Pravdinsk (russian: Пра́вдинск) was an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Balakhninsky District of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, located a few kilometers northwest (upstream along the Volga) from the town of

Balakhna Balakhna (russian: Балахна́) is a town and the administrative center of Balakhninsky District in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Volga River, north of Nizhny Novgorod, the administrative center of the obl ...

. Pravdinsk was annexed by Balakhna in 1993, although the name continues in informal usage. Pravdinsk commuter train station (on the Zavolzhye- Nizhny Novgorod line) maintains its name as well. The settlement was built along with a

paper mill A paper mill is a factory devoted to making paper from vegetable fibres such as wood pulp, old rags, and other ingredients. Prior to the invention and adoption of the Fourdrinier machine and other types of paper machine that use an endless belt, ...

, "Pravdinsk Cellulose and Paper Combine" (), now known as OAO Volga, which still produces about one third of Russia's

newsprint Newsprint is a low-cost, non-archival paper consisting mainly of wood pulp and most commonly used to print newspapers and other publications and advertising material. Invented in 1844 by Charles Fenerty of Nova Scotia, Canada, it usually has an ...

. The plant and the settlement were named after the '' Pravda'' newspaper, one of the main consumers of the newsprint produced by the mill. The former Pravdinsk Air Base, now Istomino Airfield, is located within a few kilometers to the west of Pravdinsk, near the village of Istomino.

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Pravdinsk
(a private page)
OAO Volga
(the paper mill)
Pravdinsk Radio Relay Equipment Plant (Правдинский завод радиорелейной аппаратуры)
Urban-type settlements in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast {{NizhnyNovgorodOblast-geo-stub