Nikolsk is a town and the administrative center of Nikolsky District

Nikolsky District, Penza Oblast

Nikolsky District, Penza Oblast is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 27 in Penza Oblast, Russia....

 of Penza Oblast

Penza Oblast

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, 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 Vyrgan River 120 kilometres (74.6 mi) northeast of Penza

Penza

-Honors:A minor planet, 3189 Penza, discovered by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh in 1978, is named after the city.-Notable residents:...

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It was established in place of the villages of Nikolskoye , known since 1668, and Pestrovka , known since the 1680s. It was called Nikolo-Pestrovka in 1761 and was granted urban-type settlement

Urban-type settlement

Urban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union...

status in 1928. It was granted town status in 1954.