment)

• Crab boats

• Icebreaking tugs and ice-class speedboats

• Port equipment and marine engineering products

• Docks

The shipbuilding industry of the Nizhny Novgorod Region includes:

Key enterprises:

• Plant "Krasnoye Sormovo" PJSC (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) – production of merchant marine vessels (dry cargo vessels, tankers), passenger vessels (cruise passenger vessels of river and mixed "river-sea" navigation), fishing vessels (crab processors), oil and gas equipment for onshore drilling rigs, offshore drilling platforms, etc.

• "Okskaya Sudoverf" JSC – construction of oil and dry cargo medium-tonnage vessels of mixed navigation, container ships, special and service vessels, barges; production of mobile pontoon parks, floating road bridges 

• "Nizhegorodsky Teplokhod Plant" PJSC – construction of technical and auxiliary fleet ships, port equipment and manufacture of marine engineering products

• "Alekseyev Central Hydrofoil Design Bureau" JSC – design of hydrofoil ships, boats, ground-effect vehicles, air cavity landing boats, air-cushioned crafts, freight amphibious vehicles, etc.

• "Sokolskaya Shipyard" JSC – production and modernization of auxiliary fleet vessels, special vessels and boats (military shipbuilding); production of barges, landing stages for ferry crossings, docks, dry cargo ships, motor yachts (civil shipbuilding)

• Shipbuilding Plant "Volga" JSC – construction of high-speed ships for various purposes (passenger vessels, cargo vessels, rescue vessels, patrol boats, recreational boats)

• In 2025, the share of metallurgy in the total volume of industrial production was 9.6%

• The number of employees in the industry is 22,953

• The largest enterprises in Russia for the production of welded steel pipes and railway wheels (“Vyksa Metallurgical Plant” JSC), as well as titanium alloy powders (“Grankom” LLC) are located in the Nizhny Novgorod Region

Key enterprises:

• “Vyksa Metallurgical Plant” JSC – production of steel pipes of various configurations and purposes (fuel and energy complex, automotive industry, mechanical engineering, construction), wheels for railway rolling stock, as well as rolled products

• “Ruspolimet” JSC – production of special steels and alloys, as well as products made from them (solid-rolled and welded rings, forgings and ingots)

• “VolgaStalProekt” LLC – production of metallurgical blanks of parts (forgings, stampings, castings) used in various industries

• “Foundry “RosALit” LLC – production of aluminum castings and complex-shaped parts

• “Krasny Yakor Plant” LLC – production of chains and components for various industries

• “Bor Pipe Plant” LLC – production of steel electric-welded pipes, closed sections, strips and other metal products

• “Foundry and Mechanical Plant” OJSC – production pipeline shut-off and control valves

Chemistry and petrochemistry are the key elements of the Nizhny Novgorod Region’s economy.

• In the chemical industry in 2025, sales of manufactured products amounted to RUB 237.7 billion

• In the production of coke and oil products, the volume of shipped products increased by 20.1% in 2025

• In the sector of rubber and plastic products, the volume of shipped products increased by 11.2% in 2025

• The number of employees in the chemical industry is 18,612 people

• 5 chemical research institutes:
  - Urea and Organic Synthesis Research Institute

- V.A. Kargin Polymer Chemistry and Technology Research Institute with pilot plant

- Chemistry Research Institute of N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod

- G.A. Razuvaev Institute of Organometallic Chemistry

- G.G. Devyatykh Institute of Chemistry of High-Purity Substances

• Industry-tailored development of new advanced technologies

Key enterprises:

• "LUKOIL-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez" LLC – manufacture of over 70 types of marketable petroleum products: automobile, aviation and diesel fuels, oil bitumen, paraffins, etc. It is one of the leading Russian enterprises with an oil refining capacity of 17 million tons per year

• "Rusvinyl" LLC – PVC production

• "Sibur-Kstovo" LLC – production of ethylene, propylene and benzene

• "Orgkhim" Biochemical Holding – developer and manufacturer of large-capacity products of "green chemistry" (plasticizer oils, antioxidants, emulsifiers, turpentine products, rosin products, adhesive additives, other oil refining products)

• "Biaksplen" LLC – the production of biaxially-oriented polypropylene films (BOPF)

• "Zavod Syntanolov" LLC ("Norchem" Group of Companies) – a manufacturer of surfactants and polyethylene glycols as well as polyesters and special chemical products for various industries

