My Nizhny Novgorod

The year of Foundation of the city is 1221 th. The next year, after a successful campaign against the Volga Bulgars, Prince Yuri Vsevolodovich ordered to put the city at the mouth of the Oka: "I decided to strengthen an important place behind Russia." In the annals it is said that he commanded to found a "new city", whence the name came. But there are other versions of the appearance of the name.
brief history

The history of the city is full of military campaigns. This testifies to the important purpose of the city. The geographical position was very advantageous from the point of view of military strategy. On the one hand, the Kremlin was built on Sentinel mountain, where two waterways were visible. On the other hand, the city had a natural defense in the form of steep banks of the Volga, threatening to constantly crumble when approaching them a large number of people.