Editing Nizhny Novgorod (section)

=== City symbols ===
{{Main|Coat of arms of Nizhny Novgorod}}
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The historical coat of arms of Nizhny Novgorod was approved on 16 August 1781.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-12 |title=Символика города |url=https://admgor.nnov.ru/Gorod/Simvolika-goroda |website=Администрация Нижнего Новгорода |language=ru |access-date=February 12, 2023 |archive-date=August 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810220735/https://admgor.nnov.ru/Gorod/Simvolika-goroda |url-status=live }}</ref>

The coat of arms and flag of the city depicts a red deer, which is a symbol of nobility, purity and greatness, life, wisdom and justice. The current city coat of arms and flag were adopted on 20 December 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-12 |title=Постановление № 25 |url=https://admgor.nnov.ru/upload/getODA/document467_0.html |website=[[City Duma of Nizhny Novgorod|Администрация Нижнего Новгорода]] |language=ru}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Государственные символы России » Символы субъектов РФ » Нижний Новгород |url=http://simvolika.rsl.ru/index.php?doc=933 |access-date=2023-02-12 |website=simvolika.rsl.ru |archive-date=February 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212113452/http://simvolika.rsl.ru/index.php?doc=933 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The coat of arms of the city of Nizhny Novgorod is an image of a deer on a [[French heraldry#Arms of major cities|French heraldic shield]], framed on the sides and bottom with a ribbon of the Order of Lenin. Above the upper part of the coat of arms there is a five-toothed crown, showing that Nizhny Novgorod is an urban district - the capital of the [[Nizhny Novgorod Oblast]].

The unofficial historical symbols of the city are also the [[Dmitrievskaya Tower]] of the [[Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin|Kremlin]], the [[Spit of Nizhny Novgorod|Spit]] and the [[Chkalov Stairs]].