Nikolsk (russian: Нико́льск) is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

and the

administrative center An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...

Nikolsky District Nikolsky District is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia: *Nikolsky District, Penza Oblast, an administrative and municipal district of Penza Oblast *Nikolsky District, Vologda Oblast, an administrative and munici ...

Penza Oblast Penza Oblast (russian: Пе́нзенская о́бласть, ''Penzenskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Penza. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,386,186. Geogr ...

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, located on the Vyrgan River northeast of

Penza Penza ( rus, Пе́нза, p=ˈpʲɛnzə) is the largest city and administrative center of Penza Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Sura River, southeast of Moscow. As of the 2010 Census, Penza had a population of 517,311, making it the 38th-l ...

, the administrative center of the

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. Population:

History

It was established in place of the villages of Nikolskoye (), known since 1668, and Pestrovka (), known since the 1680s. It was called Nikolo-Pestrovka () in 1761 and was granted

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

status in 1928. It was granted town status in 1954.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Nikolsk serves as the

.Law #774-ZPO As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Nikolsky District as the

town of district significance Town of district significance is an administrative division of a district in a federal subject of Russia. It is equal in status to a selsoviet or an urban-type settlement of district significance, but is organized around a town (as opposed to a ...

of Nikolsk. As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Nikolsk is incorporated within Nikolsky Municipal District as Nikolsk Urban Settlement.Law #690-ZPO

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* * {{Use mdy dates, date=December 2012 Cities and towns in Penza Oblast Gorodishchensky Uyezd