Knyaginino (Russian: Княги́нино) is a town and the administrative center of Knyagininsky District in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the Imza River, 107 kilometers (66 mi) southeast of Nizhny Novgorod, the administrative center of the oblast.

[7] It was first mentioned in the second half of the 16th century as an estate of Mikhail Vorotynsky.

[citation needed] In 1926, it was demoted to a rural locality (selo) status.

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

[3] Major industrial enterprises in Knyaginino include a milk plant, a textile factory, and a fur manufacture.