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Dobrinka

Dobrinka (also: Nishnaya Dobrinka, Nischnaja Dobrinka, Nizhnyaya Dobrinka). 50º18' N 45º42' E.

Founded: 29 June 1764 by the Government (first colony founded in the Volga Region).

Denomination: Lutheran.

Population: 307 (1767), 323 (1769), 353 (1773), 552 (1798), 5400 (1912), 3209 (1926).