Kodinsk (Russian: Коди́нск) is a town and the administrative center of Kezhemsky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located on the Angara River, 735 kilometers (457 mi) north of Krasnoyarsk.

[7] It was founded in 1977 as the settlement of Kodinskoye (Коди́нское) servicing the construction of the Boguchanskaya hydroelectric power station;[citation needed] the name is after the Koda River, a tributary of the Angara that ends about 12 km northeast of the town.

The name Koda in turn is derived from Evenki word kada, meaning "cliff".

[citation needed] Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kodinsk serves as the administrative center of Kezhemsky District.

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