Nikolsk () is a

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

and the

administrative center An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune, is located. In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...

Nikolsky District Nikolsky District is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia: * Nikolsky District, Penza Oblast, an administrative and municipal district of Penza Oblast *Nikolsky District, Vologda Oblast, an administrative and munic ...

Penza Oblast Penza Oblast () is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Penza. As of the Russian Census (2010), 2010 Census, its population was ...

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, located on the Vyrgan River northeast of

Penza Penza (, ) is the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and administrative center of Penza Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Sura (river), Sura River, southeast of Moscow. As of the 2010 Russian census, 2010 Census, Penza had ...

, the administrative center of the

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. Population:

History

It was established in place of the villages of Nikolskoye (), known since 1668, and Pestrovka (), known since the 1680s. It was called Nikolo-Pestrovka () in 1761 and was granted

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status in 1928. It was granted town status in 1954.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Nikolsk serves as the

.Law #774-ZPO As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Nikolsky District as the

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 ...

of Nikolsk. As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Nikolsk is incorporated within Nikolsky Municipal District as Nikolsk Urban Settlement.Law #690-ZPO

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* * {{Use mdy dates, date=December 2012 Cities and towns in Penza Oblast Gorodishchensky Uyezd