Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

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Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (Russian: Нижегородская область, Nizhegorodskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It used to be called Gorky Oblast. Its administrative center is the city of Nizhny Novgorod. In 2010, 3,310,597 people lived in the oblast.^[1]

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1. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2012.