Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Guta rakavambwa musi wa4 Kukadzi 1221 naMuchinda Yuri II weVladimir. Muna 1612, Kuzma Minin naMuchinda Dmitry Pozharsky vakaronga uto rokununura Moscow kuvaPolish. Muna 1817, Nizhny Novgorod yakava nzvimbo huru yezvokutengeserana yoUmambo hweRussia. Muna 1896, pamusangano, All-Russia Exhibition
rakanga rakarongwa. Munguva yeSoviet Union, guta racho rakava nzvimbo inokosha yeindasitiri. Kunyanya, Gorky Automobile Plant yakavakwa munguva iyi. Ipapo guta racho rakapiwa zita remadunhurirwa rokuti "Russian Detroit". MuHondo Yenyika II, Gorky akava mupi mukuru wemidziyo yehondo kuEastern Front. Nemhaka yaikoku, Luftwaffe yairamba ichibhomba guta iri kubva mudenga. Mabhomba mazhinji echiGerman akawira munharaunda yeGorky Automobile Plant. Kunyange zvazvo nzvimbo dzose dzokubudisa dzaiva mufekitari yacho dzakaparadzwa chose chose, vagari veGorky vakavakazve fekitari yacho pashure pemazuva 100. Pashure pehondo, Gorky yakava guta rakavharwa uye yakaramba yakadaro kutozosvikira pashure pokuparara kweSoviet Union muna 1991. Panguva iyoyo, guta racho rakazotumidzwazve kuti Nizhny Novgorod. Muna 1985, Metro yeNizhny Novgorod yakavhurwa. Muna 2016, Vladimir Putin akavhura itsva 70th Anniversary of Victory Plant inova chikamu cheAlmaz-Antey Air and Space Defense Corporation.