Navashino (Russian:Нава́шино) is a town and the administrative center of Navashinsky District in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Oka River, 158 kilometers (98mi) southwest of Nizhny Novgorod, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 16,416(2010 Census);17,810(2002 Census);18,946(**** Census).