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'''Aprelsk''' ({{langx|ru|Апрельск}}) is a ''[[posyolok]]'' (rural settlement; formerly [[urban-type settlement]]) in [[Bodaybinsky District]], [[Irkutsk Oblast]], [[Russia]] included in [[Artyomovsky (Irkutsk Oblast)|Artyomovsky]] [[Municipal divisions of Russia|municipality]] ([[:ru:Артёмовское муниципальное образование]]).
Established as Nadezhdinsky Mine settlement (Надеждинский прииск) of [[gold mining]] in [[Russian Empire]]. In 1924  renamed to Апрельский прииск in memory of [[Lena massacre]], April 4, 1912, happened at this place.<ref>"Русский язык при советах", [https://books.google.com/books?id=fAv_AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA9, 9]</ref>
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