Privolzhsk (russian: Приво́лжск) is a

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and the

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Privolzhsky District Privolzhsky District is the name of several various districts in Russia. The name literally means "something near the Volga". Federal districts *Volga Federal District (''Privolzhsky federalny okrug''), a federal district Districts of the fe ...

Ivanovo Oblast Ivanovo Oblast (russian: Ива́новская о́бласть, ''Ivanovskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It had a population of 927,828 as of the 2021 Russian Census. Its three largest cities are Ivanovo (the ...

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, located on the Shacha River (right

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of the

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) northeast of

Ivanovo Ivanovo ( rus, Иваново, p=ɪˈvanəvə) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Russia. It is the administrative center and largest city of Ivanovo Oblast, located northeast of Moscow and approximately from Yaroslavl, Vlad ...

, the administrative center of the

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. Population:

History

It has been known since 1485 as the village of Yakovlevskoye Bolshoye (). The town of Privolzhsk was formed by merging the village of Yakovlevskoye and the neighboring settlements in 1938.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Privolzhsk serves as the

, to which it is directly subordinated.Law #145-OZ Prior to the adoption of the Law #145-OZ ''On the Administrative-Territorial Division of Ivanovo Oblast'' in December 2010, it used to be incorporated separately as an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the

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.Law #27-OZ As a municipal division, the

of Privolzhsk is incorporated within Privolzhsky Municipal District as Privolzhskoye Urban Settlement.Law #48-OZ

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* * * {{Use mdy dates, date=December 2013 Cities and towns in Ivanovo Oblast Nerekhtsky Uyezd