Pervomaysk (russian: Первома́йск) is a
town
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Origin and use
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in
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (russian: link=no, Нижегородская область, ''Nizhegorodskaya oblast''), is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localiti ...
,
Russia
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, located south of
Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət ), colloquially shortened to Nizhny, from the 13th to the 17th century Novgorod of the Lower Land, formerly known as Gork ...
. Population: 16,000 (1974).
History
Until 1951 the town was known as Tashino.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with one
work settlement and forty-three rural localities, incorporated as the
town of oblast significance of Pervomaysk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the
districts
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.
[Law #184-Z] As a
municipal division, the town of oblast significance of Pervomaysk is incorporated as Pervomaysk Urban Okrug.
[Law #82-Z]
Until July 2012, the town served as the
administrative center
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of
Pervomaysky District and, within the framework of administrative divisions, was incorporated as a
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 ...
. As a
municipal division, it was incorporated as Pervomaysk Urban Settlement within Pervomaysky Municipal District.
Notable residents
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Dmitry Larin (born 1973), football player and manager
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Gennady Ulanov (1929–2018), Soviet politician
References
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Cities and towns in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Pervomaysk Urban Okrug