Nikolayevsk
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Nikolayevsk is a town and the administrative center of Nikolayevsky District
of Volgograd Oblast
, Russia
, located on the left (eastern) shores of the Volga River
. Population:
It was founded in 1747 as the khutor
of Dmitriyev, which was reorganized into a sloboda
in 1794 and renamed Nikolayevskaya sloboda. It was granted town status and renamed Nikolayevsk in 1967.
Nikolayevsky District, Volgograd Oblast
Nikolayevsky District, Volgograd Oblast is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 33 in Volgograd Oblast, Russia....
of Volgograd Oblast
Volgograd Oblast
Volgograd Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Volgograd. Population: -Geography:*Area: 113,900 km²;*Borders length: 2221,9 km²....
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, located on the left (eastern) shores of the Volga River
Volga River
The Volga is the largest river in Europe in terms of length, discharge, and watershed. It flows through central Russia, and is widely viewed as the national river of Russia. Out of the twenty largest cities of Russia, eleven, including the capital Moscow, are situated in the Volga's drainage...
. Population:
It was founded in 1747 as the khutor
Khutor
Khutor or khutir is usually taken to refer to a single-homestead rural settlement of Eastern Europe.In Cossack-settled lands that encompassed today's Ukraine, Kuban, and the lower Don river basin the word khutor was used to describe new settlements which had detached themselves from stanitsas...
of Dmitriyev, which was reorganized into a sloboda
Sloboda
Sloboda was a kind of settlement in the history of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. The name is derived from the early Slavic word for "freedom" and may be vaguely translated as "free settlement"....
in 1794 and renamed Nikolayevskaya sloboda. It was granted town status and renamed Nikolayevsk in 1967.