Nizhny Novgorod Regiowiki

Session
* Presentation of Nizhny Novgorod Regiowiki: experience of creating, administration and probable ways of funding of regional wiki in Russia (Nizhny Novgorod) - characteristic features
 * By Petr Kuznetsov & Sergey Dresvyannikov

About Project
Nizhegorodskaya Encyclopedia (Nizhny Novgorod Regiowiki) - Wiki project, established by independent Internet specialists from Nizhny Novgorod, intended to intensify information metabolism in the region of Middle Volga (in Russian language).

By now content consists from more than 1100 articles. Mostly full of content parts are:


 * Outstanding personas and their influence at the life of local people. This group of pages is creating with essential portion of irony, political and social.
 * Region locations and city streets with panoramic views. Main tourist attractions.
 * History of the region. Population before creation of the state. Finno-Ugric people Erzya, Mari, Moksha, Merya, Mecshera and Muroma. Volga trade route from Northern Europe to India across Persia. Influence of first East-European states - Khazarian empire, Bulgaria, Kievan Russia and Great Novgorod. Problem of the Nizhny Novgorod foundation: Khazarian (Abram City), Bulgarian (Ibrahim Balyk) shows and official state orthodox legend with participation of Saint prince Jury from clan Varangian Rurik. First proto-state of local peope - Erzyan Mastor, Arzamas center, the only state in East Europe that Mongols couldn't conquer, later captured by Ivan the Terrible. Reduction of Europe-Asia river trade. Russian colonization of Volga. Tzarism period - moving main Volga fair from Kazan to Nizhny Novgorod. Age of World Wars, communism period - region, completely closed from foreigners. Production of chemical warfare in Dzerzhinsk, nuclear project, Arzamas-16, construction of submarines at fousands kilometers from nearest ocean. Perestroyka and new authorities.