Kulebaki () is a

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, located southwest of

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, the

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of the

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. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 35,759.

History

The village of Kulebaki was first mentioned in 1719. Town status was granted to it in 1932.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with two work settlements ( Gremyachevo and Veletma) and twenty-eight rural localities, incorporated as the town of oblast significance of Kulebaki—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the

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.Law #184-Z As a municipal division, the town of oblast significance of Kulebaki is incorporated as Kulebaki Urban Okrug.Law #60-Z Until May 2015, the town served as the

of Kulebaksky District and, within the framework of administrative divisions, was incorporated within that district as a

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.Order #3-od; revision prior to May 22, 2015 As a municipal division, it was incorporated as Kulebaki Urban Settlement within Kulebaksky Municipal District.Law #161-Z

Economy

The local metal-working plant, Ruspolymet, founded in 1866 and originally producing equipment for railway industry, is now producing components for aerospace industry as well.

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* * * * {{Use mdy dates, date=December 2012 Cities and towns in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast Kulebaki Urban Okrug Ardatovsky Uyezd (Nizhny Novgorod Governorate) Former urban-type settlements of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast