Privodino () is an urban locality (a work settlement)Oblast Law #65-5-OZ in

Kotlassky District Kotlassky District () is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.Law #65-5-OZ As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Kotlassky Municipal District.Law #258-vneoch.-OZ It is located in the sou ...

Arkhangelsk Oblast Arkhangelsk Oblast ( rus, Архангельская область, p=ɐrˈxanɡʲɪlʲskəjə ˈobɫəsʲtʲ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It includes the Arctic Ocean, Arctic archipelagos of Franz ...

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, located on the left bank of the Northern Dvina River from

Kotlas Kotlas () is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Northern Dvina and Vychegda Rivers. Population: Kotlas is the third-largest town of Arkhangelsk Oblast in terms of p ...

. Municipally, it is the

administrative center An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune, is located. In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...

of Privodinskoye Urban Settlement, one of the three urban settlements in the municipal district.Oblast Law #258-vneoch.-OZ Population:

History

Privodino was first mentioned as a '' selo'' in 1726. In the 19th century, it was the seat of Privodinskaya Volost, a part of

Velikoustyugsky Uyezd Velikoustyugsky District () is an administrativeLaw #371-OZ and municipalLaw #1109-OZ district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Vologda Oblast, twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast and bo ...

Vologda Governorate Vologda Governorate (), also known as the Government of Vologda, was an administrative-territorial unit (''guberniya'') of the Russian Empire and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR, which existed from 1796 until 1929. ...

. In 1918, the area was transferred to the newly formed

Northern Dvina Governorate Northern Dvina Governorate () was an administrative-territorial unit ('' guberniya'') of the Russian SFSR from 1918 to 1929. Its seat was in the city of Veliky Ustyug. The governorate was located in the North of European Russia, and its territor ...

, and in 1924 the

uyezd An uezd (also spelled uyezd or uiezd; rus, уе́зд ( pre-1918: уѣздъ), p=ʊˈjest), or povit in a Ukrainian context () was a type of administrative subdivision of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, the Tsardom of Russia, the Russian Empire, the R ...

s were abolished in favor of the new divisions, the districts (

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s). Privodino was included into

which was formed on June 25, 1924. In 1929, Northern Dvina Governorate was merged into

Northern Krai Northern Krai () was an administrative-territorial unit (''krai'') of the Russian SFSR from 1929 to 1936. Its seat was in the city of Arkhangelsk. The krai was located in the north of European Russia, and its territory is currently divided betwe ...

, which in 1936 was transformed into Northern Oblast. In 1937, Northern Oblast was split into Arkhangelsk Oblast and Vologda Oblast. On April 26, 1941, Privodino was granted work settlement status. In 2004, it was municipally incorporated as Privodinskoye Urban Settlement.

Economy

Transportation

While the Northern Dvina is navigable, there is no regular passenger traffic. Privodino is located on the highway connecting Kotlas with

Veliky Ustyug Veliky Ustyug () is a town in Vologda Oblast, Russia, located in the northeast of the oblast at the confluence of the Sukhona and Yug Rivers. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 31,665. Veliky Ustyug has a great historical signific ...

(and eventually Vologda and Kostroma). There is regular passenger bus traffic. Close to the settlement, there is a railway line connecting Yadrikha and Veliky Ustyug, with the Razyezd 15 km

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where the only train using the line used to stop before the passenger traffic was shut down in 2005. Privodino has an oil-pumping station in the

Baltic Pipeline System The Baltic Pipeline System (BPS) is a Russian oil transport system operated by the oil pipeline company Transneft. The BPS transports oil from the Timan-Pechora region, West Siberia and Urals-Volga regions to Primorsk oil terminal at the easte ...

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