Naberezhnye Chelny (; ) is the second largest city in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. A major industrial center, Naberezhnye Chelny stands on the Kama River  east of Kazan near Nizhnekamsk Reservoir. Population:

It was granted town status on August 10, 1930, and was called Brezhnev (after Leonid Brezhnev) from 1982 to 1988.