Nikolsky is an
urban locality (an
urban-type settlement) in
Podporozhsky District of
Leningrad Oblast,
Russia, located on the right bank of the
Svir River, several kilometers west of the town of
Podporozhye. Municipally, it is incorporated as
Nikolskoye Urban Settlement, one of the four urban settlements in the district. Population:
History
The Svir Shipyard was founded by
Peter the Great in 1703 to saturate the demand for the growing navy. Initially, the settlement was populated by foreign workers, mainly from Germany, and the settlement was known as
Nemetskoye (literal translation: Populated by Germans). In the course of the
administrative reform carried out in 1708 by
Peter the Great, the area was included into Ingermanland Governorate (known from 1710 as
Saint Petersburg Governorate). In 1727, it was transferred to the newly established
Novgorod Governorate, and in 1773, it was transferred into newly established Olonets Oblast and became a part of
Lodeynopolsky Uyezd. After 1801, it was a part of
Olonets Governorate. In 1913, the settlement was renamed Nikolskoye. In 1922, Olonets Governorate was abolished, and Lodeynopolsky Uyezd was transferred to
Petrograd Governorate (later Leningrad Oblast).