| En Name: | Kropotkin |
| Ru Name: | Кропоткин |
| Map Label Position: | bottom |
| Flag Caption: | Flag of the Kropotkin Urban Settlement |
| Federal Subject: | Irkutsk Oblast |
| Adm District Jur: | Bodaybinsky District |
| Adm Ctr Of: | Kropotkin Urban Settlement |
| Inhabloc Cat: | Work settlement |
| Pop 2010Census: | 1335 |
Kropotkin (Russian: Кропоткин) is an urban locality (a work settlement) in Bodaybinsky District of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. Population:
It was named Kropotkin (in honor of Peter Kropotkin) in 1930.
Kropotkin is the capital of the Kropotkin Urban Settlement (Кропоткинского муниципального образования) municipal unit, which includes the Kropotkin urban locality, as well as the village of Svetly.
It is located on the Patom Highlands, in the Kropotkin Range area, 150km (90miles) southwest of Perevoz and 135km (84miles) northeast of the regional center, Bodaibo. The town lies on the Nygri River, a left tributary of the Vachi River, a tributary of the Zhuya of the Chara River basin.[1]