Ready-made infrastructure:

Access to talents:

• Universities (Dzerzhinsk branches of N.I. Lobachevsky National Research University and The Presidential Academy, Dzerzhinsk Polytechnic Institute NSTU of R.E. Alekseev)

• Resource centers (on the basis of the Dzerzhinsk Chemical College named after Red Army and Dzerzhinsky Technical College)

• Educational and production clusters ("Kristall" State Research Institute" JSC, Federal State-Owned Enterprise "Zavod named after Y.M.Sverdlov", "Sibur-Neftekhim" JSC)

• Basic departments at the city’s chemical enterprises ("HOMA Company" LLC)

• Project focused training for scientific and applied projects on instructions of the companies ("Polymer Research Institute" JSC, "Sibur-Neftekhim" JSC, etc.)

Key enterprises of Dzerzhinsk:

• "Sibur-Neftekhim" JSC – production of oxides of ethylene and glycol and production of acrylic acid and esters

• "Dzerzhinsk Production Association "Plastic" JSC – production of plastic and polymeric products

• "Tiko-Plastic" JSC – production of flexible polymer packaging, plastic bags with full-color printing

• "Korund" Group of Companies – production of inorganic chemistry products, paints and varnishes, polyurethane foams

• "Sintez OKA" Group of Companies – production of cement grinding intensifiers and polycarboxylate esters

• Breakdown of forested areas by species of wood:
  - 1,936 housand ha – soft-wooded broadleaf (birch, aspen, alder, linden, poplar)
  - 1,584.2 thousand ha – coniferous (pine, spruce, larch, fir)

• The total stock of wood in the region’s forests is 598.7 million m³

• 58% – commercial forests

• The region has a share of 25.6% in the all-Russian production of newsprint paper

• The annual volume of undeveloped wood is 2.5 - 3 million m³, which is a significant resource for the further development of the industry and organization of the local production

• 3,000 small enterprises are engaged in wood production

Key enterprises:

• "Volga" JSC – a manufacturer of the premium class newsprint

• "MF "Olymp-Mebel" LLC – furniture production

• "Unilin" LLC – flooring production

• "Hygiene Technologies" LLC – production of hygiene products

• "Nizhkarton" LLC – production of corrugated paper and cardboard, paper and cardboard containers

• "Playwood" LLC – production of glued birch plywood

• "Promis" JSC – production of paper and cardboard products

Education system of the Nizhny Novgorod Region

The leaders in modern science and economics training are:

• Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod

• National Research University “Higher School of Economics”

• Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University named after R. E. Alekseev

• Volga State University of Water Transport

• Nizhny Novgorod State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering

The region has successfully developed scientific schools recognized around the world in the following spheres:

• radiophysics and electronics

• nuclear and laser physics

• organometallic chemistry

• microbiology

• high technology in medicine

3 institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences:

• Federal Research Center Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences

• G.G. Devyatykh Institute of Chemistry of High-Purity Substances of the Russian Academy of Sciences

• G.A. Razuvaev Institute of Organometallic Chemistry of Russian Academy of Sciences

Research and Education Center of the Nizhny Novgorod Region

Nizhny Novgorod Region has entered the top-5 pilot regions for the creation of a world-class research and education center. Research and Education Center of the Nizhny Novgorod Region is a consortium of scientific and educational organizations and business representatives.

• Joint work of universities, research institutes and enterprises

• Commercialization and implementation of scientific developments

• Attracting funding for research and development

• Training of personnel to solve major scientific and technological problems

Participants and partners

• Consortium members – 72 organizations

• Consortium partners – more than 70 organizations

• Innovative projects in the activity circuit – more than 100

The Nizhny Novgorod Region is one of the most attractive technological regions of Russia that has extensive experience in the development and implementation of innovations.

Innovative Scientific and Technological Center "Quantum" Valley" 

In accordance with the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 2133 of November 30, 2021, the innovative scientific and technological center "Quantum" Valley" was established in the Nizhny Novgorod Region.

"Quantum" Valley" is a territory with a special tax regime for the implementation of scientific and technological activities.

The total area is 140.4 thousand m² and unites 5 clusters – "Akimova", "Vysotskogo", "Delovaya", "Sakharova" and "Dzerzhinsk".

