of this territory relative to Novgorod.
Following the Novgorodians, the Muscovite princes also used this name for the land.
In 1169, Nizovskaya Zemlya bordered the Novgorod Region near Torzhok, the Smolensk Principality in what is now Kaluga Governorate, the Vyatichi and Ryazan in Tula Governorate, and the Murom lands in Nizhny Novgorod and Vladimir Governorates.
To the east, where the town of Radilov (Volzhsky Gorodets) marked the outermost point of the Nizovskaya Zemlya, its border was formed by the lands of the Mordva tribes.
The capital of the rulers of Nizovskaya Zemlya was first Rostov, then Suzdal; its principal fortified stronghold was Nizhny Novgorod.
In state documents
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By God's blessing, We, the Great Sovereign Vasily, by God's grace Sovereign of all Rus and Grand Prince of Vladimir, Moscow, Novgorod, Pskov, Smolensk, Tver, Yugra, Perm, Vyatka, Bulgaria and others, Sovereign and Grand Prince of Novgorod of Nizovskaya Zemlya, and of Chernigov, and Ryazan, and Volokolamsk, and Rzhev, and Belaya, and Rostov, and Yaroslavl, and Beloozero, and Udora, and Obdorsk, and Kondia, and others. | 
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