Bor

It is located on the Volga, opposite Nizhny Novgorod (at 19 km to the east), with which it is connected (since 1965) by a road bridge. Moss Mountain Station.

Bor is known as a picturesque countryside (pine forests have been preserved).

Territory (sq km): 42

It was first mentioned in the 13th century as Vezlomskaya Slobodka at the mouth of the Vezlom River. Later moved 1 km to the north under the name Borovskaya Sloboda. The name from boron is "a coniferous, predominantly pine forest; a dry, elevated place where pine trees usually grow." PGT Bohr since 1930. The city since 1938.

Most of the city of Bor is connected with the factories of Nizhny Novgorod.

Developed engineering: JSC - "Nizhny Novgorod ship", "Bortorgmash", "Forest Engineering Plant", "Bore Auto Repair Plant", "Bore Pipe Plant". Glass industry - JSC "Borsky glass factory". Forest and woodworking industry - timber industry, forestry, experimental chemical enterprises, furniture factory. JSC "Bore silicate plant". Enterprises of the food industry: JSC "Borsky Dairy Plant", JSC "Borkhleb". OOO "Art" is an embroidery factory.

In the Borsky district, wheat, rye, barley, oats, peas, potatoes, vegetables, corn, rapeseed, buckwheat, fodder crops are grown. Breed cattle (dairy direction), pigs, poultry (Lindovo poultry farm - Gorky breed of geese).

Deposits of peat, sand, sand-gravel mixture, clay, loam for brick.