Nikolsky (Russian: Никольский) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Podporozhsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Svir River, several kilometers west of the town of Podporozhye.

[8] The Svir Shipyard was founded by Peter the Great in 1703 to saturate the demand for the growing navy.

[2] On August 1, 1927, the uyezds in Leningrad Oblast were abolished, and Podporozhsky District with the administrative center in Podporozhye was established.

It was a part of Lodeynoye Pole Okrug of Leningrad Oblast and included areas formerly belonging to Lodeynopolsky Uyezd.

The closest passenger railway station, several kilometers from the center of Nikolsky, is Svir on the railroad between Saint Petersburg and Murmansk.