Investment potential of the region Varnavinsky District Overview

Administrative centre Varnavino 2 500 sq. km 12 027 people District area Population 190 km towns and settlements Nizhny 91 Novgorod District accessibility by automobile and railway transport: – Nizhny Novgorod—Kirov interregional highway – — regional highway 2,5 hours – Sukhobezvodnoye—Lapshanga railway line 2 hours – to the Vetluzhskaya station Socio-Economic Indicators

Investment RUB million Product shipment 200 January—December 2018 160

119.7 117.4 120 102.6 Manufacturing – RUB 278.0 million 80 Power, gas and steam supply – RUB 81.2 million 40 Water supply, water drainage – RUB 3.8 million Agriculture – RUB 15.5 million 0 2016 2017 2018 Construction – RUB 10.8 million Healthcare and social services – RUB 153.7 million Salary Commerce – RUB 12.0 million RUB Handling and storage - RUB 19.0 million 30000 Real estate activities – RUB 12.1 million 24000 Education – RUB 5.3 million Hotel business and food service – RUB 2.5 million 18000 Others – RUB 24.3 million 12000

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Agriculture Minerals

29 600 ha 1 434 168 5 176 Agricultural land thousand m3 thousand m3 thousand m3 Sand, gravel, boulders Construction sand Brick earth

Forest resources 82 39 030 thousand m3 thousand m3 213 800 ha Glass sand Peat

Average temperature in January -13°С, in July +18°С Rivers: Vetluga, Lapshanga. Over 40 rivers run in the disctrict Social Infrastructure

Hotels: – OOO Sibles – Recreation centre of the Federal research centre Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Education: Varnavino College of Technology and Economics, 260 students Areas of specialisation: housing and public utilities, tiling, cooking and baking, food production technologies, law and social welfare, IT systems

Sports: 25 sports facilities

Entertainment facilities: 13 libraries, 9 community clubs Lapshanga Centre for Craftsmanship, Museum of History and Art Varnavinsky District House of Culture, Children’s Art School Culture

Historical background

In 1417 an orthodox monk Varnava of Veliky Ustyug settled down on the Red Hill (Krasnaya Gorka) in the vicinity of the middle of the Vetluga river. The day he passed away – June 24, St. Varnava Vetluzhsky Day, is also celebrated in Varnavino as the Village Day.

Cultural Main sights: heritage 19 sites

Church of the Venerable Varnava Monument to log raft drivers Statue of the Venerable Vetluzhsky in the Varnavino village Varnava Vetluzhsky Key Industries and Companies Key industries:

Wood processing Food industry

Leading companies PO Varnavino Bakery OOO Varnava-business OOO Agrostandart

OOO Vetluzhskoye Main activities: - procurement and sale of timber - sawn timber production Investment Sites

Available See more information on investment the Investment Map of the sites Nizhny Novgorod region: 5 www.newmap.nn-invest.com Prospective Investment Sites

Land plot is available in the Vacant land plot in the vicinity of Kilyutino eastern part of the Lopatino village on the banks of the Vetluga river

Location Площадь Location 5,7 га Eastern part of the Lopatino village Land plot No1, crop rotation system No1, field No3, territory of a former farm “Makariy”, Varnavinsky district, Nizhny Novgorod region Area Site type Area Site type 5,7 ha “greenfield” 143 ha “greenfield” Land category Permitted use Land category Transport and utility infrastructure settlement land for construction of tourist facilities Agricultural land Krasnye Baki—Varnavino— Vetluga highway Transport and utility infrastructure Cadastral number Krasnye Baki—Varnavino—Vetluga 52:06:0110001:23 highway Prospective Investment Sites

vacant areas of a former wood processing company

Location Zavodskaya St., Severny village, Varnavinsky District, Niznhy Novgorod region

Area Site type 0,1 ha “brownfield” Transport and utility infrastructure Power supply 10 kV overhead high-voltage local roads, railway branch power line is available, there is line Sukhobezvodnoye st.— a possibility of building a 1000 Lapshanga st. kVA electric substation Built in 1976 Business Support Infrastructure

Varnavinsky District Administration Head Sergey Smirnov 1A, Sovetskaya square, Varnavino, Varnavinsky District, Niznhy Novgorod region, 606760 tel.: +7 (83158) 3-55-55 fax: +7 (83158) 3-53-55 Website: http://варнавино-район.рф/ e-mail : offi[email protected]

Authorized Investment Coordinator Liudmila Tokareva, Administration Deputy Head, a.i., Head of Economics and Industrial Development 1A, Sovetskaya square, Varnavino, Varnavinsky District, Niznhy Novgorod region, 606760 tel.: +7 (83158) 3-54-29 fax: +7 (83158) 3-53-55 Website: http://варнавино-район.рф/ e-mail: [email protected]

Varnavino Tourism and Business Development Centre 1A, Krasnoarmeyskaya St., Varnavino, Niznhy Novgorod region, 606760 tel.: +7 (831 58) 3-53-77; 3-51-35 fax: +7 (831 58) , 3-53-77 e-mail: [email protected]