What people discussed on November 4, 2026
What people were talking about in the city’s Telegram channels, on forums and under the videos of a local TV channel: 3 topics. Translated from Russian.
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Power outage in Verkhniye Pechery caused by a cable failure
On the evening of November 3, residents of Verkhniye Pechery were left without electricity. According to available information, the cause was a failure of a high-voltage cable; specialists switched buildings over to a backup line, and restoration was expected within an hour and a half to two hours.
Pages on this topic: Verkhniye Pechyory
- “Power in the Verkhniye Pechery neighborhood went out because of a failure of a high-voltage cable at the Pechersky substation. What is known so far: Affected areas: Rodionova, Bogdanovicha, Lopatina, Verkhne-Pechorskaya and Alexander Khokhlov streets, the residential complex…” — a reader writes in “ProNN”
All replies (4)
- “Good afternoon. At present, power supply to all consumers has been fully restored.” — Pomoshchnik merii Nizhnego Novgoroda writes in “Novosti NN i Oblasti”
- “I work on Kasyanova, there's power. I live on Lopatina, there's power there too)” — Alice writes in “NN_TODAY”
- “The power workers are boosting the birth rate in Nizhny!” — Sergey Valerevich M writes in “Novosti NN i Oblasti”
Discussed in:
Nizhniy №1 
NN s ogonkom 
Novosti NN i Oblasti 
NN_TODAY 
ProNN 
Chernaya dyra 
Zloy NN · 26K views - 2
Unveiling of the Dmitry Zamyatnin monument on Bolshaya Pokrovskaya
A bronze monument to Dmitry Zamyatnin was unveiled on Bolshaya Pokrovskaya Street in front of the former Nobility Assembly building. Zamyatnin was a native of Nizhny Novgorod Governorate, Minister of Justice of the Russian Empire and the author of the Judicial Reform of 1864. The installation was initiated by the Nizhny Novgorod office of the Ministry of Justice; the sculptor is Alexey Stepanenko. Comments under the video express doubts about whether the monument is appropriate.
Pages on this topic: Pokrovka
- “I once read the classics, and they wrote that in the Russian Empire you needed money to go to court, and if you had none, your chances were bad.” — MichailS-e5l writes under the video “Kstati”
All replies (7)
- “Good that they put up monuments in the city.” — GALINABLANKA-sh4 writes under the video “Kstati”
- “Everything for the dead again! And the old guy talking about justice is especially relevant, what a joke.” — FIIGG writes under the video “Kstati”
- “Especially the openness of court hearings these days. They won't even let "outsiders" in the door.” — Natbelka100 writes under the video “Kstati”
- “He laid the foundation, and they ran it into the ground!” — Evgeny-u7m writes under the video “Kstati”
- “Given the regular overturning of acquittals handed down by jury courts and the preventive measures kept in place for the acquitted, a very fitting monument.” — Roman writes in “VOVK”
- “0:31 So the courts in Russia are independent? The president appoints and recommends the judges. What independence is that? Under the constitution, judicial power in Russia really is independent…” — AndreyBayushev-e5sh writes under the video “Kstati”
Discussed in:
VOVK 
Kstati (YouTube) 
Kstati... Novosti NN Chernaya dyra 
Zhivem v Nizhnem 
Ogni Nizhnego · 7.8K views · 15 participants - 3
Three illegal waste dumps into the sewer in one week
In one week, three cases of illegal dumping of waste into the sewer were recorded in the Nizhny Novgorod region: a liquid smelling of acetone was found on October 30 on Moskovskoye Highway and on November 1 in the Sormovsky District, and oil and fat waste on November 3 at a pumping station in the Kstovo District. Access to the manholes was restricted, and the materials were passed to law enforcement.
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NN_TODAY NN s ogonkom Chernaya dyra Novosti NN i Oblasti Zhivem v Nizhnem · 3.0K views