History
The village of Kstovo was mentioned as early as the 14th century. The place name is said to have originated from the Mordvin ksty, meaning "strawberry".
With the construction of Novogorkovsky Oil Refinery (Новогорьковский нефтеперерабатывающий завод; started operations on August 18, 1958) in the 1950s, a new town was built a few kilometers to the southeast of the old village of Kstovo, on the high ground between the Volga and the Kudma Rivers.
Since then, the western part of the town centered around the original village of Kstovo, and, still quite rural in character, has been commonly referred to as the Old Kstovo (Staroye Kstovo), while the newer eastern part, built in the 1950s, and still expanding, is known as the New Kstovo (Novoye Kstovo). As the New Kstovo expanded over the years, it completely or partially displaced several smaller villages.
Kstovo was granted urban-type settlement status in 1954 and town status in 1957.
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