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town in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia
Key facts
- Country
- Russia
- Federal subject
- Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
- Founded
- 14th century
- Elevation
- 75 m (246 ft)
- Total
- 78,058
- Estimate 2025
- 77,024 ( −1.3% )
- Rank
- 210th in 2010
- Subordinated to
- town of oblast significance of Bor
- Capital of
- town of oblast significance of Bor
- Urban okrug
- Bor Urban Okrug
- Time zone
- UTC+3 ( MSK )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Tsardom of Russia
- Population
- 77024
- Area
- 42
- Elevation
- 75
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Body of water
- Volga
- Capital of
- Bor District
- Shares border with
- Nizhny Novgorod
- Official website
- www.borcity.ru
- Image
- View of Bor from NN 08-2016 img1.jpg
- Dialing code
- 83159
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- time of earliest written record
- 1400-00-00
- Commons category
- Bor (Nizhny Novgorod Oblast)
- postal code
- 606440
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Bor, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
- inception
- 1400-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Bor (Russian: Бор) is a town in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the left (northern) bank of the Volga River, across from Nizhny Novgorod. The two cities are connected by bridges built in 1965 and 2017, and by ferry service. Population: 78,372 (2021 census) 78,058 (2010 census); 61,525 (2002 census); 64,512 (1989 Soviet census); 51,000 (1969).
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bor” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.