Navashino

Coordinates: 55°31′45″N 42°12′01″E / 55.5292°N 42.2003°E / 55.5292; 42.2003

Navashino (Russian: Навашино) is a town and the administrative center of Navashinsky District of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Oka River, 158 kilometers (98 mi) southwest of Nizhny Novgorod. Population: 16,413 (2010 Census preliminary results);^[1] 17,810 (2002 Census);^[2] 18,946 (1989 Census).^[3]

It was founded in 1957 by merging two neighboring settlements of Mordovshchikovo (Мордовщиково) and Lipnya (Липня) and named after the nearby railway station of Navashino.

Railway was built in the area in 1912.

A new road bridge over the Oka River was opened in October 2009 near Navashino.

Economy

OAO Okskaya Sudoverf (Russian for 'Oka Shipyard') is headquartered in Navashino. The shipbuilding company, originating from a local shipyard founded in 1907, builds boats for Volga and sea navigations. Some of their tankers are to be sold to customers as far afield as Malaysia's Petronas, which plans to use the vessels at its Caspian subsidiary^[4]

References

1. ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2011). "Предварительные итоги Всероссийской переписи населения 2010 года (Preliminary results of the 2010 All-Russian Population Census)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2010). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis-2010.ru/results_of_the_census/results-inform.php. Retrieved 2011-04-25. 
2. ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек (Population of Russia, its federal districts, federal subjects, districts, urban localities, rural localities—administrative centers, and rural localities with population of over 3,000)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/1_TOM_01_04.xls. Retrieved 2010-03-23. 
3. ^ "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров. (All Union Population Census of 1989. Present population of union and autonomous republics, autonomous oblasts and okrugs, krais, oblasts, districts, urban settlements, and villages serving as district administrative centers.)" (in Russian). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года (All-Union Population Census of 1989). Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. 1989. http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus89_reg.php. Retrieved 2010-03-23. 
4. ^ «Окскую судоверфь» прибило к Малайзии // Предприятие нашло покупателей для своих танкеров-химовозов