Volgorechensk

Volgorechensk () is a town in Kostroma Oblast, Russia, on the right bank of the Volga River, south of Kostroma, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:

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Russian inhabited locality.en_name: Volgorechensk
Russian inhabited locality.ru_name: Волгореченск
Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline: Church in Volgorechensk.jpg
Russian inhabited locality.image_caption: Church in Volgorechensk
Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position: right
Russian inhabited locality.image_coa: Coat of Arms of Volgorechensk (Kostroma oblast).svg
Russian inhabited locality.image_flag: Flag_of_Volgorechensk_(Kostroma_oblast).svg
Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject: Kostroma Oblast
Russian inhabited locality.adm_city_jur: town of oblast significance of Volgorechensk
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of: town of oblast significance of Volgorechensk
Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat: Town
Russian inhabited locality.urban_okrug_jur: Volgorechensk Urban Okrug
Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of: Volgorechensk Urban Okrug
Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census: 17104
Russian inhabited locality.established_date: 1964
Russian inhabited locality.current_cat_date: 2005
Russian inhabited locality.postal_codes: 156901
Russian inhabited locality.dialing_codes: 49453

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Volgorechensk () is a town in Kostroma Oblast, Russia, on the right bank of the Volga River, south of Kostroma, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:

==History== The town was founded in 1964 as a settlement for the employees of the Kostroma Power Station. It was granted town status in 1994, and in 2005 the status of a city district.

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