Pavlovka (Russian: Па́вловка) is an urban locality (a work settlement) and the administrative center of Pavlovsky District of Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia.

[5] Its history began in 1695 when lands in this area were granted to migrants from Penza.

The settlement was called Izbalyk (Избалык, after the Izbalyk River) or Dmitriyevskoye (Дмитриевское).

[citation needed] In the second half of the 19th century, its name changed to Pavlovka.

[citation needed] Urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 1978.