Otradny () is a

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, located on the left bank of the Bolshoy Kinel River (

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), east of

. Population:

History

The settlement of Otradnoye () was founded in the beginning of the 1920s by the peasants of the village of Chernovka. In 1946, an

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-extracting settlement of Mukhanovo () was established nearby, and in 1947 it was granted

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status and renamed Otradny. It grew and absorbed the settlement of Otradnoye, and in 1956 it was granted town status.Поспелов Е. М. Географические названия мира: Топонимический словарь - М.: «Русские словари», 1998

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the town of oblast significance of Otradny—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the

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.Charter of Samara Oblast As a municipal division, the town of oblast significance of Otradny is incorporated as Otradny Urban Okrug.Law #189-GD

Sister city

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{{Use mdy dates, date=December 2012 Cities and towns in Samara Oblast Cities and towns built in the Soviet Union Populated places established in 1946 Former urban-type settlements of Samara Oblast