Bogorodsk, Bogorodsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

Bogorodsk (Russian: Богоро́дск) is a town and the administrative center of Bogorodsky District in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located 43 kilometers (27 mi) southwest of Nizhny Novgorod, the administrative center of the oblast.

[citation needed] It was granted town status in 1923.

[1] As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Bogorodsk is incorporated within Bogorodsky Municipal District as Bogorodsk Urban Settlement.

[3] Bogorodsk is one of the oldest centers of the leather industry in Russia.

The NRING Circuit is located in Bogorodsk, and is used for Russian national motor racing events.