Leninsk, Volgograd Oblast
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Leninsk is a town and the administrative center of Leninsky District
of Volgograd Oblast
, Russia
, located on the left bank
of the Akhtuba River
78 kilometres (48.5 mi) east of Volgograd
. Population:
It was founded in 1802 as the village of Prishibinskoye and was later renamed Prishib . It was renamed Leninsk in 1919 and granted town status in 1963.
Leninsky District, Volgograd Oblast
Leninsky District, Volgograd Oblast is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 33 in Volgograd Oblast, Russia....
of Volgograd Oblast
Volgograd Oblast
Volgograd Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Volgograd. Population: -Geography:*Area: 113,900 km²;*Borders length: 2221,9 km²....
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, located on the left bank
Bank
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of the Akhtuba River
Akhtuba River
The Akhtuba River ; also transliterated Achtuba on some maps)is a left distributary of the Volga River.The Akhtuba splits off the Volga above the city Volgograd , and flows towardthe Volga Delta and Caspian Sea....
78 kilometres (48.5 mi) east of Volgograd
Volgograd
Volgograd , formerly called Tsaritsyn and Stalingrad is an important industrial city and the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. It is long, north to south, situated on the western bank of the Volga River...
. Population:
It was founded in 1802 as the village of Prishibinskoye and was later renamed Prishib . It was renamed Leninsk in 1919 and granted town status in 1963.