Zavolzhsk (russian: Заво́лжск) is a
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
and the
administrative center
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of
Zavolzhsky District Zavolzhsky District is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia. The name literally means "'' Transvolgan''".
Districts of the federal subjects
*Zavolzhsky District, Ivanovo Oblast, an administrative and municipal dist ...
in
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 ...
,
Russia
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, located on the left bank of the
Volga River
The Volga (; russian: Во́лга, a=Ru-Волга.ogg, p=ˈvoɫɡə) is the List of rivers of Europe#Rivers of Europe by length, longest river in Europe. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Cas ...
, opposite
Kineshma
Kineshma (russian: Кинешма), the second-largest town in Ivanovo Oblast in Russia, sprawls for along the Volga River, 335 kilometers north-east of Moscow. Population:
History
Kineshma was first noticed as a ''posad'' in 1429. In 1504, ...
, and 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
oblast
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. It is one of the towns of the
Golden Ring. Population:
History
It was established in 1934 as an urban-type settlement of Zavolzhye, conglomerated from several industrial settlements. It was granted town status and renamed on October 4, 1954.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Zavolzhsk serves as 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 ...
of
Zavolzhsky District Zavolzhsky District is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia. The name literally means "'' Transvolgan''".
Districts of the federal subjects
*Zavolzhsky District, Ivanovo Oblast, an administrative and municipal dist ...
, 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
districts
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.
[Law #27-OZ]
As a
municipal division, the
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 ...
of Zavolzhsk is incorporated within Zavolzhsky Municipal District as Zavolzhskoye Urban Settlement.
[Law #39-OZ]
See also
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Kineshma Bridge
Kineshemsky Bridge () is a bridge across the Volga River. It is located in Ivanovo Oblast, near Kineshma and Zavolzhsk. It is a part of Highway Kineshma-Kostroma. It connects the Trans-Volga region to the Zavolzhsky District, Ivanovo Oblast
Za ...
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Cities and towns in Ivanovo Oblast
Populated places on the Volga
Populated places established in 1934