Nizhny Lomov
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Nizhny Lomov is a town and the administrative center of Nizhnelomovsky District
of Penza Oblast
, Russia
, located on the Lomov River (Oka
's basin
), 109 kilometres (67.7 mi) northwest of Penza
and 525 kilometres (326.2 mi) from Moscow
on the M5 Highway
. Population:
It was founded as an outpost in 1636 as part of the Simbirsk Line defense system. It was later known as Lomovskaya sloboda
, Lomovsky posad
, and the village of Nizhny Lomov. Town status was granted to it in 1780.
Nizhnelomovsky District
Nizhnelomovsky District 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 Lomov River (Oka
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...
's basin
Drainage basin
A drainage basin is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another waterbody, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea, or ocean...
), 109 kilometres (67.7 mi) northwest 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:...
and 525 kilometres (326.2 mi) from Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
on the M5 Highway
M5 highway (Russia)
The Russian route M5 is a major trunk road running across a distance of 1879 km from Moscow to the Ural Mountains. It is part of the European route E30 and the Trans-Siberian Highway....
. Population:
It was founded as an outpost in 1636 as part of the Simbirsk Line defense system. It was later known as Lomovskaya sloboda
Sloboda
Sloboda was a kind of settlement in the history of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. The name is derived from the early Slavic word for "freedom" and may be vaguely translated as "free settlement"....
, Lomovsky posad
Posad
A posad was a settlement, often surrounded by ramparts and a moat, adjoining a town or a kremlin, but outside of it, or adjoining a monastery in the 10th to 15th centuries. Usually it was inhabited by craftsmen and merchants, known as posadskiye lyudi .In the Russian Empire a posad was a small...
, and the village of Nizhny Lomov. Town status was granted to it in 1780.