Kotelnikovo

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Kotelnikovo (Russian: Коте́льниково) is a town in Volgograd Oblast, Russia, located on the Kurmoyarsky Aksay River (which flows into the Tsimlyansk Reservoir), 190 km southwest of Volgograd. Population: 19,700 (2006 est.); 19,656 (2002 Census); 20,328 (1989 Census).

Kotelnikovo was founded in 1897 as a settlement servicing the construction of a railroad station of the same name (opened 1899). It was granted town status in 1955.

Coordinates: 47°38′N, 43°08′E