Pervomaysk, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

Pervomaysk (Template:Langx) is a town in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located south of Nizhny Novgorod. Population: Template:Ru-census2010 Template:Replace (2002 Census); Template:Replace (1989 Soviet census); 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. As a municipal division, the town of oblast significance of Pervomaysk is incorporated as Pervomaysk Urban Okrug.

Until July 2012, the town served as the administrative center of Pervomaysky District and, within the framework of administrative divisions, was incorporated as a town of district significance. As a municipal division, it was incorporated as Pervomaysk Urban Settlement within Pervomaysky Municipal District.

Notable people

• Dmitry Larin (born 1973), football player and manager
• Gennady Ulanov (1929–2018), Soviet politician

References

Sources

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• (Legislative Assembly of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. Law #82-Z of July 3, 2012 On the Transformation of the Municipal Formations of Pervomaysky Municipal District of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. Effective as of after 10 days from the day of the official publication, with the exception of Articles 4 and 5, which take effect one month after the date on which this Law takes effect in absence of an initiative granted by the Federal Law #131-FZ of October 6, 2003 to the residents of the newly formed municipal formation of the Urban Okrug of the Town of Pervomaysk of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast to conduct a local referendum to determine the structure of the bodies of the local self-government of this municipal formation.).