"La óblast de Nizhni Nóvgorod (en ruso, , Nizhegoródskaya óblast) es un sujeto federal de Rusia, un óblast). Ésta tiene un área de 76.900 km², y una población de 3.524.028 personas (según el censo ruso de 2002). Su centro administrativo es la ciudad de Nizhni Nóvgorod. Con una población de 1,3 millones, Nizhni Nóvgorod es la mayor ciudad de la óblast y la cuarta de la Federación Rusa, después de Moscú, San Petersburgo y Novosibirsk. Sin contar su capital ni su área metropolitana, su segunda ciudad más grande es Dzerzhinsk."
"Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (Russian: , Nizhegorodskaya oblast), also known in English as Nizhegorod Oblast, is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Nizhny Novgorod. Population: 3,310,597 (2010 Census). From 1932 to 1990 it was known as Gorky Oblast. The oblast is crossed by the Volga River. Apart from Nizhny Novgorod's metropolitan area, the biggest city is Arzamas. Near the town of Sarov there is the Serafimo-Diveyevsky Monastery, one of the largest convents in Russia, established by Saint Seraphim of Sarov. The Makaryev Monastery opposite of the town of Lyskovo used to be the location of the largest fair in Eastern Europe. Other historic towns include Gorodets and Balakhna, located on the Volga to the north from Nizhny Novgorod."