This category brings together articles about the cities of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast — from the regional capital to small district towns. The region is notable for its diversity: it is home to ancient trade and craft towns, Soviet-era industrial centers, and quiet provincial places on the Volga, the Oka, and their tributaries. Gorodets is considered the oldest city in the region according to chronicle records, Dzerzhinsk is the largest after the regional capital, Vyksa and Kulebaki represent an old metallurgical tradition, and Sarov is known as a closed science city.