"800th anniversary of Nizhny Novgorod"

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The 800th anniversary of Nizhny Novgorod is a complex of festive events and projects dedicated to the 800th anniversary of the founding of Nizhny Novgorod, the capital of the Volga Federal District. The main events and celebrations took place in 2021.

Nizhny Novgorod is the third million-plus city in Russia that has crossed the 800-year milestone (after Kazan and Moscow).

Date.

Nizhny Novgorod was founded by Grand Duke Yuri Vsevolodovich in 1221 at the confluence of the Oka and the Volga. During the military campaigns of the Russian princes on the Volga Bulgaria, the mouth of the Oka was used as a gathering place for the Murom and Suzdal troops. In 1220, Grand Duke Yuri Vsevolodovich conducted a successful campaign on the Bulgars, after which the following year “decided to strengthen an important place beyond Russia” and founded a city at the mouth of the Oka.

According to the official version, the year of foundation of Nizhny Novgorod is 1221. The first data about him appeared in the Laurentian chronicle of the XIV century: “In the same summer, the Grand Duke Gurga, the son of Vsevolozh, lay a city on the mouth of the Oka and called his name Novy Grad”. But the source is only an indication of the year, and the month and the day are not mentioned. Today, Nizhny Novgorod historians determine the date based on traditions that existed in the XIII century.

The construction of the city, that is, the perimeter of the fortifications, was a process that took several months, and it is quite obvious that it took place in the warm season, when it was possible to dig ditches and pour ramparts. And the legal registration of the foundation of the new city took place at the time of naming its name. At that time there was a special church ceremony. The recitation of the “city prayer” during the consecration service of the main city church was accompanied by the naming of the name of the city being created. Applied to our city, the phrase “and its name is called Novgrad at the mouth of the Oka” was uttered in the newly built church consecrated in the name of the Savior of the Transfiguration on the day of this church holiday, that is, August 6 (19). This day was in 1221 and became the day of “creation of the city”.

Nizhny Novgorod City Day is traditionally celebrated on the third Saturday of August. The culmination of the celebration of the 800th anniversary took place from 19 to 21 August - the closest dates to the real date of the founding of the city.

Preparation

On September 22, 2015, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree “On the celebration of the 800th anniversary of the founding of Nizhny Novgorod”.

On November 30, 2015, the first meeting of the organizing committee on preparation for the celebration of the 800th anniversary of Nizhny Novgorod was held.

In April 2019, at a meeting with the governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region Gleb Nikitin, the Serbian musician and director Emir Kusturica agreed to become an ambassador for the 800th anniversary of Nizhny Novgorod.

The main celebrations as part of the celebration of the 800th anniversary of the founding of Nizhny Novgorod were held on the embankments of Nizhny Novgorod, Minin and Pozharsky Square, in city parks, on the main squares of Nizhny Novgorod districts. The main venue for the celebrations was the arena of the stadium “Nizhny Novgorod”, built for the World Cup, and the adjacent