Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Yarima Yuri II na Vladimir ya kafa Nizhny Novgorod a ranar 4 ga Fabrairu 1221. Citizensan ƙasa sun shirya rundunar soja don 'yantar da Moscow daga Yaren mutanen Poland a 1611, wanda Kuzma Minin da Yarima Dmitry Pozharsky suka jagoranta. A lokacin Daular Rasha, a cikin 1817 Nizhny Novgorod ya zama babban birnin kasuwanci na ƙasar. A shekara ta 1896, birnin ya karbi bakuncin mafi girma a Rasha
Ka yi haƙuri. A zamanin Soviet, an sake kiran birnin Nizhny Novgorod da sunan Gorky, don girmama marubuci Maxim Gorky. A lokacin, ita ce cibiyar masana'antu ta Tarayyar Soviet. A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II, birnin ya aika da kayan yaƙi da makamai masu yawa zuwa gaba. Saboda haka, sojojin sama na Jamus suka yi ta harbi birnin har tsawon shekaru 3. Bayan rushewar Tarayyar Soviet, an sake sunan birnin zuwa Nizhny Novgorod. A Rasha, birnin ya zama cibiyar siyasa da kuma babban birnin lardin tarayya na Volga. Yanzu birnin ya zama cibiyar fasahar sadarwa kuma yawon shakatawa ya bunƙasa.