Navoloki () is a

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in Kineshemsky District of

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, located on the right bank of the

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, northeast of

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, the administrative center of the

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. Population:

History

It was founded in the 1880s as a settlement for workers engaged in the construction of a

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factory. It was granted town status in 1938.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Navoloki is subordinated to Kineshemsky District. Prior to the adoption of the Law #145-OZ ''On the Administrative-Territorial Division of Ivanovo Oblast'' in December 2010, it used to be incorporated separately as an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the

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.Law #27-OZ As a municipal division, the

of Navoloki, together with eighteen rural localities in Kineshemsky District, is incorporated within Kineshemsky Municipal District as Navolokskoye Urban Settlement.Law #42-OZ

References

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Sources

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External links

Official website of Navoloki
*Mojgorod.ru

{{Authority control Cities and towns in Ivanovo Oblast Populated places on the Volga Kineshemsky Uyezd