Gorki Sisixeko seshishini saseRussian Federation kunye nezibuko kuMlambo iVolga, ebekwe kuma-380 km empuma yeMoscow. Yayisungulwa njenge-fort ngo-1221 kwaye yakhula yaba yindawo yokuthengisa imilambo.
Ngenkulungwane ye-1932 umboniso wezorhwebo obaluleke kakhulu eRashiya wawubanjelwe apho. Ekuthiwa yiNizhny Novgorod, ngo-XNUMX lafumana igama elithi Gorky ngembeko yombhali waseRussia UMaximo Gorki (1868-1936) owazalwa wakhulela ematyotyombeni. Kwimisebenzi efana ne "Infancia", ngobomi bakhe kwaye yapapashwa ngo-1913-1014, wachaza iimeko ezinzima ababephila kuzo abahluphekileyo.
Ngamaxesha olawulo lobukomanisi, iGorky yayisisixeko esalelweyo kubantu bamanye amazwe, kuba yayiyindawo yokuthinjwa kwezopolitiko ngaphakathi. Isazinzulu esichaseneyo nesaseSoviet u-Andrei Sakharov wagxothelwa kweso sixeko ngo-1980.
Iimoto zeVolga zenziwe eGorky kunye nephenyane lomlambo kunye neehydrofoils. Phakathi kwamanye amashishini ayo kukusulungekiswa kwepetroleum kunye nokwakhiwa kweenqwelo moya, iinjini zedizili, oomatshini, izixhobo, ukwenza iphepha kunye nezixhobo zezolimo.
Ngo-1999, umzi waphinda wathabatha igama Nizhny Novgorod.