Knyaginino

Knyaginino

Knyaginino ( _ru. Княгинино) is a town in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, an administrative center of Knyagininsky District.

It is located on a bank of Imza River, 107 km south-east from Nizhny Novgorod.

The settlement was founded in 1552 and had different statuses:
* 1552-1779 - village ("derevnya") Knyaginino
* 1779-1796 - town Knyaginin
* 1796-1797 - "abolished town"
* 1797-1926 - town
* 1926-1968 - village ("selo") Knyaginino
* 1968-1998 - urban-type settlement Knyaginino
* 1998-today - town Knyaginino

Population: 6,700 (2005 Est.).

There are milk plant, textile factory and fur manufactory in Knyaginino.


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