This category brings together articles about Nizhny Novgorod people, places, and phenomena that have officially recognized or evident nationwide significance for Russia. Nizhny Novgorod and its region have given the country no shortage of figures and objects of this stature: Kozma Minin and the Nizhny Novgorod Militia, Maxim Gorky, Valery Chkalov, Seraphim of Sarov. This category also includes objects holding the status of Architectural Monument of Federal Significance, major infrastructure and cultural projects, as well as events and titles that have secured the city's place in Russian national history.