Main areas of activity:

• advanced digital (including quantum) technologies
• innovative production, components and materials
• ecology and elimination of accumulated environmental damage
• intelligent transport systems
• high-tech personalized medicine and medical instrumentation.

Sustainable Development Platform of the Nizhny Novgorod Region

Sustainable Development Platform was launched in the Nizhny Novgorod Region, the purpose of which is to accumulate innovative practices across various industrial sectors.

Platforms services:

• Register of scientific-production organizations of the Nizhny Novgorod Region – promotion of operating enterprises and startups
• Catalogue of innovative solutions – replication of innovative projects and technologies
• Technological testing – pilot testing of new developments
• Turnkey team building – remote team building and expert engagement
• Business support measures
• Business evaluation based on the criteria of sustainable development

The Nizhny Novgorod Region is one of the leaders in the development of the IT industry in Russia. The availability of qualified specialists, infrastructure (IT parks), the successful experience of international companies in transferring some functions to the region and the competitive cost of software development compared to IT technology centers – Moscow and St. Petersburg – makes the region attractive in terms of IT solutions.

Ankudinovka IT Park

• The industry specialization is information and communication technologies, instrument engineering, mechanical engineering, electronic engineering, chemical and biomedical technologies, and development of new materials

• 45 operating residents

• 1,201 – the number of jobs created

• RUB 202 billion – revenue of resident companies since 2007

Sarov IT Park

• The industry specialization is information technology, laser technology, energy-efficient technology, sensors and automation, materials and coatings

• 48 residents

• 1 256 – the number of jobs created

• RUB 8.31 billion – revenue of resident companies (at the beginning of 2026)

IT campus "Neimark"

IT Campus "Neimark" is an intercollegiate educational ecosystem designed to train a new generation of innovators and talents in the field of digital technologies.

The basic training programs are:

• artificial intelligence and computer vision
• artificial and augmented intelligence technologies
• coupled software and hardware development
• security of open information systems
• digital counterparts of capital construction facilities

These programs are being implemented jointly with the leaders of the IT market and in partnership with the leading universities of the region – N.I.Lobachevsky National University, R.E.Alekseev NSTU, NNGASU, HSE

The region has an investor support infrastructure that provides maximum assistance to businesses. Its structure includes:

• The Corporation for the Development of the Nizhny Novgorod Region, a special organization for attracting investments and managing investors

• The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Nizhny Novgorod Region

• Corporation for the Development of Industry and Entrepreneurship of the Nizhny Novgorod Region

• The Nizhny Novgorod Association of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs

• The Institute of the Ombudsmen for the Protection of Rights of Entrepreneurs

• The Institute of Investment Commissioners at the executive authorities, local government bodies, territorial administrations and natural monopolies of the Nizhny Novgorod Region

Nizhny Novgorod is one of the largest business and financial centers in Russia, where large Russian and foreign companies place their representative offices and headquarters.

• Large-scale Russian and international forums, conferences and exhibitions are held annually in the region

• Business centers are the heart of the city’s modern business life. Office premises in business centers have all the conditions for productive work of the enterprise: Internet, telephony, power network. Business centers have banks, insurance companies, canteens or cafes, conference rooms, the availability of which greatly simplifies the conduct of business

• Office centers in Nizhny Novgorod are located in all areas of the city, mainly in the Nizhegorodsky district

• Business centers in Nizhny Novgorod are divided into A, B and C classes

The key business centers are:

• The World Trade Center (Class A)
• Bohemia Palace (Class A)
• Mont Blanc (Class А) 
• Lobachevsky PLAZA (Class A)
• KM CITY (Class А)
• Corner Place (Class А)
• Kulibin (Class А)
• Stolitsa Nizhny (Class А)
• Bugrov Business Park (Class B+)
• Vremya (Class B+)
• Oka Hotel Complex (B class)
• Chayka (B class)
• Orbit (B class)
• A-Real (B class)

Well-known international consulting companies and R&D centers have offices in Nizhny Novgorod.

The Nizhny Novgorod Region has a comprehensive system of personnel training for enterprises in the region.

Training in professional educational organizations is carried out as part of the implementation of significant projects for the region, such as:

• Federal project “Professionalism”

• The State Program “Development of Education of the Nizhny Novgorod Regions” until 2035

The main goal of projects is to train highly qualified personnel with the implementation of international standards and the best international practices.

