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{{Short description|Town in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia}}
{{Other places3|Balakhna (inhabited locality)}}
{{Other places|Balakhna (inhabited locality)}}
 
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'''Balakhna''' ({{lang-ru|Балахна́}}) is a [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|town]] and the [[administrative center]] of [[Balakhninsky District]] in [[Nizhny Novgorod Oblast]], [[Russia]], located on the right bank of the [[Volga River]], {{convert|32|km|sp=us}} north of [[Nizhny Novgorod]], the administrative center of the [[oblast]]. Population: {{ru-census2010|51,519|;}} {{ru-census2002|57,338|;}} {{su-census1989|32,133|;}} 33,500 (1968).
 
It was previously known as ''Sol-na-Gorodtse''.
 
==Overview==
It was founded in 1474 as '''Sol-na-Gorodtse''' ({{lang|ru|Соль-на-Городце}}).{{citation needed|date=May 2014}} After the [[Khanate of Kazan|Khan of Kazan]] razed it to the ground in 1536, a wooden fort was constructed to protect the settlement against further Tatar incursions. For the following three centuries, Balakhna prospered as a center of [[saltern|saltworks]] and [[grain trade]]. By the [[Time of Troubles]], it was the twelfth largest city in Russia.
 
[[Adam Olearius]] visited and described the town in 1636. That year several shipwrights from [[Holstein]] built the first Russian ships here, thus establishing Balakhna as a foremost center of national river shipbuilding. The people of Balakhna were also reputed for their skills in knitting and making colored tiles, which were used for decoration of the Savior Church (1668) and other local temples. Balakhna is one of the few Russian cities shown on the [[:File:World Map 1689.JPG|1689 Amsterdam World Map]] (labeled ''Balaghna'').
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==External links==
*[http://www.balakhna.nn.ru/ Official website of Balakhna] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110304030916/http://www.balakhna.nn.ru/ |date=March 4, 2011 }} {{in lang|ru}}
*[https://balahna.jsprav.ru/ Directory of organizations in Balakhna] {{in lang|ru}}
 
{{Nizhny Novgorod Oblast}}
{{Authority control}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2012}}
 
[[Category:Cities and towns in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast]]
[[Category:NizhnyBalakhninsky Novgorod GovernorateDistrict]]
[[Category:Balakhninsky Uyezd]]
[[Category:Populated places on the Volga]]
[[Category:Populated places established in the 1470s]]
[[Category:1474 establishments in RussiaEurope]]
[[Category:15th-century establishments in Russia]]
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