This category gathers articles about phenomena, processes, and states that exist or once existed in the life of Nizhny Novgorod and its region: the urban environment, social practices, natural and cultural phenomena. It describes things that cannot be reduced to a single person or building, but that shape the city's appearance and the everyday life of its residents. Notable topics include the Historic Center with its pre-revolutionary architecture, the Strelka) as the city's geographic and symbolic hub, natural phenomena such as the Breeze on the banks of the Volga, and intellectual and public phenomena — for example, the activity of the Universum (Philosophy Club).