The training is carried out in close cooperation between industrial enterprises, the region’s Ministry of Education and Science of the Nizhny Novgorod Region and vocational education institutions.

Due to the built-up system, in general, about 15,000 workers are graduated in all specialties per year.

Professionalism

In 2022, the federal project of the Ministry of Education of Russia "Professionalism" was launched in the Nizhny Novgorod Region. This is a new system of personnel training in educational institutions of secondary vocational education.

The main task is to bring the mid-level personnel training system as close as possible to market demands in specific industries.

Among the key initiatives of the project is the creation of educational and production centers (clusters). They represent the integration of colleges and organizations of the real sector of the economy.

Currently, 16 clusters have been created in the region, by the end of 2026 their number will increase to 19. They will train workers for such industries as:

- Atomic industry

- Transport

- Mechanical engineering

- Metallurgy

- IT

- Creative industries

- Radio electronics

- Agriculture

- Construction

- Chemistry

Educational programs have been formed jointly with the supporting industrial enterprises.

Workshops

Since 2019, a network of workshops has been established in the region, on the basis of which conditions were created for the practical training of students of secondary vocational education in accordance with the priorities of the development of the Russian economy

The equipment of the workshops makes it possible to train specialists with scarce competencies, possessing advanced industry and the latest digital technologies.

• There are 88 modern workshops on the basis of 22 professional educational organizations in such areas as:

- Industrial and engineering technologies

- Information and communication technologies

- Transport service and logistics

- Construction Art

- Agriculture

- Service sector

- Social sphere

Resource centers

Currently, there are 33 resource centers in the Nizhny Novgorod Region on the bases of 26 professional educational organizations, 1 higher education organization and 1 enterprise. Work on the creation of resource centers was carried out in the region in stages together with the largest enterprises of the region, starting in 2007.

The main goal is the formation of new qualified personnel with developed scientific and industrial and high innovative potential.

Training of specialists in sectors of the economy that are priority for the region:

- Engineering and metallurgy

- Chemical and petrochemical industry

- Information technologies

- Water transport

- Agriculture

- Construction industry, housing and utilities

- Hospitality services

Nizhny Novgorod is the main transport hub through which federal and regional highways pass:

• M7 Volga – Moscow – Ufa
• M12 Vostok (under construction) – Moscow – Kazan – Yekaterinburg – Tyumen
• R-125 – Ryazhsk – Nizhny Novgorod
• R-152 – Rostov – Nizhny Novgorod
• R-158 – Nizhny Novgorod – Saratov
• R-159 – Nizhny Novgorod – Kirov
• R-177 Povetluzhye – Nizhny Novgorod – Yoshkar-Ola

The Nizhny Novgorod Region provides all conditions for comfortable living and doing business.

Developed infrastructure, numerous attractions and a rich history of the capital of the Volga Federal District – Nizhny Novgorod, as well as major business and cultural events contribute to increasing the investment appeal of the region.

The urban planning system uses Smart City technologies aimed at creating an effective urban management system, safe and comfortable living conditions for citizens.  

The city passenger transport system includes

Buses:

• In 2025, 346 million people were transported by public buses

Trams:

The Nizhny Novgorod tram connects the lines of the upper and lower parts of the city, opening wonderful views of the largest water arteries in the region – the Oka and the Volga rivers.

• The Nizhny Novgorod tram system is one of the first tram systems in Russia.

New generation urban electric transport:

In Vorsma, Nizhny Novgorod region, there is a unique enterprise for the region, "SP "Nizhekotrans" LLC, which has launched mass production of MiNiN trams and electric buses.

Subway:

The Nizhny Novgorod subway is among the 7 largest subways in the country – it includes two lines and 15 stations. The subway network covers five of the eight districts of Nizhny Novgorod.

• The Nizhny Novgorod subway passenger flow is about 36 million people per year

• 3^rd place by number of stations and network length in Russia after Moscow and St. Petersburg

3 new stations are being constructed within the Nizhny Novgorod subway framework

The project for introducing the Smart City technology is implemented as part of the national Housing and Urban Environment project and the national Digital Economy program and is based on 5 key principles:

• user orientation

• technological effectiveness of the urban infrastructure

• improving the quality of the urban resource management

• comfortable and safe environment

• focus on economic efficiency, including the service component of the urban environment

The introduction of the Smart City concept in the region occurs in several directions:

• The operation of the 112 service, traffic video recording systems and video surveillance, road traffic monitoring, weight control and forest fire monitoring are carried out using the Safe City hardware and software system

• The development of the regional navigation and information system includes the management of passenger transportation, school buses and utility vehicles

• Creation of "smart" public transport stops – installation of 353 innovative pavilions, which have video surveillance systems installed, as well as information about routes and schedules of public transport.

