Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nizhny Novgorod yakavambwa naPrince Yuri II weVladimir muna 4 Kukadzi 1221. Vagari vemo vakaronga uto kuti risunungure Moscow kuvaPolish muna 1611, rakatungamirirwa naKuzma Minin naMambo Dmitry Pozharsky. Munguva yoUmambo hweRussia, muna 1817 Nizhny Novgorod yakava guta guru rezvokutengeserana renyika yacho. Muna 1896, guta racho rakagamuchira kuratidzwa kukuru kweAll-Russia
. Munguva yeSoviet, guta reNizhny Novgorod rakatumidzwa kuti Gorky, mukuremekedza munyori Maxim Gorky. Ipapo rakanga riri muzinda weindasitiri weSoviet Union. MuHondo Yenyika II, guta racho rakatumira zvinhu zvakawanda zvehondo nezvombo kunzvimbo yairwiwa hondo. Nokudaro, uto remhepo reGermany rakaputira guta racho kwemakore matatu. Pashure pokuparara kweSoviet Union, guta racho rakatumidzwazve zita rokuti Nizhny Novgorod. MuRussia, guta racho rakava muzinda wezvematongerwe enyika uye guta guru reVolga Federal District. Zvino guta racho rava muzinda woruzivo rwokugadzira mashoko uye rinokudziridza kushanya.