| En Name: | Kotelnikovo |
| Ru Name: | Котельниково |
| Coordinates: | 47.6333°N 52°W |
| Map Label Position: | top |
| Image Coa: | Gerb Kotelnikovo.png |
| Federal Subject: | Volgograd Oblast |
| Adm District Jur: | Kotelnikovsky District |
| Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Kotelnikovo |
| Adm Selsoviet Type: | Town of district significance |
| Adm Ctr Of1: | Kotelnikovsky District |
| Adm Ctr Of2: | town of district significance of Kotelnikovo |
| Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
| Mun District Jur: | Kotelnikovsky Municipal District |
| Urban Settlement Jur: | Kotelnikovskoye Urban Settlement |
| Mun Admctr Of1: | Kotelnikovsky Municipal District |
| Mun Admctr Of2: | Kotelnikovskoye Urban Settlement |
| Pop 2010Census: | 20428 |
| Established Date: | 1897 |
| Current Cat Date: | 1955 |
Kotelnikovo (Russian: Коте́льниково) is a town and the administrative center of Kotelnikovsky District in Volgograd Oblast, Russia, located on the Kurmoyarsky Aksay River (which flows into the Tsimlyansk Reservoir), 190km (120miles) southwest of Volgograd, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
It was founded in 1897 as a settlement servicing the construction of a railway station of the same name (opened 1899). During World War II, it served as a base for the German troops of Field Marshal Erich von Manstein during the Battle of Stalingrad. A Soviet counteroffensive liberated Kotelnikovo on December 29, 1942. It was granted town status in 1955.
Kotelnikovo (air base), a Russian Air Force airbase is located nearby.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kotelnikovo serves as the administrative center of Kotelnikovsky District. As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Kotelnikovsky District as the town of district significance of Kotelnikovo. As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Kotelnikovo is incorporated within Kotelnikovsky Municipal District as Kotelnikovskoye Urban Settlement.[1]