• Development of an electronic public services system – currently, the portal of public services of the Nizhny Novgorod Region provides information on the procedure for obtaining 2,267 services

• Implementation of projects aimed at involving citizens in the process of governing the region and developing e-democracy – the “Nizhny Novgorod Region Government Team”. and a website for public discussion of the  Development Strategy of the Nizhny Novgorod Region

• Implementation of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Resident's Card project – a convenient digital platform for accessing city services, benefits and bonuses, which integrates more than 70 partner organizations (cafes and restaurants, pharmacies, retail outlets, etc.)

Reducing the crime level in the region is contributed by measures taken to combat organized crime.

In terms of efficiency, the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs ranks 1^st in the Volga Federal District and 14^th in Russia

In 2025:

• The crime rate in the region is below the national average

   

• The total number of registered crimes has decreased by 2.4% compared to 2024

• The overall disclosure rate has increased and amounted to 50.4%
  
  

Foreign students from Nizhny Novgorod Universities also assess the level of security in the city as high.

The accessibility and quality of medical care for the population is one of the most important areas of healthcare.

The region has an extensive clinical base:

In 2025, mobile diagnostic laboratories visited 790 localities:

• more than 73 thousand consultations 

• about 43 thousand patients examined

• about 30 thousand patients sent for further examination

• more than 1 thousand people hospitalized

Specialized medical care in the Nizhny Novgorod region is provided by 173 medical organizations, including:

• Nizhny Novgorod Regional Hospital named after N.A. Semashko

• Nizhny Novgorod Regional Children's Clinical Hospital

• Research Institute – A Specialized Cardiac Surgery Clinical Hospital named after academician B.A.Korolev

• Clinical Diagnostic Center

• Research Institute of Clinical Oncology – Nizhny Novgorod Regional Clinical Oncology Dispensary

High-tech medical care is provided in 29 medical organizations of the region, including:

• Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education "Privolzhsky Research Medical University" of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

• The Volga District Medical Center of the FMBA of Russia

Human resources potential:

• Privolzhsky Research Medical University for over a century has been preparing specialists for medical institutions throughout Russia and occupies the highest positions among the higher medical institutions of the Russian Federation

• As part of the implementation of the "Zemsky Doctor" ("Zemsky Feldsher") program, more than 700 specialists were involved in 2018-2025  

• The Nizhny Novgorod Region belongs to the leading regions in the effective use of regional measures of social support for medical workers, including measures to provide them with housing and improve their living conditions  

All conditions have been created for comfortable living of foreign specialists in the Nizhny Novgorod Region.

• Educational institutions with an option to study in a foreign language

• Multilingual kindergartens

• World level polyclinics and hospitals

• Premium hotels, including major international hotel chains

• Modern shopping and leisure centers

• Multifunctional fitness centers and fitness clubs

• Haute cuisine restaurants

Today, top managers of many foreign companies who have moved to the region with their families live in the Nizhny Novgorod Region.

To improve the quality of life in Nizhny Novgorod, a whole range of tasks is being solved for the planning and construction of urban infrastructure, the accounting and distribution of housing and utility resources, the development of a personalized city services ecosystem with a single and user-friendly interface.

The main tool for solving these tasks is widespread introduction of advanced digital and engineering Smart City solutions in the urban and municipal infrastructure.

664 collective accommodation facilities with more than 20.1 thousand rooms for 56.1 thousand guests operate in the region. Also, there are hotels of various class in the region, including 5*, 4*, 3*, 2*.

Hotels of the world's leading chains are operating in Nizhny Novgorod:

More than 150 cultural events and festivals take place annually in the Nizhny Novgorod region.

