Novodvinsk
Novodvinsk () is a town in the north of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Northern Dvina, south of Arkhangelsk. Population:
Key facts
- Russian inhabited locality.en_name
- Novodvinsk
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Новодвинск
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- Russian inhabited locality.image_caption
- Arkhangelsk Pulp and Paper Mill
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- right
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- Russian inhabited locality.image_flag
- Flag of Novodvinsk (Arkhangelsk oblast).svg
- Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
- Arkhangelsk Oblast
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_city_jur
- town of oblast significance of Novodvinsk
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- town of oblast significance of Novodvinsk
- Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat
- Town
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- Education
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Novodvinsk () is a town in the north of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Northern Dvina, south of Arkhangelsk. Population:
==History== It was founded in 1935 as the settlement of Voroshilovsky () serving a pulp and paper mill. It was granted urban-type settlement status in 1941, renamed Pervomaysky in 1958, and was granted town status in 1977, at which time it also got its present name. Simultaneously, Novodvinsk was removed from Primorsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast and became the town of oblast significance.