Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: E guzobere obodo ahụ na 4 February 1221 site n'aka Prince Yuri II nke Vladimir. Na 1612, Kuzma Minin na Prince Dmitry Pozharsky haziri ndị agha maka ịtọhapụ Moscow n'aka ndị Poland. Na 1817, Nizhny Novgorod ghọrọ nnukwu ebe azụmahịa nke Alaeze Ukwu Russia. N'afọ 1896, n'otu ebe a na-eme ihe ngosi,
A haziri ihe ngosi Russia nile. N'oge ọchịchị ndị Soviet, obodo ahụ ghọrọ ebe ọrụ mmepụta ihe dị mkpa. Karịsịa, e wuru Gorky Automobile Plant n'oge a. Mgbe ahụ, a kpọrọ obodo ahụ "Detroit nke Russia". N'oge Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ, Gorky ghọrọ onye kasị enye ngwá agha na Eastern Front. N'ihi nke a, ndị Luftwaffe nọgidere na-atụ bọmbụ n'obodo ahụ site n'ikuku. Ọtụtụ n'ime bọmbụ ndị Germany tụrụ dara n'ebe a na-arụzi ụgbọala na Gorky. Ọ bụ ezie na ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ ebe nile a na-emepụta ihe n'ụlọ ọrụ ahụ bibiri kpamkpam, ụmụ amaala Gorky wughachiri ụlọ ọrụ ahụ mgbe ụbọchị 100 gasịrị. Mgbe agha ahụ gasịrị, Gorky ghọrọ obodo a na-emechi emechi ma nọgide na-abụ otu ruo mgbe mbibi nke Soviet Union na 1991. N'oge ahụ, a gụgharịrị obodo ahụ Nizhny Novgorod ọzọ. N'afọ 1985, e mepere ụzọ ụgbọ okporo ígwè dị na Nizhny Novgorod. N'afọ 2016, Vladimir Putin mepere ụlọ ọrụ 70th Anniversary nke Victory nke bụ akụkụ nke Almaz-Antey Air and Space Defense Corporation.