• "Golden Khokhloma" (Semenov) and "Folk Craftsmen Brotherhood" (Gorodets) belong to the most famous festivals of folk crafts in Russia

• Gorky fest is a contest of contemporary Russian cinema, the program of which includes films of various formats from short films and sketch films to experimental video and documentary films. The festival is attended by Russian film stars and special foreign guests

• "Vyksa-festival" is a festival of modern culture, held in Vyksa, which combines public art, theater, music and street art

• The International Art Festival "Strelka" is designed to popularize opera art in its best world samples. The festival is attended by Russian and foreign opera artists and symphony orchestras. The main venue of the festival is the territory of the historical warehouse complex at the confluence of the Oka and Volga – on Strelka

• Intervals  is one of the largest audiovisual arts festivals in Russia, held at key venues in Nizhny Novgorod

• "Pushkin Without Borders" is a major international arts festival held at the Pushkin Museum-Reserve "Bolshoe Boldino", dedicated to the creative legacy of the great poet

• "City of Potters" is a festival of pottery, which is annually held in Bogorodsk

• "Capital of Sunsets" is a festival that combines picturesque sunsets on the Nizhne-Volzhskaya embankment, musicians of different genres and pyrotechnic teams from all over Russia – the brightest event of celebrating the 800^th anniversary of Nizhny Novgorod. The event received the highest award of the X National Award in the field of event tourism Russian Event Awards

In Nizhny Novgorod, there are several theaters:

The Nizhny Novgorod Region is one of the centers of environmental measures aimed at the conservation and restoration of the wealth of natural river resources.

The main measures to improve the environmental situation in Nizhny Novgorod and the Nizhny Novgorod Region are aimed at maintaining favorable and comfortable living conditions for people, preventing negative impacts on the environment and eliminating their consequences, developing cities under the condition of minimal negative effects on the environment.

• Creation of an integrated municipal solid waste management system

• Preservation of unique water bodies in the Nizhny Novgorod Region

• Mitigation of the negative environmental impact

• Conservation of forests and green areas 

The ongoing environmental policy and the implementation of environmental measures ensure a stable environmental situation in the Nizhny Novgorod Region.

In 2025, the Nizhny Novgorod Region ranked 2^nd in the "Green Rating" of regions that have achieved the greatest success in the reform of solid municipal waste management, prepared by the Russian Environmental Operator.

Today, the Nizhny Novgorod Region is a developing agricultural area that occupies a leading positions in the production and processing of agricultural products.

The space of agriculturally used areas is 2,689 thousand ha, including:

• Arable land – 1,878 thousand ha 
• Suitable for cultivation land – 110.8 thousand ha
• Hayfields, pastures & other – 700.2 thousand ha

The largest share of agricultural production belongs to agricultural organizations and farms – 73.45%.

Key enterprises:

• "NNPP" LLC , "NNPP-2" LLC (RBPI Group) – reproduction, raising, fattening and selling of pigs

• "Moloko" JSC, "Knyagininskoe moloko" JSC, "Gorodetsky MZ" JSC – the largest milk processing centers

• Poultry farm "Pavlovskaya" LLC,  "Agrofirma "Poultry farm Seymovskaya" JSC – poultry meat and egg production

• "Agrokombinat "Gorkovsky" JSC , "TK "Nizhegorodsky" LLC (GC Rost) – agricultural greenhouse enterprises for the production of vegetables on the protected ground

• "Volodarsky Flour Mill" LLC  is a leader in grain processing

The largest companies in the creative industries:

• Dreamlaser – nternational company in the field of multimedia technologies, providing a full production cycle: from concept development and content creation to technical implementation using its own equipment. The company is also the organizer of the significant Nizhny Novgorod festival of multimedia art "Intervals"

• Berёzka Group – ecosystem of city restaurants, uniting 24 establishments of various formats and styles

• Родина – independent streetwear brand with a flagship store in the center of Nizhny Novgorod and its own production facilities, widely recognized beyond the region

• MIXAR – company offering a full cycle of AR development for a wide range of projects, including games, AR navigation, tools for marketing, cultural, and educational purposes

• Morizo Digital – developer of digital services and services specializing in finance, e-commerce, and large-scale implementations

According to the Federal State Statistics Service, the growth rate of tourist flow to the Nizhny Novgorod Region is one of the highest in Russia: the number of tourists in the region is increasing every year.

There are more than 3 600 monuments of historical and cultural heritage of Russia in the Nizhny Novgorod Region

In 2025, the tourist flow to the Nizhny Novgorod Region amounted more than 5 million people. The projected growth of tourist flow is 5% per year.

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