Vyksa
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Vyksa is a town and the administrative center of Vyksunsky District
of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
, Russia
, located on the Oka River
186 kilometres (115.6 mi) southwest of Nizhny Novgorod
. Population:
It was founded in 1765; town status was granted to it in 1934.
Vyksunsky District
Vyksunsky District is an administrative district , one of the 47 in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia....
of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Nizhny Novgorod. Population: The oblast is crossed by the Volga River. Apart from Nizhny Novgorod's metropolitan area, the biggest city is Arzamas...
, 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 Oka River
Oka River
Oka is a river in central Russia, the largest right tributary of the Volga. It flows through the regions of Oryol, Tula, Kaluga, Moscow, Ryazan, Vladimir, and Nizhny Novgorod and is navigable over a large part of its total length, as far upstream as to the town of Kaluga. Its length exceeds...
186 kilometres (115.6 mi) southwest of Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened to Nizhny, is, with the population of 1,250,615, the fifth largest city in Russia, ranking after Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Yekaterinburg...
. Population:
It was founded in 1765; town status was granted to it in 1934.