Nikolayevsk

For other uses, see Nikolayevsk (disambiguation).

Nikolayevsk (Russian: Никола́евск) is a town and the administrative center of Nikolayevsky District in Volgograd Oblast, Russia, located on the left (eastern) shore of the Volga River. Population: 15,075 (2010 Census);^[3] 16,125 (2002 Census);^[7] 16,469 (1989 Soviet census).^[8]

Nikolayevsk Николаевск
Town[1]
Location of Nikolayevsk
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Coordinates: 50°02′N 45°27′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Volgograd Oblast[1]
Administrative district	Nikolayevsky District[1]
Town of district significance	Nikolayevsk[2]
Founded	1747
Town status since	1967
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	15,075
Administrative status
• Capital of	Nikolayevsky District,[1] town of district significance of Nikolayevsk[2]
Municipal status
• Municipal district	Nikolayevsky Municipal District[4]
• Urban settlement	Nikolayevsk Urban Settlement[4]
• Capital of	Nikolayevsky Municipal District,[4] Nikolayevsk Urban Settlement[4]
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [5])
Postal code(s)[6]	404030–404033
OKTMO ID	18636101001

History

It was founded in 1747 as the khutor of Dmitriyev (Дмитриев), which was reorganized into a sloboda in 1794 and renamed Nikolayevskaya sloboda (Николаевская слобода).^{[citation needed]} It was granted town status and renamed Nikolayevsk in 1967.^{[citation needed]}

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Nikolayevsk serves as the administrative center of Nikolayevsky District.^[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Nikolayevsky District as the town of district significance of Nikolayevsk.^[2] As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Nikolayevsk is incorporated within Nikolayevsky Municipal District as Nikolayevsk Urban Settlement.^[4]