Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakatuhia a Nizhny Novgorod e Prince Yuri II o Vladimir i te 4 o Hui-tanguru 1221. I whakaritea e nga taangata he ope ki te whakaora i Moscow mai i nga Poari i te tau 1611, i arahina e Kuzma Minin me Prince Dmitry Pozharsky. I te wā o te Emepaea o Rūhia, i te tau 1817, ka noho a Nizhny Novgorod hei taone nui hokohoko o te whenua. I te tau 1896, i whakahaerehia e te taone nui rawa atu
Whakaaturanga o Rūhia Katoa. I te wā o te Soviet, ka tapaina a Nizhny Novgorod ko Gorky, hei whakahonore i te kaituhi a Maxim Gorky. I taua wā ko te pokapū ahumahi o te Soviet Union. I te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, i tukuna e te taone nui he nui o nga taputapu hoia me nga patu ki te mua. Nō reira, i whakaekehia te pa e te ope rererangi Tiamana mō ngā tau e toru. Whai muri i te wehenga o te Soviet Union, ka whakaingoatia te taone ki Nizhny Novgorod. I Rūhia, ka noho te taone hei pokapū tōrangapū me te taone nui o te Rohe Federal o Volga. Inaianei ko te taone nui te pokapū o te hangarau mōhiohio me te whakawhanake i te tūruhi.