Volgorechensk


Volgorechensk

 

an urban-type settlement in Kostroma Oblast, RSFSR; on the right bank of the Volga, 16 km south of the railroad station Furmanov and 35 km southeast of the city of Kostroma. Population, 9,000 (1969). It was founded in 1964 in connection with the construction of the Kostroma Hydroelectric Power Station.