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Zhelnino

Zhelnino - is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) under the administrative jurisdiction of the city of oblast significance of Dzerzhinsk in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located 40 kilometers (25 mi) west of Nizhny Novgorod and 2 kilometers (1.2 mi) southwest of Dzerzhinsk. It's a harbor on the bank of the Oka River. The village was famous since XVIII century. Shipbuilders and fishermen lived here. However, in XIX there is a country house fashion and since 1870 Zhelnino became a favorable place for such leisure for a middle class of Nizhny Novgorod. Zhelnino was named Nizhegorodksaya Yalta because of healthy fresh air. A priori the village get this name after woodpecker which inhabitants suburb forests. Rich natural surroundings are the following: the Oka and Osovets rivers, Svyatoye and Plotinka Lakes, oak groves and pine forests made the village favorite place for rest of the Dzerzhinsk citizens. There are lots of beaches, pick-nicks zones and children health and tourist camps.