Istomino is a settlement in Balakhninsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Region. Sources refer to it both as a village and as an urban-type settlement: the article on the Margelov Cadet Corps calls Istomino a settlement[1], whereas materials on road construction describe it as a village.[1]
Location and infrastructure
The settlement is located in Balakhninsky District. The Bolshiye Mogiltsy — Konevo road runs near it.[1] The settlement is home to the Nizhny Novgorod Cadet Corps of the Volga Federal District named after General of the Army V. F. Margelov, which operates on the grounds of the former military camp of the 786th Fighter Aviation Regiment of the Air Defense Forces.[1]
Construction of the Balakhna bypass
In November 2026, the Ministry of Property and Land Relations of Nizhny Novgorod Region issued an order to seize three land plots from JSC Volga (the paper mill in Balakhna) for the construction of the second stage of the R-152 highway (Shopsha — Ivanovo — Nizhny Novgorod) on the section bypassing Balakhna and Zavolzhye. All three plots are located along the Bolshiye Mogiltsy — Konevo road near Istomino; their combined area is about 3.4 hectares.[1]
Sources
- GIPERNN — Three plots to be seized from the Volga paper mill for construction of the Balakhna bypass
Based on materials from articles (2)
Margelov Cadet Corps, Seizure of the Volga paper mill's land plots for construction of the Balakhna bypass (2026)